To make a positive environmental difference

• Currently president of Graduate Student Body of the University of Maryland
• Biology teaching experience
• Entomology field and lab experience
• Web and database design/development experience
• MIT Class of 1991
• Former Naval Officer

• University of Maryland: Entomology master's student, January 2004 to present
• USDA Graduate School: Statistics courses, fall 2002, spring 2003
• Harvard University Extension School: Biology courses, fall 1998, spring 1999.
• Tufts University: Graduate courses in Urban and Environmental Policy, fall 1996 to spring 1997.
• Department of Defense Information School: Public Affairs Officer Course, January - March, 1993
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: BS Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 1991

Jan. 2004 - present:

Entomology master's student

University of Maryland.

• Researching effects of wildflowers on insect control in soybeans.
• Presented research at Ecology Conference, August 2006.
• Previously Graduate Teaching Assistant for Principles of Biology I (BSCI 105) fall 2004 - summer 2005, and spring 2006, and Principles of Biology II (BSCI 106) fall 2005. Duties included teaching two three-hour lab sections per semester, each section including twenty students. Teaching responsibilities include lecturing, running experiments, and grading all assignments.
• President of Graduate Student Body of the University of Maryland. East Campus Community Steering Committee. University of Maryland College Park Foundation Board of Trustees.
• Previous student leadership positions: University Senator, GSG Presidential Advisor on Senate-Related Issues, Faculty Affairs Committee, PhD Completion Committee.

Sept. - Dec. 2003

Database developer

PWRC, Laurel, MD

• Developed workable database for Grassland bird breeding use of managed grasslands on National Wildlife Refuges within Region 5 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.

Jan. 2002 - Sept. 2003

Web/database developer

PWRC, Laurel, MD

• Development and design of online Managers' Monitoring Manual at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, which provides guidance to land managers and others in designing wildlife monitoring programs.
• Development and design of project-related relational databases, and making data web-interactive (using Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL and Macromedia ColdFusion).

May - October, 2001

Field/Lab Assistant

Native Bee Lab, PWRC, Laurel, MD

• Field/lab assistant with Native Bee Lab, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.
• Managed various bee field projects, including site selection, sample collection, bee identification, and data entry.
• Managed volunteers and interns.

March - May, 2001

Whooping Crane Intern

PWRC, Laurel, MD

• Intern with Whooping Crane Program
• Participated in costume-rearing of Whooping Crane chicks, including teaching chicks to eat and drink, and monitoring and recording behavior.
• Participated in care of Sandhill Crane and Whooping Crane breeding flocks, including daily checks, feeding, and pen maintenance.

Aug. 2000 - Jan. 2001

Intern for Wisconsin Whooping Crane Reintroduction Program

Necedah NWR, WI and Crystal River, FL

• Monitored aircraft-led Sandhill crane chicks at post-migration site in Florida, including making behavioral observations, radio tracking, and bird handling. Duties also included training volunteers on bird monitoring and radio telemetry, and organizing volunteers to complete repair work on pen.
• Participated in costume-rearing of 8 experimental Sandhill crane chicks, including guiding them on acclimation walks, and monitoring and recording behavior.
• Participated in health checks and banding of chicks.
• Participated in one-by-one release of chicks into wild flocks, including scouting potential release sites, clearing release through landowner when necessary, assisting in retrieving bird for release, and assisting in actual release.
• Participated in recaptures of released birds.
• Tracked released chicks using radio telemetry and making behavioral observations.
• Informed project personnel daily of chick location and behavior.
• Worked closely with project partners including International Crane Foundation and Operation Migration.

Feb. - Aug. 2000

Earth Team volunteer

NRCS, Eatonton, GA

• Earth Team volunteer with Natural Resources Conservation Service, Eatonton, GA
• Aided with surveying and evaluation of land.
• Computer technical support
• Creation of web site for the Eatonton Farm Service Center, mockup: http://www.themoorefamily.com/nrcs.

Dec. 1997 - Dec. 1999

Network Admin and head of Tech Support

MCET, Cambridge, MA

• Network Administrator and head of Technical Support for Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications, a 75-person educational non-profit
• Managed all aspects of day-to-day operations of LAN.
• Responsible for researching, purchasing, acquiring and deploying all LAN assets.
• Managed 85 PC's and Macintoshes on a Novell/NT/Unix network.
• Managed two Windows NT servers, three Novell NetWare servers, and three Unix servers.
• Managed company-wide deployment.
• Initiated and managed company-wide training program.
• Managed one technical support technician and temporary staff.
• Managed consolidation of two NetWare 3 servers (3.11 and 3.12) onto a NetWare 5 server.
• Managed upgrade of two Unix servers to Red Hat Linux 6.0.

Aug. - Dec. 1997

Support Technician and Asst. Network Manager

MCET, Cambridge, MA

• Desktop Support Technician and Assistant Internal Network Manager for Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications, a 75-person educational non-profit.
• Managed 85 PC's and Macintoshes on a Novell/Unix network.
• Managed company-wide deployment.

Feb. - Aug. 1997

Network Admin and Network Products Manager

Quis Communications Corporation, Cambridge, MA

• Network Administrator and Network Products Manager for Quis Communications Corporation, an 8-person solutions provider.
• Managed 2 Windows NT 4.0 servers and 5 Windows 95 PC’s, including security and technical support issues. Managed web and ftp sites, software/hardware purchasing.
• HTML editing.
• Created all sales documentation for Quis, an Internet bill-back system, and researched all necessary hardware/software components.
• Wrote three white papers.
• Troubleshot end-to-end network connectivity problems, including TCP/IP connectivity. Set up and configured new machines for network and Internet (T-1) connection.

Jan. 1996 - Feb. 1997

PC Support Technician

VHB, Watertown, MA

• PC Support Technician for Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, a 500-person Civil engineering firm.
• Supported 450 networked PC’s in 9 offices on the Eastern Seaboard.
• Wrote in-house PC Support documentation and user guides for in-house applications.
• Wrote VMS scripts to perform restores from VMS backup tapes.
• Supported network printing, including HP printers, DataProducts printers. Also managed VMS print queues.
• Created and edited department intranet documentation.

May 1995 - Jan. 1996

QA, PC Technician, Technical Writer, and Human Factors Designer

PureSpeech, Cambridge, MA

• QA, PC Technician, Technical Writer, and Human Factors Designer for PureSpeech, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, a start-up company.
• Responsible for testing new software products, technical documentation, configuring computers, and coordinating collection of voice data.
• QA for SpeechMail, first shipping product. Tracked bugs, managed temporary QA staff.
• Wrote all technical support documentation for SpeechMail.
• Coordinated collection of over 100,000 voice utterances to train speech-recognition software.
• Key member of human factors core team which designed call flow for crucial speech-recognition product.

Sept. 1994 - Dec. 1996:

Small business owner

Atlanta, GA and Quito, Ecuador

• Co-owner and President of Laurione Imports. Handmade crafts and clothing from Ecuador.
• Responsible for all sales.
• Accomplished all financial management. bookkeeping, and inventory control.
• Coordinated with customs, customs broker, and partner in Ecuador.

Oct. 1992 - May 1994:

U.S. Naval Officer, Public Affairs Officer

U.S. Naval Station Panama Canal

• Public Affairs Officer for Naval Forces, Panama, Headquarters Atlantic Fleet, Detachment South and U.S. Naval Station Panama Canal.
• Responsible for all Public Affairs functions for all U.S. Navy/Marine Corps activities in Central and South America.
• Managed and trained two Navy photographers and one civilian Public Affairs Specialist.
• Increased Navy coverage in Southern Command’s weekly newspaper from quarterly to weekly.
• Deployed to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Colombia to cover Naval activities.
• Published in numerous Stateside papers.
• Interfaced directly with prominent journalists on various projects.
• Chaired 18-person committee which organized 1993 Navy Ball in Panama, attended by over 400 people.
• Command Duty Officer approximately weekly. In charge of all base activities, including base operations and security.
• Security and safety inspector on a quarterly basis.

Sept. 1991 - Oct. 1992:

US Naval Officer, Administrative Officer

US NAS Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines

• Administrative officer, Operations Department, U.S. Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines.
• Responsible for all administrative functions for 300-person Air Operations Department of Navy’s central aviation activity in the Western Pacific.
• Directly supervised four U.S. enlisted and three foreign national personnel.
• Managed command’s physical fitness program for over 950 people. Expanded remedial training, resulting in a 57% improvement in the pass rate.
• Received Letter of Commendation from Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Philippines for extensive involvement in regional community projects in neighboring Filipino communities.
• Participant in drawdown and withdrawal of military presence from the Philippines.
• Command Duty Officer monthly. In charge of all base activities, including base (including flight) operations, security, and VIP arrivals and departures.

A sampling of articles written while a Public Affairs Officer stationed at US Naval Station Panama Canal:

• Combined Navy effort clears away sunken ship, April 1993
• USS Grasp sailors lend Hondurans a helping hand, April 1993