Resume - Sam Gammon

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Sam Gammon

Tel : (530) 220-2710 e-mail : [email protected]

Citizenship : USA ▪ Date of birth : 23 December 1991

Profile Objective Availability

I am seeking an engineering or youth advocacy internship. June 2009

Education 1/02/09-Present 8/21/2006-Present

Sacramento City College (Advanced Education Student). GPA: TBA Currently enrolled in Computer Science courses. Met Sacramento (Junior). GPA: 3.7 Charter high school, focusing on real-life experiences (i.e. internships).

Work Experience Internship Prosper Creative Media Infrastructure Lead, Software Engineer 12/10/2008 – Present  Part of an ongoing project to create an automated platform for deploying robust websites (ex. rogerniello.com, kevinjohnsonformayor.com)  Trained customers in the use of online tools like Basecamp (by 37signals) and Google Apps  Sold 37signals and Google services to customers Internship Office of California State Senator Darrell Steinberg District Office Intern 4/09/2008 – 11/31/2008  Completed a research project entitled, "Background Paper: Juvenile Justice Education" that informed Senate staff about the educational program within the Department of Juvenile Justice  Completed an interoffice wiki to improve workflow and productivity  Completed a campaign event RSVP website  Consulted on creating a long-term web presence strategy Internship Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign Student Intern 1/25/2008 – 2/05/2008 th  Participated in phone banking in the run-up to the Super Tuesday (February 5 ) primary  Troubleshot problems with IT equipment, including printers, workstations, and laptops Internship California Department of Conservation Intern, Office of Technical Services 10/16/2007 – 12/21/2007  Managed a project to migrate a technical purchasing database from MS Access to MS SQL Server Internship Herakles Data, LLC Engineering Intern (PHP, XBasic, MySQL, XHTML) 9/26/2006-03/17/2007  Designed and built a database system to manage mission critical datacenter circuit information  Participated in engineering-level troubleshooting and diagnostics

Technology Experience Experience in various technology fields: Programming Languages: Object-Oriented PHP (v5) XHTML 1.1/CSS 3.0 Python, C, XBASIC

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003/XP Fedora, CentOS Linux OpenBSD, FreeBSD

Frameworks: Django, CodeIgniter WebApp, jQuery, MooTools, Proprietary Frameworks

Technologies: Amazon Web Services Google Apps + App Engine Apache Tomcat

Languages English (native)

Spanish (intermediate)

Arabic (learning)

References      

John Thomas, Director of Operations, Herakles Data – (916) 679-2181 Allen Young, Principal, The Met Sacramento – (916) 264-4700 Kathy Dresslar, Cheif of Staff, Office of Darrell Steinberg - (916) 651-4006 Susan McKee, District Director, Office of Darrell Steinberg - (916) 651-1529 Neil Michel, Strategist, Prosper Creative Media - (916) 233-4462 James Nash, Senior Software Engineer, Prosper Creative Media - (916) 233-4462

Other Experience Other Technology:  Google Data APIs (Apps, Search, Maps)  Encryption Technologies (PKI & Symmetric Ciphers)  Extensive experience with DNS SCUBA Diving:  Certified, Open Water Diver (NAUI)  Certified, Rescue Diver (NAUI)  Certified, Oxygen Provider (American Safety & Health Institute) Emergency Medicine:  Certified, First Responder (American Safety & Health Institute)  Certified, Healthcare Provider for CPR (American Heart Association)  Certified, Wilderness First Aid (University of California at Davis)  Completed, OKPiK Advanced Cold Weather Medicine Course Scouting:  Served as Senior Patrol Leader of BSA Troop 111  Served as President of BSA Venture Crew 111  National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Graduate and Instructor  National Youth Leadership Instructor Training (NYLIC) Graduate