Stophe Landis
212 Caroline Depot Rd, Brooktondale, NY 14817 |
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CA Director and Manager of Quality Assurance 2005 - 2005 Reston, Virginia
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Manage a team of QA Engineers and Analysts Develop and implement Test plans for all products Build and Maintain all equiptment for testing Devise and implement virtual server testing to increase productivity Maintain and augment the Natural Language Grammar Design and follow Software lifecycle procedures Integrate tightly with Development during QA process Generate reports and meaningful data about test cycles |
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iLumin Software Services VP, Assurance and Senior Linguist 2004 - 2005 Reston, Virginia
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Recruit a team of QA Engineers and Analysts Manage a team of QA Engineers and Analysts Develop and implement Test plans for all products Build and Maintain all equiptment for testing Devise and implement virtual server testing to increase productivity Maintain and augment the Natural Language Grammar Design and follow Software lifecycle procedures Integrate tightly with Development during QA process Generate reports and meaningful data about test cycles |
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iLumin Software Services Sr. Analyst, Director of Linguistic Analysis 2003 - 2004 Reston, Virginia
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Manage and optimize Natural Language Grammars
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Geekcorps / International Executive Service Corps (IESC) Country Director 2000 - 2002 Accra, Ghana
http://www.geekcorps.org |
Solicit one million dollars from USAID Perform USAID compliance and reporting Establish first field office and pilot program of Geekcorps Manage Volunteer Consultants in Ghana Attend USAID compliance and reporting seminar Direct Ghana Program and coordinate the efforts of the Ghana office Supervise and Direct all employees of the Ghana office Establish and maintain government and business relations Cultivate Funding opportunities with international donor agencies Report to Board of Directors and Geekcorps main office Create and manage the budget and accounting for the Ghana office Develop and maintain communications protocols for Ghana office |
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U.S. Peace Corps University English Professor 1998 - 2000 Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan |
Design English curriculum for 2nd and 3rd year English Majors Teach 15 to 18 hours of English per week Instruct and Tutor other professors at the University Create and facilitate an environment club for High School children Develop cirriculum for the environmental club Develop and present critical thinking seminars at universities in Kazakhstan Train new Volunteers for work as an English Teacher in Kazakhstan |
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Productivity Point International Certified Instructor 1996 - 1998 New Orleans, LA |
Teach Microsoft certified classes Learn software and be proficient in its use Create new courseware for HTML and Internet classes Support clients by phone Write custom applications in PERL for specific companies Install and Instruct employees on custom designed applications Create web interface to performance database for internal use |
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Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Consultant 1994 - 1996 Boulder. CO |
Advise the development of technologies for developing nations Code perl scripts for the GLOBE website Research options for GLOBE software and interface Create Macromedia Flash animations Design cirriculum to instruct teachers about the GLOBE site and how to use it Administer alternate Apache webserver on Sun OS Instruct teachers around the world how to use the GLOBE software |
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Literacy Council of Metro Richmond Volunteer Coordinator 1993 - 1994 Richmond, VA
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Manage Volunteer-Client relations Train Literacy Tutors Design training course for Literacy Tutors Establish and manage Volunteer support group Establish and manage Tutor support group |
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U.S. Peace Corps Health Extentionist 1992 - 1993 Kaga Bandoro, C.A.R. |
Design and teach health and nutrition courses for elementary schools Help community to gain resources for development Create educational materials related to health and nutrition |
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United Cerebral Palsy Camp Jened Program Director 1990 - 1991 Rockhill, NY
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Develop and produce evening programs Coordinate 8 program staff Manage all daily programs Supervise daily hygiene for clients |
Education | |
M.A. Linguisitics | 1994 - 1996 University of Colorado Boulder, CO
Masters Thesis
"Seven words towards the Tense, Mood, and Aspect system of Sango" |
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B.A. Anthropology | 1988 - 1991 University of Texas Austin, TX |
Languages | |
Written and Spoken Fluency: French, English Spoken Fluency: Russian, Sango, Kazakh |
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Computer Skills | |
OS - Win3.1, Win95/98/ME, WinNT 4/5 *nix, Linux Languages - Perl, Basic, JavaScript, HTML, LISP Software - MS Office, Lotus Notes, and many other packages |
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Other Volunteer Work | |
DC Vote: Speakers Bureau and Event logistics volunteer Stanislavski Theatre: Outreach volunteer Literacy Council: Richmond After-School Program and Literacy Volunteer University Delta Upsilon: Philanthropy Chairman National Wildlife Rescue: Phone Monitor |
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Interests | |
Natural Language Processing, Chaos and Complexity, Digital Divide issues, Environmental Policy, Puzzles, Snowboarding, Science Fiction, Cooking, and Zymurgy |