Education
MA, International Science & Technology Policy
May, 2007
[Washington, DC]
Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington
University
[Washington, DC]
- Focus on the use of Information & Communication Technologies in international development
BA, Plan II Multidisciplinary Honors Program
University of Texas
May, 1999
[Austin, Texas]
[Austin, Texas]
- Minors in Technology, Literacy and Culture, Spanish, and Philosophy
Experience
Director, Information & Communication Technologies
February 2007 — Present
[Washington, DC]
Youth Service America
[Washington, DC]
- Direct ICT and web strategies to promote youth involvement in service
- Streamline internal ICT and grant evaluation processes
- Integrate social-networking and mobile technologies into outreach programs
IT Manager
August 2005 — February 2007
[Arlington, Virginia]
CrisisLink
[Arlington, Virginia]
- Created a staff extranet with a knowledge-management wiki and content management
- Customized interfaces for internal legacy databases
- Provided IT training and support for office staff and volunteers
IT/Web Systems Engineer
January 2005 — August 2005
[Austin, Texas]
Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Texas
[Austin, Texas]
- Initiated an internal documentation wiki to improve institutional memory
- Created detailed process diagrams of organizational workflow to improve automation of intellectual property licensing
- Maintained heterogenous environment of IT and database systems
Peace Corps Volunteer : IT Adviser
July 2002 — November 2004
[Kingston, Jamaica]
Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture
(MOEYC)
[Kingston, Jamaica]
- Integrated open source software and technology into education projects
- Localized a bootable Linux CD with a web server and education resources for rural schools
- Lead a Linux Terminal-Server project to recover use of older machines
- Trained over 3,000 teachers on integrating the Internet in lesson plans with MOEYC's Professional Development and USAID's "New Horizons" program
- Produced user-friendly CD of free/open-source tools for schools and NGOs
- Provided technical and web-design support for NGOs island-wide
- Built an SMS-centric volunteer intranet
English Teacher
January 2002 — July 2002
[Mérida, Venezuela]
Ven-USA
[Mérida, Venezuela]
- Taught English to students of a variety of ages and skill levels
Market Researcher & Security Specialist
June 1999 — September 2001
[Austin, Texas]
eCertain.com
[Austin, Texas]
- Tracked competitor data and market trends
- Specified encryption and security processes
Professional Skills
- Language: Proficient in Spanish and Jamaican Patois
- Computer: Productivity, graphic design, and database software, perl programming
- Web Design: CSS-based design, Content Manangement Systems/blog/wiki systems & integration
Professional Development
- Technology Advisory Board member, Esperanza en Accion
- "Web 2.0 & Open Source for Non-Profits," Presentation and workshop, Youth Service Institute 2007
- Writer, OLPCNews.com
- "Social Networks for ICTs in Development," Presentation, Science and Technology in Society Conference, 2007
- "The Internet as a Tool for Educators," Presentation for the Ministry of Education, Jamaica, 2003