bio
Jennifer Gallardo, but you can call her Jen, has always had a passion for computers and technology. As a kid, she played around with programming in Visual Basic. The dotcom era ushered in a new passion -- web design. Jen spent much of her high school years creating websites -- mostly for local musicians -- on a freelance basis. After high school, she entered New York University where she decided to major in Computer Science. While attending the liberal arts institution, Jen honed her skills in photography and other subjects besides technology. However, she did obtain a strong grounding in algorithms, programming techniques, and her main interest, web technologies. Since graduating NYU, Jen has remained in Manhattan working for a nonprofit company that supports the distribution of youth and social issue media. She works in their technology department as a Web Developer, assisting in the distribution of films via the web and the authoring of them on DVDs. Jen also supports the staff with all their technical issues including, but not limited to, support using Final Cut Pro, hardware installations, and disaster recovery (computer crashed...and fell through window, etc).
In case you wanted to know, Jen designs and develops exclusively on her Apple Powerbook. Once universal binary versions are released of the software packages she uses primarily, she will begin to transition to the iMac Core Two Duo.
resume
Jennifer Gallardo
Inwood/Washington Heights
New York, NY 10040
email: info@jengallardo.com
skills
* Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 8.5/9/X, Unix, Linux (Ubuntu)
* Programming Proficiencies: HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, XML, Perl, Java, JSP, C
* Software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access; Adobe/Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator; Final Cut Pro, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro
* Languages: Fluent in English and Spanish
education
New York University, College of Arts & Science '06
New York, NY
* Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science.
* Graduated cum laude.
experience
Web Developer
Arts Engine, Inc., New York, NY
May 2006 - present
* Spearheads projects that enhance the functionality of the websites run by the company, including integrating new features for users and new ways to earn revenue and generate traffic.
* Works with film festival coordinators to deliver compressed videos for web distribution and authors DVD of festival films which is sold to nonprofits, activists, and educators across the globe.
* Maintains the floor network -- including troubleshooting connectivity issues of subtenants, intra-office email server, hardware, and other technology-related concerns within the organization.
Web Developer and Support Specialist
NYU College of Dentistry, New York, NY
December 2004 - May 2006
* Assisted in maintaining the Internet and Intranet websites of the College of Dentistry and its Division of Nursing as a member of the Informatics department.
* Worked with faculty members to convert medical imagery to a digital format for use on the Internet as well as for presentations.
* Aided students, faculty, and administrators with technical support issues including wireless connectivity, antivirus scans and updates, spyware removal, PDA instruction, and specific software issues/instruction.
Software Development Intern
PHI Technology, New York, NY
June 2004 - Aug 2004
* Assisted Lead Programmer in testing software applications and performing quality assurance of databases.
* Helped Director of Operations in compiling materials for contractors as well as compiling information for the submission of an NIH medical research grant.