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Aug. 2004 - Present
Performance Systems Develpoment
Ithaca, NY |
VP for Services to Programs
- Great company, with great people, doing great things!
- Analyze buildings for energy efficiency, health, safety, and comfort
- Maintain marketing images and manage four web sites
- Organize and manage renewable energy lead database
- Sales Manager for all renewable clients
- Solar installation history includes participation with Sheldrake Point Winery, Ecovillage water tank, and a solar trailer portable generator.
- Manage the State of New Hampshire’s Low Income energy efficiency program
- Home Energy magazine Article on Green Contracting in May 2005
- Took part in software design, production, and sale that led to 2005 R&D 100 award.
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Jan. 2006 - Mar. 2006
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY |
Documenting Ecosystems
- Incorporate Student photos and web pages into comprehensive web site
- Website represenative of Antigua/Barbuda ecosystem projects
- Developed in Dreamweaver
- View the website at www.ithaca.edu/ecosystems
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July 2005 - Aug. 2005
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Ithaca, NY |
Classroom Birdwatch Intern
- Designed and developed a pilot bird identification tool
- Protoype software sent to 45 preselected classrooms across the United States
- Final product created based on my designs: Bird Sleuth
- Developed in Dreamweaver and Adobe GoLive
- Maintained two versions of the software: East and West
- Sample available on the web at www.shorebirds.org
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Feb. 2004 - July 2004
Gillman Auto
Houston, TX |
Internet Sales Manager
- Enhance company revenue by cultivating internet customer base
- Use Talisma as a CRM tool
- Introduce walk-in customers to Gillman environment
- Maintain sales pipeline and pursue leads to meet sales goals
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Apr. 2000 - June 2001
Agea
Austin, TX |
Technical Sales/ Java Developer
- Developed applications for wireless devices using Java, JSP, EJB, HTML, XML, UML, WML, WAP, SQL, Oracle, Sybase, and Cloudscape
- Development environment included Jbuilder, Visual Café, Star Team, Rational Rose, and Photoshop
- Managed sales pipeline as part of sales team
- Installed Agea products for client evaluation
- Performed product demonstrations for clients
- Orchestrated time management for development team
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Aug. 1998 - Apr. 2000
Accenture Consulting
Chicago, IL |
Analyst/ Software Engineer
- Designed solutions to fit clients using Java
- Standardized Accenture website and implemented Macromedia Flash compatibility
- Led six-member tech team
- Traveled extensively worldwide and met with clients
- Developed on IBM AS400 and Networkstation in a client/server environment
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Jan. 1992 - May 1998
Texas Instruments
Richardson, TX |
Engineering Coop
- Project Development: used CAD and simulators to model performance of certain chips in different packages with different bond wire configurations
- Product Yield: worked with engineers at wafer fabs around the world to create a statistical analysis of wafer yields
- Failure Analysis: used chemicals and high power microscopes to establish cause of fault in a finished package
- Ion Microscope: designed and developed a software application to predict ambient molecules in the beam chamber
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Education |
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2003 - 2004
University of Houston
Houston, TX |
Post Baccalaureate
- Planning to earn a PhD
- Took 6 upper level hours and earned a 4.0
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1993 - 1998
Texas A&M
College Station, TX |
Electrical Engineering
- Completed the computer engineering curriculum
- Specialties in computers, microelectronics, and optics
- Graduated with honors
- Graduated in top 10%
- Diversified courses to take an equivalent minor in Psychology
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Civil Service |
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July 2001 - Feb. 2004
Houston Independent School District
Houston, TX |
High School Teacher
- Taught high school geometry, algebra, physics, geometry, algebra II, and pre-calculus at a small charter schools for inner city youth
- Tutored all college-bound students for SAT
- Provided academic counseling as an Advisor to 20 students
- Coordinated schedules and course offerings for the school
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Community |
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- Board Member Ithaca Forward
- Played alto saxophone in a professional jazz big band
- Play soccer for Team Taxi in Ithaca
- Active with Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce
- Habitat for Humanity
- Give Discovery Trail tours at Cornell's Lab of Ornithology
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