Education
New York University Masters 2005, Interactive Telecommunications
University of California, Santa Cruz Bachelors of Arts 2003, Computer Science; Bachelors of Arts 2003, Film & Digital Media
Harvey Mudd College 1998-2000, Computer Science
Honors/Awards
2005-2006 NYU ITP Resident Researcher
2003-2005 NYU Tisch School of the Arts Dean's Fellowship
2003 UCSC School of Engineering Comprehensive Exam Honors
Skills
Personal: hard working, dedicated, fast learner and strong attention to detail
Creative: graphic and web design, film/video production and editing
Technical: Windows, Linux, Mac; networking, administration, security
Programming: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, Django, Perl, PHP; Java, C, C#; MySQL, SQLite
Work Experience

2006-Present Workstate Consulting Technical Associate

Developed software and web applications including e-commerce websites, lobbying activity tracker/CRM and an automated testing platform

Summer 2006 NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program Adjunct Assistant Professor

Developed and taught a course on agile web practices and Ruby on Rails as an intense six week summer session

2005-2006 NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program Resident Researcher

Guided students through the programming aspects of their projects and assignments and worked on internal applications and research projects

2004-2005 Ford Foundation Consultant

Provided a solution for automated conversion and publishing of recent publications using custom XLST

2003-2005 NYU Tisch School of the Arts CIT Special Programs

Refactored templates within the iOn CMS to update the TSOA website from a table-heavy design to a flexible CSS-based site all the way through

2004 R/GA Intern

Edited, documented and contributed a special relaunch of the NYU TSOA homepage with video interviews from students, faculty and alumni

2002-2003 UCSC Arts Division Arts Computing Assistant

Provided technical support and training for 100+ faculty and staff and maintained department websites and servers

2001-2002 UCSC EOP MSI Learning Assistant/Tutor

Attended lectures and conducted several weekly tutoring sessions

Summer 2001 UCSC Conference Office Sr. Facilities Assistant

Supplied the audio/visual needs for summer conferences

1999-2000 Claremont Colleges Queer Resource Center Event Coordinator

Organized social and political events and fundraisers for the 5 college queer community