James A. Lutz
jlutz@u.washington.edu

http://students.washington.edu/jlutz

Education

BS and MS in EE&CS, MIT, 1985
MBA, Sloan School of Management, MIT, 1985
MS, Ecosystem Analysis, UW, 2005 (C. Halpern)

Honors

• NSF IGERT Fellow
• ARCS Fellow
• UW TSA
• CFR Fellow
• National Merit Scholarship
• Xi Sigma Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi

Research

Publications

Lutz, J. A. 2008. Climate, fire, and vegetation change in Yosemite National Park. Dissertation. University of Washington, College of Forest Resources. Seattle, Washington, USA. 169

Kane, V. R., A. R. Gillespie, R. McGaughey, J. A. Lutz, K. Ceder, and J. F. Franklin. 2008. Interpretation and topographic correction of conifer forest canopy self-shadowing using spectral mixture analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:3820-3832.

Lutz, J. A., J. A. Freund, R. K. Hagmann, V. R. Kane, A. J. Larson, and J. F. Franklin (2008). Mid-career graduate students in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6(7):392-393.

Larson, A. J., J. A. Lutz, R. F. Gersonde, J. F. Franklin, and F. F. Hietpas. 2008. Productivity influences the rate of forest structural development. Ecological Applications 18:899-910.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. and J. A. Lutz. 2007. Fire regime attributes of wildland fires in Yosemite National Park, USA. Fire Ecology 3(2):34-52.

Lutz, J. A., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. F. Franklin. In review(a). Twentieth-century decline of large-diameter trees in Yosemite National Park, California, USA.

Lutz, J. A., J. W. van Wagtendonk, A. E. Thode, J. D. Miller, and J. F. Franklin. In review(b) Climate, lightning ignitions, and fire severity in Yosemite National Park, California, USA.

Sprugel, D. G., K. Grieve, R. Gersonde, M. Dov?iak, J. A. Lutz and C. B. Halpern. In review. Use of stand maps and a light model to predict consequences of ecological thinning.

Kane, V. R., R. McGaughey, R. Gersonde, J. A. Lutz, J. D. Bakker, and J. F. Franklin. In review. Analysis and classification of conifer stand structural complexity from LiDAR data.

Roberts, S., J. W. van Wagtendonk, D. A. Kelt, A. K. Miles, and J. A. Lutz. (in press) Modeling the effects of fire severity and spatial complexity on small mammals in Yosemite National Park, California. Fire Ecology.

Presentations

Lutz, J. A., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. F. Franklin. 2008. Describing forests in Yosemite National Park with annual actual evapotranspirateion and deficit: improving spatial resolution of gridded climate models. Presentation at CEREC, November 5, 2008.

Lutz, J. A., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. F. Franklin. Twentieth-century decline of large-diameter trees in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Presentation at CEREC, November 6, 2008

Lutz, J. A., J. W. van Wagtendonk, A. E. Thode, J. D. Miller, and J. F. Franklin. In review(b) Climate, lightning ignitions, and fire severity in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Presentation at CEREC, November 7, 2008.

Work Experience

HSBC Investment Bank, London: Managing Director of IT department of 300 with 100MM budget serving 8000 person organization

Hidden Light, Bellevue: Self employed consultant in financial systems automation

HSBC Investment Bank, Tokyo: Agency trading systems, proprietary trading analytics

Lehman Brothers, Tokyo: Dealing room automation in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore

TIBCO, Tokyo: Project Manager, JP, HK, SG, OZ

Micrognosis, San Jose, Tokyo, New York: Marketing Manager, Project Manager, Consultant

Schlumberger, San Jose: Timing circuit designer, software developer, market analyst

PECO, Peach Bottom: BWR I&C technician

Highlights

- Interests: Preserving biodiversity, ameliorating effects of climate change, energy production and distribution, photography, primitive skills

- International: Lived in UK and Japan. Managed operations in 10 countries; projects in 6. Bosses: 6 nationalities. Direct reports: 10 nationalities.