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Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Clean, aggregate, and report on data for data migration between application servers using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access databases
• Design and write test scripts and Functional Requirement Systems (FRS) for User Acceptance Testing of internal web applications
• Assist Chief Financial Officer in scheduling meetings, preparing presentations, documents, and contracts
• Lead external correspondence between potential and existing investors, business partners, and customers
• Lead internal correspondence and projects between CFO and various departments, such as IT and legal
• Initiate and follow-through with ad hoc projects, including market/competitor research, data reconciliation for company’s financial and inventory figures, and other administrative duties

• Title: The effectiveness of buckwheat as a cover crop: effects on soil nutrients, mycorrhizal spore populations, and subsequent crop yield
• Techniques employed: isolating and counting endomycorrhizal fungal spores, root staining for observation of mycorrhizal colonies, soil nutrient analyses (C, N, and P), data analysis (significance testing using R)
• Submitted and defended a written thesis and presented findings to an audience with a mix of scientific and non- scientific backgrounds

Middlebury College

• Processed efflux and influx of library materials to and from other institutions using library software
• Trained new assistants in using software and other departmental operations
• Addressed patron inquiries concerning Interlibrary Loan policies and materials
• Improved operational workflow through coordination of tasks between different library departments

Edwin S. George Reserve, MI

• Identified, mapped, and measured woody plant species in southeastern Michigan.
• Data collected are part of the forest database created by the Smithsonian Center for Tropical Forest Science and Forest Global Earth Observatories (CTFS-ForestGEO).