Time on the job: 10 years
Education: Bachelor's degree in math and computer science at Adelphi University on Long Island, graduate work in geography at the University of Maryland in College Park
Car: 1994 Nissan Altima--"but I want a Mercedes convertible."
Commute: 40 minutes
Last vacation: Summer cruise to Spain and Portugal. Also memorable was a trip last year to London, where she stopped off to visit Bletchley Park, the center of British codebreaking efforts during World War II.
Fantasy lunch date: Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and Pixar. "I have a real crush on him, even though everyone says he's a jerk. Maybe at lunch he'd be a cheap date, because he'd just order carrots."
Hobbies: She has taken karate for seven years and enjoys spending time at the Cryptologic Museum at the National Security Agency. She also belongs to the D.C. PerlMongers, a group for supporters of the Perl computer language.
Computer at work: Silicon Graphics Octane
Quote: "Life is too short to wear ugly underwear."
