Résumé

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Education

Pratt Institute: Brooklyn, NY (2008– current; expected graduation Spring 2011)
Expected Degree: Masters of City and Regional Planning (3.9 GPA)
Thesis Topic: Community Supported Agriculture as a tool for food justice and the low-income community of Astoria, Queens, New York.

University at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY (2002– 2006, 2007)
Bachelors of Art in Environmental Design (3.7 GPA)
Recognition:  Dean’s List, Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research, Renaissance Scholar

St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute: Buffalo, NY (1998-2002)
Recognition: Brother Paul Writing Award (1999, 2002)

Planning Projects

Client: Harvest Astoria Community Supported Agriculture, Queens, NY (2010-)
> Manage low-income and community outreach plan
> Responsible for developing and implementing plan to offer SNAP benefits as a tool for member payment during the 2011 CSA season
> Developed funding plan for subsidizing shares for low-income community members
> Set guidelines for reduced payment shares

Client: El Puente, Brooklyn, NY (2010)
> Authored plan for community intervention to map local food sources using cell phones and GPS technology
> Wrote article for community newspaper describing proposed mapping plan

Client: Institute for Rational Mobility and Vision 42, Manhattan, NY (2010)
> Collected data on Department of Transportation Plans for 34th street corridor in Manhattan, New York
> Delivered report on feasibility of using the Vision 42 light rail plan along 34th street

Client: The Pratt Center, Brooklyn, NY (2009)
> Attended community meetings and developed a quantitative long term plan for a residential block in Brooklyn to achieve zero carbon footprint
> Created charts and graphs to illustrate impact of individual interventions

Client: Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Bronx, NY. (2008)
> Developed a proposal for expanding Greenway access within community
> Used on-site analysis to located potential sites for new public space or ways to enhance access to already existing public space.

Client: Kindle-LeClaire Wildlife Sanctuary, Amherst, NY (2005-6)
> Developed plan for expanding wildlife sanctuary along abandoned rail line adjacent to interstate highway

Other Planning Skills: ESRI ArcGIS and Google Maps, Fiscal Impact Analysis and Economic Impact Analysis

Work History

Webmaster and Programmer
American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning and New Media Lab at the City Unversity of New York Graduate Center: New York, NY (July 2008 – present)
> Implemented blogs for New Media Lab and American Social History Project to increase project’s visibility; trained staff and coordinated posting with students.
> Developed online teacher resource database using Omeka as a platform.
> Programmed layouts and CSS wireframes to displayer designer’s designs.
> Created custom Omeka plugins for managing question sets and teacher worksheet prompts
> Customized WordPress installation; modified and wrote custom plugins to handle organization’s website requirements
> Coordinated design and content committee meetings
> Maintained security and updates for all of organization’s existing websites; handled phone and e-mail support for user management of websites.
> Integrated custom built content management system with WordPress to facilitate easy updating of legacy materials
> Used best practices and site design to improve both organization websites to first page in Google search results
> Wrote technical portion for organization’s grant proposals
> Developed and oversaw daily operation or intranet tools (digital library, web calendar)
> Coordinated and setup user testing for new website concepts and user interfaces
> Incorporated user feedback into final interface design

Web Developer
College Relations at Buffalo State College: Buffalo, NY (October 2006 – June 2008)
> Taught weekly training sessions for staff on the campus Content Management System (Ingeniux), website statistic analysis (Urchin and Google Statistics) and Gallery.
> Built a custom content management system for a weekly online magazine using PHP, MySQL, HTML, XML and XSLT.
> Handled all technical support via phone and e-mail for website management
> Wrote and implemented five year plan for campus web servers and support

Lead Programmer, Assistant Manager of IT
Campus Dining and Shops at the University of Buffalo: Buffalo, NY (August 2002 – September 2006)
> Maintained content and security for 5 internet and 1 intranet sites
> Programmed and designed website advertisement management system using PHP and MySQL
>Designed accessible and user friendly website for Campus Dining and Shops* using PHP, MySQL, CSS and HTML.
> Programmed components of online bakery order system, meal plan purchasing, recipe card printing and other online dining services
> Developed and implemented intranet IT inventory management system
> Performed on site repairs and remote technical support for five different end user point of sale systems

Freelance Work

Writer and Contributor for Zine-Zine.com, TheGinisIn.com and Geo-songs.com
Digital Promoter  and Webmaster, MikeGormanmusic.com and Applewood Records (March 2009– present)
Artist and Musician for hire, Fiverr.com (Jan 2010- March 2010)
Contributor, Brijit.com (January 2008 – May 2008)
Programmer and computer technician, Simple E Business  (Summer 2004– Summer 2006)
Programmer, webmaster and Graphic Designer, Digitalis Design (Fall 1999– July 2007)
Abbreviated list of clients for freelance work*: Gentle Dentistry of East Aurora, St. Andrew’s Country Day School, Premier Gourmet, Pearl Street Grill and Brewery

Volunteer Work

Community Organizer, CSA Core Member, Harvest Astoria (January 2010-present)
Volunteer , North Brooklyn Compost Project (April 2009- October 2009)
Instructor, University at Buffalo (August 2006– January 2007)
Games Coordinator, Mobility Assistant, McCauley Nursing Home (September 2000 – June 2001)

Skills

*links provided, though sites have been re-designed since original work was performed. For pictures of work performed, please see my portfolio page.