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Employment History

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Pre-Algebra & Computer Literacy teacher and IT, 2003 - currently
St. Gabriel School, San Francisco, CA

Biology/Marine Science Teacher Spring, 2003
Thurgood Marshall College Preparatory High School, San Francisco, CA

Project Manager, 1999-2002
B-Bop Associates, Burlingame, CA

Project Manager, 1994-1999
San Francisco, CA

Project Manager, 1991-1993
San Francsico, CA

Project Manager, 1989-1991
METAC (Manufacturing Engineering Technology Applications Center) , Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Resume

GORDON M. FAIR, III  606 Lisbon Street
San Francisco, CA
94112
tel. 415 334.2470
gordonfair@yahoo.com

EXPERIENCE:  
 
Teacher Pre-Algebra, Computer Literacy, and IT for K-8

August 2003-current

St. Gabriel School, San Francisco, CA
Catholic K-8 School.
Teaching 7th and 8th grade students MS Powerpoint, Word, and Excel, web site design, Adobe Photoshop, and Internet safety. Tutoring 4th through 8th grade students in math. IT for school and parish from creating technology plan to administration of Macintosh and Windows OS machines.
 
Teacher High School Biology and Marine Science

March-June 2003

Thurgood Marshall College Preparatory School, San Francisco, CA
Inner city high school specializing in Engineering and Mathematics. 98% of last year's graduating class attended college or university.
Planned remaining curriculum, prepared daily lesson plans, and taught four 10th grade Biology classes and one Marine Science course composed of Juniors and Seniors. Classes averaged 25 students with several special needs students and one first mainstream class student.
 
Project Manager

November 1998-May 2002

B-Bop Associates, Inc., Burlingame, CA
Content management company that sells Xfinity, an XML Platform, that allows one to store, search, and parse a variety of documents (MSWord/Excel, XML, SVG, HTML, ...) through breaking them up into distinct contextual components that can then be presented or automatically distributed in other formats and repurposed.
Managed company from beginning days to release of versions 1 to 2.3 of Xfinity Server, wX, eX, pX, and XMetal modules. Wrote proposals, marketing/functional requirements, Use Cases, Schedules, Test Cases/Plans and dealt with other various startup company needs. Built up Technical Dept. to 25, managed programmers, GUI designers, QA engineers, Technical Writers, IT staff. Wrote Java, JSP, DTDs, XML, XSL, SVG, VBasic, HTML, Ant...
 
Lead Electrical Engineer May 1996-October 1998
MOTO Development Group, Inc, San Francisco, CA
Full-service engineering design and product development firm providing clients integrated turnkey engineering product development for mechanical, electronic, soft/firmware, and electromechanical products.
Software/Electrical Designer & Manager Managed engineering teams, GUI design teams, and wrote C++, Macromedia Director code... Wrote proposals, specifications, schedules, and final reports.  Projects included system for Low Cost Cartridge DNA preparation and detection, DNA Analysis reagent mixing/heating Lysis & PCR system, next generation Office Desktops, WebTV Wand Interface, Amorphous MIDI Music Controller, Mouse/trackball tester, FreeStyle multimedia laptop for people with disabilities, Multimedia Kiosk, and Professional Video Camera Handheld System.
MIS Managed 2 person Windows and Macintosh teams for company growth from 8 to 24 employees.
Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Integration Engineer

February 1994-May 1996

Bridge Design Incorporated, San Francisco, CA
Create products for businesses from concept to final product w/ industrial design, product development & engineering
Software Designer, Senior Project Engineer & Manager Managed programmer teams, GUI design teams, and wrote C, Pascal, Labview, Lab Instruments, SuperCard, Macromedia Director code. Wrote proposals and final reports for Intellifone Email Smartphone, Multimedia demo, Bio-tech Analyzer, and Quick Prototype Multimedia Presentation.
MIS Managed 2 person Macintosh and Windows teams for company growth from 2 to 20 employees. 
Computer Consultant (self-employed)

January 1992-February 1994

Wrote software in ThinkC, HyperCard, SuperCard, and various installers along with electrical and biomedical engineering management. Jobs included Biomedical Equipment System integration and approvals for LaserOptic Treatment System, Virtual Object Viewer, Pressure Tester/Calibration Unit, Test Equipment for Apple Laptop h/w...
Manufacturing Engineering Consultant

January 1989-June 1991

Manufacturing Engineering & Technology Application Center (METAC), Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University.
Consulted w/ businesses in applying AI and Manufacturing Engineering to business problems.
Project Leader/Engineer Managed 2-4 person engineer-consulting teams. Wrote proposals and final reports for following projects: Elliot Impeller Expert System Record Analysis System, Numismatic Neural Network Prototype, Lenox Crystal Product Development for CAD speed to market, Edgewater Expert System, and Netaç Telephone Diagnostic Expert System.
 
EDUCATION:  
San Francisco State, San Francisco, CA expected
   Masters in Education, ITEC Department 2009
Bay Area Teachers Center (BATC), San Francisco, CA 2005
   Single Subject Techers Credential, Math and Industrial Engineering  
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 1988
   BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Biomedical Concentration)  
Andover Academy, Andover, MA 1983
 
SKILLS:  
Computer Languages:

Java, J2EE, UML, JSP, JavaScript, XML(SVG, XSLT/FO, Schema), CSS, HTML, SOAP, HTTP, C, C++ (MFC & Apple), VBasic, ASP, Ant, Perl, SQL (Oracle, SQL Server, ODBC, JDBC), Director, TCL, ES/Neural Network Shell, Design Patterns, Lifecycle Methodologies...

Operating Systems:

Windows, UNIX (Linux, Solaris), Mac-OS, Andrew, MS-DOS, VMS, TOPS-20.

Foreign Languages:

French, Spanish.

 
INTERESTS:  
Outdoors, Service Organizations, Theater Technician, Radio DJ, EMT, HAM Radio, and family.
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