Employment and Accomplishments
- Contract Researcher,TAVA Technologies, Denver, Colo., Sept. 1998-Present
- Researched Year 2000 compliance of manufacturing equipment for company's clients.
Contract Market Researcher, GTE Internetworking (formerly BBN), Cambridge, Mass., March-May 1998
- Evaluated prospective market for new scheduling technology in industries providing remote and on-site service.
Contract Data Analyst, Concrete Products Logistics Group, W. R. Grace & Co., Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1997-March 1998
- Investigated competing bids for lease and servicing of delivery fleet. Examined features of each plan and
produced comparative analysis. Assisted in analysis of financial effect of lease/buy option on group operations.
Demonstrated how group could save over $1,000,000 in maintenance costs.
- Improved communication between regional offices and North American headquarters during company reorganization.
- Developed and maintained MS Access databases on drivers and delivery fleet.
- Established standards for collection of information and increased accuracy and reliability of reporting of performance.
- Constructed standard forms for the reporting of monthly performance metrics.
- Reorganized information flow and developed centralized data collection process.
- Improved communication between regional offices and North American headquarters during company reorganization.
- Instructor, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 1992-May 1998
- Instructed over 300 undergraduates and facilitated understanding of complex issues raised by the following courses:
- History of Russia with Reference to Germany, 1689-1989
- Twentieth-Century Russia
- European Intellectual History, 1789-Present
- The Russian Revolution
- Explaining the Origins and Sociology of Genocide
- Science and Society in the Twentieth Century
- The Darwinian Revolution
- Designed course and other instructional materials.
- Supervised senior undergraduates in the research and writing of honors theses in the following subjects:
- The Revival of Religion in the Soviet Union in the 1980s
- The Rise of Uzbek National Consciousness, 1890-1920
- Constructivism in the 1920s
- The Soviet War Poster
- Abortion and Women's Rights in the Soviet Union, 1918-1956
- Science and Technology Policy in China after Mao
- Instructor, Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 1995-Jan. 1997
- Evaluated student performance and conducted discussions for the following courses:
- World History, 1500-Present
- The Old South, 1820-1860
- The Origins and Sociology of Genocide
- Advised adult education students on course and life choices.
- Library Assistant/Project Manager, Slavic Division, Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 1989-July 1997
- Managed electronic coding and transfer of library inventory of 100,000 items to remote storage during library restructuring.
Achieved and maintained 99.9% accuracy in electronic coding.
- Wrote detailed manual outlining coding, handling, and reporting procedures for project.
- Trained and supervised library employees in carrying out transfer procedures.
- Employed flowcharts to describe procedures in training manual.
- Designed methods to solve common problems and prevent potential difficulties during remote transfer project. Increased project efficiency by 65 percent.
- Wrote detailed manual outlining coding, handling, and reporting procedures for project.
