Michael Weissberger

gurami@gmail.com

objective

education

• College of William and Mary - May 2005
  
  B.S., majoring in Computer Science and Environmental Science.
  GPA: 3.6. Computer Science: 3.9. Environmental Science: 3.35.
• Norfolk Collegiate School
  May 2000
  
  Advanced Preparatory Diploma (Honors)

work experience

• United Nations Institute for Training and Research Programme of Correspondence Instruction in Peacekeeping Education - Software Project Manager - Visit -
  2005 - Current
  
  Managed all aspects of web production, software, and design tasks for UNITAR POCI, an international United Nations program to provide distance education for peacekeepers over the web. Led the design and production of large sale web software to track student progress through online enrollment and courses, including e-commerce considerations. Responsible for innovation and maintenance of the entire suite of UNITAR POCI programmes, as well as correspondence with clients worldwide.
• W&M Student Information Network - Director & Solutions Provider - Visit -
  2003 - 2005
  
  Developed, innovated for, and maintained the college’s student run, conceived and implemented community portal. Responsibilities included content creation, web applications development and graphic and web design. Led a team of ten web developers and artists as the Director of the organization from August 2004 until May 2005.
• Williamsburg Food Co-op Visit -
  2007
  
  Designed website templates for the student-run Williamsburg food Co-op.
• David Sievers for City Council - Visit -
  2005-2006
  
  Provided web and media solutions for David Siever's bid for Williamsburg City Council. Included extensive design, focus group testing, and software integration for print and new media.
• American Museum of Natural History - Contractor - Visit -
  March 2004 - June 2004, December 2004 - March 2005
  
  Worked with two developers to assemble three courses in the museum's "Seminars on Science" distance learning program. Performed web design, graphic design, and production tasks, and responded to QA requests in a timely manner.

research and miscellaneous experience

• AlaneByDay - Visit
  Winter 2005 - 2006
  
  Acted as the "Web Design Expert" in this collaborative design effort. Worked with a team of designers, artists, businesspeople, and other web professionals to produce Alane's website templates. Be sure to look at the AlaneByDay blog.
• Dog Street Journal
  Winter 2003 - 2004
  
  Created online workload and content management systems for the Dog Street Journal student publication. Worked closely in a team of four developers on a tight schedule, with changing project specifications.
• Embedded Systems Research
  Summer 2004
  
  Research with embedded systems in the Palm environment. Developed location and context aware applications for applying techniques from ubiquitous computing.
• Web and Learning Services Team: College of William and Mary
  2003-2004
  
  Worked with other students and administrators to migrate existing paper-based class evaluations to a new web-based evaluation system.

Skills

• Languages and APIs
  
  C/C++, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Java 2, Swing, PHP, Scheme, SPARC Assembly, Win32 API, SQL (PostGreSQL, mySQL, Oracle).
• Skills
  
  Client/Server Programming, Web/CGI/CSS, Graphic Design, Layout, Digital photography and image manipulation.
• Development Environments
  
  Linux: GNU CC, The GIMP. Windows: Visual Studio. Web: Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, hand-coded HTML, Eclipse IDE, Ecollege.

Honors and interests

• Eagle Scout Award
  October 2000
  
  Completed the rank of Eagle Scout from BSA Troop #1 of Norfolk, Virginia.
• Interests: Portrait and Landscape Photography, Darkroom Technique, Photographic Mentoring and Tutoring, Guitar, Graphic Design, Violin, Barbershop Singing.