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Shava Nerad 279 Pearl Street, Apartment 3L, Cambridge, MA 02139 email: shava@efn.org Phone: 503-860-2480
CAREER OBJECTIVE Seeking a challenging position that stretches and integrates my talents, in the Cambridge area
CAREER OVERVIEW Starting as a computer professional in 1978, I was Chief Software Engineer/Consultant for Prototype Applications for the IVIS Project at DEC by 1983. In 1985, I joined the technical staff at MIT, and founded the first MIT intrapreneurial center, the VAX Resource Center, which proved wildly successful. Leaving Cambridge upon my marriage in 1978, I went on to specialize in campus network support at UNC/Chapel Hill and University of Oregon. By 1996, I was the executive of a community network – a 6000-user ISP – and led community networks in defending their nonprofit status from compliance standard with the IRS. From 2000-2004, I brought a small dotcom in Portland from a startup to 3rd fastest growing private company in Oregon as VP/Marketing & Business Development, and signed a prime customer list including HBO, Sony Pictures, Viacom, and many other multinational entertainment companies. A technology/management/business development generalist.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS Executive Director, National Civitas, educational nonprofit teaching community organizing Chair of Budget/Finance for Multnomah County Democrats (Portland, OR) – set and exceeded most ambitious fundraising budget in the county’s history for 2004 election Nominated, Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, Portland Business Journal 2003 VP for the 3rd fastest growing private company in Oregon 2003 Author, best received business plan, Oregon Entrepreneur Forum’s Angel Oregon Conference, 2001 Coordinated national campaign to preserve community networks/freenets 501[c][3] status One of three campus spine network engineers at UNC/Chapel Hill, CERT/FIRST security liaison, 3rd tier escalation for campus-wide tech support, coordinated transition from gopher/web, organized user groups, newsletters, and network fiber transition plans. Formed budgets. In thirteen months, organized a new support center at MIT, gaining space, budget, staff, and key contracts. After one year, we were the highest rated support group in Information Systems. After 18 months, we made back our seed money – 18 months ahead of schedule. Chief software engineer/consultant for first commercial multimedia authoring system at DEC Agile and facile adapter to new organizations and technologies Respected organizer, mediator, coalition builder, consensus builder Extensive volunteer and teaching experience Extensive publication list
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SELECTED EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Consulting 2004-current Sole proprietor Portland, OR; Cambridge, MA Marketing/sales/PR, political, and marketing consulting; freelance writing; event coordination; business consulting (including business plans); web usability audit. eMarket Group, Ltd. 2000-2004 VP/Marketing and Business Development Portland, OR Managed all marketing, contract negotiation, account management, strategic planning, fundraising, PR, and business development for $7M revenues e-commerce company in Portland, Oregon. Signed major accounts including Sony Entertainment, HBO, Viacom Consumer Products (Paramount Pictures) and VIZ Communications, among others. Raised $568K of capital in 2002 based on $2.5M trailing revenue at full asking valuation of $9M. 3rd fastest growing private company in Oregon (2003); 10th fastest growing private company in Oregon (2002); 50th fastest (2001). 100 Best Companies to Work For (Oregon Business Magazine, 2002).
Self-employed/contracted 1999-2000 Consultant Eugene, OR; Portland, OR Work included short pieces for the Willamette Week and Oregonian, work on the php/mySQL site easidemographics.com, webmaster for the Mac-based (WebDNA middleware) e-commerce site for the University of Oregon Bookstore, PR writing for OPN and curricula for netcorps.org. Summer 1999 publications include a 55 page paper for INET99, "IRS, Community Networking, and Public Policy", "Libraries and the Analog Divide" in the Community Technology Review, a civics and community organizing column in a local newspaper, and establishing magazine freelancing clips.
Oregon Public Networking 1996-1999 General Manager/Technical Manager Eugene, OR Managing a half million dollar operating budget, 14 staff (about 8 FTE), hundreds of volunteers, and technical/strategic issues for community network with 6000 dial-in and 6000 telnet-only users, in Lane County, Oregon. Hands-on manager, working extensively with activist/operational board. Community liaison to many groups, some fundraising, building partnerships, negotiating joint projects. Currently focussing on technical/strategic issues, web site, and our defense of community networking with the IRS, since the hire of a second manager within the organization. IRS work included coordination of national campaign for community networks. Press penetration included NY Times, Business Week, NPR and PRI newsmagazines, Chronicle of Philanthropy, and other publications. Case settled without penalties in 2000. Net Prophets, Inc. 1995-1999 President, chief consultant Eugene, OR Providing Internet/intranet consulting, including web design services, marketing, and training. Coordinating up to thirteen consultants. University of Oregon, Computing Center 1995-1996 Network Operations Analyst (Administrative Faculty) Eugene, OR Responsible for pro-active network management strategies/implementation for LANs and WANs, including campus network, metropolitan network and statewide network. Technologies monitored include 10base{various}, fast Ethernet, FDDI, and ATM; protocols focussed on TCP/IP but network includes many Novell/IPX/SPX servers, AppleTalk, some large DECNet machines. Working on integration of operations, network help desk, and network operations, to provide the best level of service for the University community. Member of webmaster group. Project cancelled. Continues...
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PROFESSIONAL (cont.) University of North Carolina 1992-1995 Internet Consultant, Office of Information Technology Chapel Hill, NC Provided centralized multi-protocol support for campus network. Assisted LAN administrators. Monitored campus spine -- planned and implemented UNC-NOC (network operations center) with SNMP platforms and cross-campus coordination. CERT/Internet security contact. Hostmaster. Internet contact with whois, etc. Provided full LAN consulting from physical level to user application assistance as required. Reported directly to Director of OIT Systems Division. Participated in gopher and web development groups for department, including main pages and sunsite (now ibiblio) projects, as well as the now defunct launchpad.unc.edu community network project. University of North Carolina 1990-1992 Research Network Administrator, Radiology Research Chapel Hill, NC Supported network of Sun workstations, Stardent minisuper, Macs, and Intel PCs. Started campus wide Novell Admin Group (UNC-NAG). Supported varied R&D needs of research (Unix and Mac) environment. Trained and supported secretarial staff in using Novell and networked applications. Semiconductor Research Corporation 1989 Microcomputer Support and Data Analyst RTP, NC VMS/network administrator; DBA. Supported network of Intel PCs and trained and supported secretarial staff in new technologies. Data analysis in Datatrieve. Supported research executives in various forms of computing on VAX computers. MIT Information Systems, Information Services 1986-1989 Managing Consultant, MIT VAX Resource Center (VRC) Cambridge, MA Founded and coordinated VAXSyM user group; produced wishlist from user group to Information Systems directors; produced implementation plan, budget, level of service agreement, and business plan. Negotiated funding with budget office and VP's of Information Systems, Finance, and Sr. VP. Negotiated major contracts with DEC, and facilitated contracts through MIT legal offices. VRC opened for business 13 months after first proposal. Interviewed and hired staff, negotiated staff expansion; set up office procedures; directed production of marketing materials; produced documentation and monthly newsletter. Provide software and hardware support for DEC equipment users (VMS & Unix) outside of Project Athena. Negotiated site licenses with third party software vendors. Facilitated VMS sites to come onto campus network (TCP/IP). Consultant to usergroups on campus, including Mac and PC usergroups. The VRC was the first "intrapreneurial" venture at MIT, and continues as a successful component of the central computing infrastructure, eighteen years later. The VRC was brought in first year under budget. It made back all seed money in 18 months, a full 18 months ahead of schedule. Facilitated transition from entrepreneurial to regular operations. MIT Information Systems, Operations & Systems 1985-1986 VMS Systems Programmer, I/S Operations & Systems Cambridge, MA Responsible for system management; operating system, network and layered product integrity, software updates for three VAXes running VMS. (2) 11/785's; (1) 11/750. Applications included MIT's Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Budget, Office of Sponsored Programs, Chart of Accounts, and General Ledger systems. Systems linked by T1 lines to offices in administrative building one mile away; responsible for all programmer training and support and some end user support. Various Agencies/Independent 1983-1985 Consulting Software Engineer MA; VT Included work for about two years as Chief Software Engineer/Prototype Applications at DEC Educational Services for the groundbreaking Interactive Video Information System (IVIS) Project. Database design for DEC VAR. Created X.25 Satellite Communications driver for ComputerVision (Sun Workstation, Berkeley 4.2) – delivered on short schedule, bug free. Continues...
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PROFESSIONAL (cont.) Varian Lithography Products Division 1981-1982 Software Support Manager, Release Engineer, VAX Sys Admin Gloucester, MA Supported software and worked with developers to correct bugs in real time electron beam lithography device. Maintained extensive trouble report database. Revision control and compliance testing on pending releases. Field engineer: software installations, debug, and modifications, and user training at client sites. System manager for engineering group's VAX. Assisted in ergonomic/user-interface design of new 68000-based generation of the device. Stewart Systems 1981 Supervisor of Data Entry and Operations. Software Support Boston, MA Supervised, hired, fired, and trained pool of 15-20 data entry/operations and tech support personnel. Trained clients on computer operations (DG Eclipses and Novas). WFCR-FM 1980-1981 Assistant to General Manager Amherst, MA (Temporary, Full Time 8 months) QA, debug, maintenance and documentation of new membership/contributions database in FORTRAN on CDC Cyber 6600/75 at U/Mass. Directed conversion to new system and trained staff. Coordinated volunteers for fund drives. Prepared books for three-year audit by Coopers & Lybrand. Amherst Associates, Inc. 1979-1980 Operator and Maintenance Programmer, PDP/11's Amherst, MA Polaroid, International Marketing Division 1978 Data entry, Operator, PDP/11 and TSO Cambridge, MA EDUCATION Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA Fall 1977 Accepted on full scholarship, dropped out due to seek my fortune in Boston MIT, Cambridge, MA irregularly, throughout 1978-1989 Unregistered student. Also, instructor at HSSP and Lowell Institute School in computer topics
Various institutions/independent perennially Various continuing educational, professional, and independent scholarship projects, often in support of nonprofit activities and freelance work. PUBLICATIONS Unitarian Universalists for Kerry national weblog, 2004 "The Horses are on the Track" in the May 2004 issue of the New Progressive Network's journal The Zephyr 1700 word op/ed in the 5/8/00 Oregonian on the May Day 2000 community march 250 word solicited piece in the Willamette Week on May Day 2000 also. "Civic Ecology," on developing civics and community organizing skills, in The Other Paper, Eugene OR, December 1999 Speech writer for keynote speech for "Bridging the Digital Divide" conference in Seattle, November 1999 " Libraries and the Analog Divide" in the Community Technology Review, June 1999 "IRS, Community Networking, and Public Policy," ISOC INET99 Conference Proceedings, June, 1999 Technical Editor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill OIT Review, (a quarterly journal of academic computing), 1993-1995 "Learning to Teach; A Cookbook Approach to Training, for Managers and Engineers," 1984, DECUS "Introduction to the Allen/Bradley Programmable Logic Controller," 1982, interactive video (multimedia) project, for DEC (also a variety of educational and point-of-sale multimedia projects, 1981-1982) "Tailoring EDT for the Structured Languages Programmer," with R. Mark Chilenskas of CCA, 1981, Spring DECUS Continues...
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PROFESSIONAL May 2004: Oregon Economic & Business Forum, Business and Government Committee Member August 2003: nominee, Portland Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, nominated by reporting staff of Portland Business Journal June 2003: coordinate all exhibit planning and activities at Licensing Show at the Javits, NYC June 2003: eMarket Group, Ltd. makes 3rd fastest growing private company in Oregon May 2003: Oregon Entrepreneur Forum University of the Entrepreneur, Chair, Growth Company track June 2002: coordinate all exhibit planning and activities at Licensing Show at the Javits, NYC June 2002: eMarket Group, Ltd. makes 10th fastest growing private company in Oregon March 2002: elected VP, Portland Science Fiction Association March 2002: eMarket Group, Ltd. makes 100 Best Companies to Work For (Oregon Business) February 2002: Presenter, Oregon Entrepreneur Forum Angel Oregon conference October 2001: attended Oregon Entrepreneur Forum's Venture Oregon conference June 2001: eMarket Group, Ltd. named 50th fastest growing private company in Oregon (Portland Business Journal) 2001-current: member, Portland Chamber of Commerce November 2000: speaker, "150 years of e-commerce," American Marketing Association chapter, Portland State University June 2000: One of three guests on KLCC-FM's Critical Mass, speaking for Oregon Public Networking on networking in the public interest in Lane County, OR 2000-current: member, Oregon Entrepreneur Forum 2000-current: member, International Licensing Industry Manufacturers Association 1999: Presenting "Fundraising for Progressive Nonprofits," public talk sponsored by the OPN Governance Council, May 1999 September 1998, Awarded Oregon Telcom Telecommunications Initiatives Award for activism in community development in Oakridge, OR, and for work on the IRS/OPN controversy. June 1998, Keynote speaker at the Association for Community Networking annual conference, Sowing the Seeds for Community Networking. 1997-1998: frequent appearances on KLCC-FM, KEZI, and other media outlets as spokesperson for OPN. 1997-1998: frequent speakers bureau engagements on behalf of OPN January 1997: talks for Eugene SCORE, and for Willamette Business Association. Eugene Macintosh Users' Group, 10/96, "Internet and web development tools for the Mac" . Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce Greeters Committee, 7/96, "Internet Marketing and Demographics" Barnes & Noble Internet Cafe, Eugene, OR, 4/96, Presentation on behalf of Eugene Free Community Network Data Processing Management Association, Eugene, OR, 4/96, Presentation, "ISPs -- A data processing perspective" Eugene Mac User Group, 1996-1997, Board member -- profiled in June 96 newsletter Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, 1995-current, member HP OpenView Forum, 1995, University of Oregon delegate GIGO (University of NC Student Computer Club), 1992-1995, advisor FIRST/CERT, INET, Interop, CAUSE, and other network and academic related groups, 1990-1995, UNC point of contact/delegate Novell Technology Transfer Partnership, 1990-1995, UNC liaison UNC NetWare (now Network) Administrators Group, 1990-1995, founder and program coordinator Have served on or moderated panels on VMS System Management, VMS and Ultrix Tools, VMS vs. Unix, Editor Wars, User Interface Design, End User Motivation and Training, various DECUS symposia Boston Computer Society NeXT Usergroup, 1989, founding co-director MIT Sun User Group, meeting coordinator, 1988-1989 Boston Computer Society MicroVAX/VAX Usergroup, 1987-1989, founding director DEC University VAXstation Consortium, 1987-1989, MIT representative VAXSyM (VAX System Managers @MIT), 1986-1989, founder/coordinator Free Software Foundation (gnu project), 1986-1987, volunteer publicist DEC User Society (DECUS) Steering Committee Positions, 1981-1987 Languages & Tools, Pascal 2.0 beta test coordinator, UniSIG liaison, program committee 1985-1987 UniSIG, software tools liaison; VAXintosh Working Group, Apple liaison Continues...
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SELECTED COMMUNITY SERVICE Instructor, MIT High School Studies Program, Summer and Fall terms 2005 Press secretary, Jesse Gordon for Cambridge City Council, 2005 Social Action Committee Co-chair, West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2003-2004 Volunteer, Oregon for John Kerry, 2004 Civics Teacher, National Civitas, 2003-current Chair, Budget and Finance Committee, Multnomah County Democrats, 2003-2004 Chair, Program Committee, Celsi Dinner, Multnomah County Democrats, 2003-2004 Key Volunteer, Portland for Dean, 2003-2004 Executive Director, National Civitas, 2003-current Founder, Project K5, Portland Public Schools furlough community based program, 2003 City Club of Portland, Member, 2002-2004 VP, Portland Science Fiction Society, 2002-2003 Oregon Public Networking, Vice President, Board of Directors, 1999-2000, Board Member 2000-2001, Spokesperson Lane County Agricultural Extension Service, conference volunteer and Family/Community Leadership volunteer, Y2K regional preparedness team, 1999 North Eugene Manufacturing Company (a job training project of North Eugene High School), technical volunteer, 1998 Eugene Chamber of Commerce, technical volunteer, 1998 Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene, high school youth group advisor, 1998 White Bird Clinic, Eugene, OR, 1996-1997, computer support volunteer ACCESS (Lane Community College's mentorship program for women in non-traditional fields), Spring 1996, mentor Oregon Public Networking/Eugene Free Community Network, 1995-current, governance council member, technical volunteer Unitarian Church of Eugene and Lane County, 1995-1999, computer taskforce member, web page author and maintainer City Club of Eugene, member, 1995-1998 Amazon Coop Family Center, 1995-1997, co-chair, board of directors, web page author/maintainer COMPUTER SKILLS Extensive understanding of academic and business administrative computing, including accounting systems, medical records, grant administration, and student information systems Several compiled languages, including ALGOL, FORTRAN, C, Smalltalk, Pascal, Modula II, C++ Database skills include programming custom data structures in FORTRAN and onward, SQL, PC-based database environments, report writing in Oracle and Crystal Reports among others Networking skills include campus backbone administration, student server administration and support, campus network security and support, multi-protocol routing and support on complex campus networks, protocol analysis Desktop application (MS, VMS, Unix, Apple) expert user and user support Complex development group management, including 40+ staff multimedia projects Business programming includes support of transfer of MIT administrative functions from MITVMA (IBM VM) to VMS, including database and operating systems training to transitioning staff Some skills need refreshing INTERESTS Technical, business, social, gaming and artistic problems which require systems thinking; domestic arts; history; youth leadership education; political and digital divide activism
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