| Resume for Rob Weinberg | email me |
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As a Programmer/Analyst II, I support a shared computer facility and networked desktop computers for administrators and research labs in UC Berkeley's Department of Integrative Biology. I'm also the web master for Climate Change Education.org and affiliated sites . In December 2000 I completed a B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, with Environmental Education as my area of emphasis; in December 2004 I completed my MS also at UCB in Society and Environment in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. From 1988 to 1998 I designed and administered electronic information and researched product useability for technical publications and product development groups in Silicon Valley corporations. My technology competencies are these. My masters's thesis on interpreting global sustainability in national parks is here. |
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| Date | Job Title | Responsibilities |
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| April 2007 - Present | Programmer/Analyst II | Provide technical support for administrative staff, research labs, and a computer lab in UC Berkeley's Department of Integrative Biology |
| September 2005 - April 2007 | Research Assistant | Provided research support for professor Carolyn Merchant and technical support for professors and grad students in UC Berkely's Div. of Society and Environment |
| December 2000 - September 2005 | Environmental Technology Specialist for Crissy Field Community Environmental Center | Managed computer technology (30+ workstations, public kiosks, data collectors, PDAs, gps, multimedia), assisted the public and community organizations, designed environmentally oriented public programs that enabled students and visitors to create digital media including video, geographic information systems, web design, and photography. |
| July 1996 - March 1998 | OnLine Doc Wrangler for Information Development (Technical Publications) at Legato Systems | Document developer, electronic information administrator, webmaster for
Information Development offices in Palo Alto and Toronto.
Arranged and conducted customer visits to assess user information requirements, and instructed other Information Development members in usability process. |
| April 1990 - July 1996 | Product Manager and Web manager for Product Management at Informix Software. | Coordinated progress of CD-ROM
documentation development between publications groups, manufacturing,
field, upper management, and customers.
Designed and executed surveys, beta tests, and analyses with customers and field personnel to predict customer acceptance of CD-ROM prototype. Designed Product Management web site; enabled Product Managers and competitive analyst to provide their documents to field offices via the Internet. |
| Software usability researcher for Product Management group at Informix Software. | Helped write Informix graphical user interface
standards guide. Worked for six months with external consultant to establish
the first user centered design process at Informix. Developed, initiated
and conducted contextual inquiry visits specially adapted for users at
Informix customer sites.
Worked with Informix development groups in Menlo Park, Portland, and
Kansas City to create user centered design and evaluation processes that
impacted the development of flagship Servers products. Trained product
managers in the process of user site visits and analysis.
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| Senior graphic designer for technical publications group at Informix Software. | Book
designer, FrameMaker guru. Responsible for safe-keeping of writers' in-progress
manuals, and electronic distribution of manuals to customers. Worked
closely with writers to design explanatory graphics. Created book templates
as part of a multi-group team; produced large, multi-volume document
sets.
Local UNIX expert; member of Informix Hardware Committee. |
| Current Senior windsurfer and windsurfing instructor at Cal Sailing Club in Berkeley. |
Instruct novice and intermediate windsurfing students at a public non-profit sailing co-op. |
| January - June 1999 Intern and volunteer with National Park Service/Oceana High School Milagra Ridge Site Stewardship program |
Led high school students in removal of invasive species and replanting of native species |
| October 1998 - January 1999 Educational intern for Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
Assisted with high school and middle school curriculum development with the GGNRA Educational Specialist and park rangers on Alcatraz Island. |
| 1998 Volunteer for Exploratorium of San Francisco |
Developed sets of links for Memory Exhibition, Science of Baseball, and Frogs web areas. Advised and assisted Public Information Director in switchover to Internet delivery of press releases. |
| 1991-1993 Reading teacher and "teacher mentor" with Project Read (2 years). |
| Area | Course work |
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| National Park Service Interpretative Competancy Training, 2005 | Week long hands-on professional training in the development and delivery of public programs for visitors to national parks. |
| MS, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley, December 2004 |
Graduate seminars: Environmental Planning and Regulation, Research Approaches, Forest Sociology, Case Studies in ESPM, Advanced Political Ecology, The City and Health with Focus on West Oakland Thesis: Interpreting Global Sustainability in National Parks (link) |
| BS with Highest Honors in Conservation and Resource Studies with Environmental Education as area of emphasis, University of California at Berkeley, December 2000. | Upper Division: American Cultural and Environmental
History, Wildlife Ecology, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics, History
of American Business, Environmental Education, Urban Environmentalism, Independent
Study (2 internships at Crissy Field Center), The American Forest, Geographic
Information Systems, Seminar in Environmental Issues.
Major-related Lower Division: General Biology Lab, General Ecology, Ecology Field Lab |
| Environment | As member of Bioneers, attended five yearly Bioneers conferences (1999-2003). |
| Data design and administration | Completed several 4-day Informix product courses in system administration, database administration, SQL language (1995). Completed 3-day course in Legato NetWorker backup systems (1998). |
| Software useability | Three week-long ACM/CHI Conferences on Human-Computer Interaction: attended conferences, and tutorials on contextual inquiry and participatory design, in 1994, 1995, and 1996. 13-week U. C. Berkeley extension course in software useability (1992). |
| Computer Languages | Three 10-week U. C. Berkeley extension courses in C-shell programming; perl programming; awk programming (1993 - 1994). |
| Graphic Design | Three semesters (32 units) in graphic design and production at San Francisco City College |
| Sailing | US Sailing certification in small keelboats (Basic Cruising) from Olympic Circle Sailing Club, Berkeley; member of Cal Sailing Club, Berkeley |
| Windsurfing | Currently learning and teaching windsurfing at Cal Sailing Club, Berkeley |
| Hiking | Favorite places include Mount Tamalpais, CA (Cataract trail), Point Reyes, CA, Montara Mountain (north of Half Moon Bay, CA) |
| Bicycling | Wherever, mostly street, mostly 25 miles or less |
| Whale-watching | Favorite places are Point Reyes and Point Lobos (Monterey, CA) |