Steven Christensen

Steven Christensen has a diverse work experience that spans several decades. Steven has held various roles in academia, computer software development, and consulting. Notable companies they have worked for include the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where they served as an adjunct professor, and UNIX Packages LLC, where they were a co-founder. Steven also founded and served as president of Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in scientific, mathematics, and computing consulting. Additionally, they founded Sunfreeware.com, a popular website for Solaris users that provided open source packages for Solaris systems. Christensen was also involved in the founding and leadership of MathTensor, Inc., a company that sold and supported the MathTensor tensor analysis software system. Prior to these roles, they worked as a contractor for Wolfram Research and Oracle America, Inc., where they maintained and operated the Sunfreeware.com website and open source software packages. Christensen has also taught as an adjunct associate professor at the University of North Carolina and served as a senior research scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Steven holds a visiting associate professor position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Overall, Christensen's work experience showcases their expertise in academia, software development, consulting, and support in the field of mathematics and computing.

Steven Christensen began their education at Augustana College from 1967 to 1971, where they pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science. After completing their undergraduate studies, they enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin and obtained a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from 1971 to 1975.