Education
University of California at Los Angeles
MLIS, 12-2005
California Institute of Technology
B.Sc., Geophysics, 1994
Experience
Linden Research 1-2006 to present
Web Developer
Information Architect
- Worked on PCI compliance
- Integrated 3rd party python code into local environment
- Helped create search of virtual world accessible via web interface
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Science
Coursework from 9-2003 through 12-2005
| Information in Society | Information Structures | Information Access |
| System Analysis & Design | Human-Computer Interaction | Metadata |
| Contemporary Children's Literature | Information Policy Seminar | Descriptive Cataloging |
| Government Information | Techniques & Issues in Information Access | Special Libraries |
| Introduction to Information Technology | Management Theory & Practice for Information Professionals |
| Information-Seeking Behavior | Information Retrieval -- User Centered Design |
Answerbag.com
Internship, April 2005 to September 2005
- Virtual reference
- Moderation of site content
- Redesign of site layout for better accessibility
- Development of process to screen community moderators
Silver Platter Software
Developer, January 1, 2003 to April 15, 2003
- Wrote C++ code to network online games on Windows 2000 computers.
- Used generic programming with templates
- Used boost libraries for loosely coupled code
- Documented the C API
- Wrote python pre-processor to cross-index Doxygen generated documentation
Tritech, Inc
Developer, June 10, 2002 to October 30, 2002
- Set up log4j in pre-existing code base
- Set up Junit unit tests on pre-existing code base
- Created csv output widget inside pre-existing html output reporting system
- Created affiliate program to help drive traffic to member websites
- Expanded affiliate payout from 1-tier to 2-tier system
- Code base was live credit card processing system (with attempted 0 downtime)
TruePricing
Contractor, April 2002
- Set up automated ftp data feed
- Used Perl and shell scripting to load data into PostGreSQL with COPY
- Created test suite with Jmeter for jsp pages returning xml
- Helped set up production environment (installation of PostGreSQL and Tomcat on server)
ArsDigita
Developer, March 2000 to February 2002
Member of engineering team working on new product development
- Used Java, Tomcat, and Oracle to develop collaboration products
- Coded new features in response to use cases developed by marketing
- Made changes to code in response to tickets filed by QA
- Helped define the product in collaboration with marketing
Worked on client team creating website
- Used Tcl, AOLServer, and Oracle to modify ArsDigita Community System for eBility
- Worked closely with client to modify existing code to meet their requirements
- Used ticket tracker, bulletin boards, and conference calls to stay in close contact with client
- Improved bboard and chat modules to client specifications
Wedcom, Inc.
Developer, September 1998 to February 2000
- Responsible for daily deployment of collateral to live NAS servers.
- Responsible for Perl CGIs to take sweepstakes entries, MySQL database to store entries
- Reported entrants to co-sponsors in Excel spreadsheet format.
- Coordinated personalization and configuration of iChat server
- Documented existing functionality for marketing so they could request upgrades.
Delta Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Staff Geologist, August 1996 to August 1998
- Remediated gas stations which had been polluted by leaky tanks or pipes
- On-site Health & Safety Officer
- Wrote quarterly reports for clients
- Created reimbursement program for submission of claims to government fund