Jordanna Chord Email: jchord at gonzaga edu Objective: To find a position that will allow for both technical growth and leadership positions and allow me to exercise my technical skills alongside my entrepreneurial passions. Areas of Expertise: C++ Visual Studio & .Net MC++ opengl VRJuggler/CAVE Applications Leadership Customer Service Communication Skills Education: College: Gonzaga University: Spokane, WA Major: Computer Science Concentration: Entrepreneurial Leadership Expected Graduation: 05/2006 Term GPA: 3.94 (Spring 2005) Cumulative GPA 3.68 Internships: NextIT Present Intern Spokane, WA Software development for a dynamic probabilistic parser that uses a changeable lexical grammar to sort, correlate and classify all types of textual information based on rule sets. The application uses lexical models to define recognizable patterns and then utilizes stimulus-response knowledge bases to make sense of the patterns and react to them appropriately. Acquired training in design patterns and advanced object orientated techniques. Work includes development on the primary natural language processor and the development of wrappers between C libraries and managed C++. New Venture Lab: Gonzaga Artificial Intelligence Lab (G.A.I.L.) & NextIT October 2004 January 2005 Project Manager Spokane, WA Responsible for the direction of a team to conduct marketing analysis of current competition in the software market for educational software. Developed a library of three-dimensional teaching ‘A.I.D.E.S.’ (Artificial Intelligence Developmental Educators). Arctic Regional Supercomputing Center June 2004 August 2004 Undergraduate Research Intern Fairbanks, AK Developed Frost_Byte, a scientific simulation that allows users to view and interact with scientific data. The project uses nontraditional visualization tools to create an interactive virtual-reality environment in which permafrost dynamics can be explored and experimented with. Using C++, openGL, and VRJuggler software was written to display and modify data representing permafrost over a period of two hundred years. Concurrently developed was a modular user interface that can be utilized in other VR applications. (National Science Foundation's Report available upon request.) United States Senate July 2002 August 2002 Intern Washington D.C. Observed and shadowed the Senator in confidential meetings. Responsibilities included online research, public relations, and database creation. Assisted in the optimization of constituent's immigration requests to expedite the office's responses to Alaskan's citizens seeking assistance in dealing with the INS. Maintained communication with constituents in Alaska. Conducted research on a national bill concerning the stockpiling of smallpox vaccines Professional Experience: Rising Times September 2002 Present Journalist Spokane, WA Provide well researched articles for a street newspaper funded by AmeriCorp orientated toward the homeless and poor of Spokane and the surrounding region. Provide guidance and advice on design and layout creations. Educate Spokane's population on homelessness and poverty to decrease discrimination. Improve the quality of life for homeless by providing employment as vendors and to improve their living environment by reducing discrimination. Wrote a business plan for use in future planning and fund-raising. Gonzaga Foley Library September 2003 May 2004 Computer Lab Asssistant Spokane, WA Provided technical assistance to students using computers and lab equipment in the campus's main library. Wells Fargo Bank September 1999 January 2004 Human Resources Specialist/Bank on U Member Anchorage, AK Responsibility for an array of duties within the Human Resources Department. Required working knowledge of company personnel policies and procedures for a full spectrum of HR related assignments. Provide technical support for office PC's and network Summer of 2002: Private Client Services - Created a client database to use as a hub for communications and marketing research for hundreds of clients. Responsibilities included marketing internally and external communications to educate potential clients in the services that would optimize their financial standards. Summer of 2003: Commercial Real Estate - Conducted an audit on all active commercial loans over one million dollars while managing the electronic database. Completed annual reviews for large net worth clients that included a comprehensive financial analysis. Memberships, Honors and Awards: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Club President 04/05 New Venture Lab - Project Manager on an E-mentoring concept and G.A.I.L Society of Women Engineers Circle K - Service Member, Officer of Web Page Development, Pacific Northwest District Chair National Forensics League Member Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Grand Prize - Social Business Plan Competition, - Gonzaga University - 2004 Grand Prize - Community Based Business Plan, gamerZunion - G.U. - 2004 First Place in the Regional Programming Competition vs. Eastern Washington Univ. - 2003 AP Scholar with Honor Award - 2002 Microsoft Grace Hopper Award for 2003 American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship - 2002 Rotary International, Anchorage East Rotary Club Scholarship - 2002 Phillips/Conoco Scholarship - 2002 (Transcripts, Course Work and References Available Upon Request)