EDUCATION

2006-2007, School of Visual Arts, Division of Continuing Education, New York City

On-going training in graphic design. Completed/current courses include:

  • Basic Graphic Design, Digital Design Basics, Type Smarts

2007, New York University SCPS, New York City

  • Certificate in Web Development
  • PHP Programming

2001, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science with a minor in Chemistry.

  • Cumulative GPA of 3.9/4.0.
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Society, Magna Cum Laude; High distinction in Computer Science department.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007-present, Freelance Web Designer/Developer

2006-2007, Thomas Balsley Associates, New York City

Executive/Personal assistant for the principal of a landscape architecture firm.

  • Managed Mr. Balsley's daily operation such as travel arrangement.
  • Acted as the firm's IT Manager; played a key role in successfully porting the firm's website and email system.
  • Assisted with marketing, such as designing press sheets and submitting articles for publication.

2004-2005, Fisher Marantz Stone, Inc., New York City

Administrative assistant in a renowned lighting design consulting firm.

  • Designed and produced print brochures and updated the firm's website.
  • Handled Request for Proposal/Qualification extensively.

2001-2003, Bloomberg LP, New York City

Software developer in a highly visible sell-side fixed income group of the Trading Systems dept.

  • Became responsible for the auto-execution ticket, a critical real-time component of the position management platform.
  • Put together specification documents on large projects that required independent and collaborative research.

2000-2001, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY

Part-time Web Developer

  • Designed and developed websites for a graduate study cluster at the University.
  • Worked with several professors to create their laboratory websites to increase enrollment.

SKILLS & INTERESTS

Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash (basic), Quark Xpress, MS Office

Programming: PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL (basic), Java, C

Interests: Drawing, Painting, Cooking, Politics, Renaissance & Impressionist art

References available upon request