Experience

Web Developer
Hesketh.com
06.2008 to present

  • Use RoR, PHP, SQL and jQuery to write programs, fix bugs, and perform quality assurance testing for client websites and products.
  • Some use of Subversion, Capistrano, PhusionPassenger, vi, and Dreamweaver.
  • Coded two full sites independently in RoR, one in Kohana. Applied jQuery as needed.

Youth Services Volunteer
Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC
08.2007 to present

  • Assist staff at Children's Desk.
  • Began with an internship, including collection development, youth programming, and reference desk services.

Help Desk Assistant and Student Manager
UNC School of Information and Library Sciences Computer Lab
01.2007 to 05.2008

  • Assist faculty and students with daily computing needs, troubleshooting, and maintenance of school or personal equipment.
  • Work on systems projects for computer lab. Includes:
    • Administer new iMacs
    • Maintain computer lab website
    • Department account managment
    • Manage backups

Library Assistant
NC Biotechnology Center, RTP, NC
10.2006 to 12.2006

  • General library clerical tasks.
  • Data cleanup for database conversion.

Photography Assistant
Freelance in Albany, NY and San Francisco, CA
10.2003 to 07.2006

  • Assist photographers with all aspects of business.
  • Intense Photoshop use.

Generator Requisition Manager
GE Power Systems, Schenectady, NY
09.2000 to 01.2003

  • Manage customer relations with engineering during generator manufacturing process.
  • Use Six Sigma methods to improve efficiency and digitize redundant tasks.