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Shannon Bauman
Mountain View, CA
Contact info
Education:

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, Georgia9/02 - 5/04
M.S. in Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Certificate in Management of Technology from Dupree College of Management
100% responsible for all educational costs
GPA 3.86

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York9/99 - 5/02
B.S. Dual Major: Computer Science; Electronic Media, Arts and Communication
Graduated in 3 years, RPI Alumni Scholarship
GPA 3.64 Cum Laude

Colgate University, Hamilton, New York9/97 - 5/99
Enrolled in three classes at Colgate while attending high school
Completed: Computer Science 1, Computer Science 2, and Computer Organization
GPA 4.0


Experience:

Bauman Web Consulting, Chapel Hill, NC
Consultant / Founder4/09 - Present
- Founded consulting company to help startups and established web companies launch new products.
- More information at http://www.baumanweb.com

Google, Mountain View, California
Webmaster5/07 - 4/09
- Designed, coded, and maintained web pages for Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google Mobile, and Google Ad Manager using HTML, CSS, JS, Photoshop, and other tools.
Product Manager, AdSense9/05 - 5/07
- Managed the team responsible for improving the display component of AdSense ads worldwide, optimizing for user experience and revenue.
Product Manager, Google Groups7/04 - 9/05
- Managed the team responsible for the Google Groups web service, focusing on internationalizing the service to 100 languages and reworking the UI.

DoubleClick Inc, New York, New York
Intern - Interaction Designer5/03 - 8/03
- Worked with product management and engineers to design a web application.
- Designed screen mockups, and wrote a Product Requirements Document (PRD) to
  be used by graphic designers and engineers for creating the final application.
Intern - Application Usability5/02 - 8/02
- Worked on a new web application that is in beta development.
- Evaluated various aspects of the application, many of which were later implemented.

Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia9/02 - 5/04
Research Assistant - Web Developer
- Created and updated informational web pages targeted at academic as well as corporate clients.

McHale Barone, New York, New York9/01 - 5/04
Web Site Designer
- Created an interactive, content rich Macromedia Flash website for New York City television
  and radio commercial house at http://www.mcbone.com

Academy of Electronic Media, Troy, New York6/01 - 10/01
Programmer
- Used Lingo programming language inside of Macromedia Director to create computer
  program modules for clients
- Assembled different graphical, textual, and programming elements in Director for
  final product - Partook in creative process and brainstorming to develop new modules

Occasional Expressions, USA, Inc., Earlville, New York6/00 - 9/00
Web Page Developer
- Created new web site which involved construction of a shopping cart, and emphasis
  on ease of site maintenance
- Programmed 40% of the site, primarily in Perl and HTML, as well as JavaScript

Colgate University, Computer Science Department, Hamilton, New York7/98, 7/99, 7/00
Lab Assistant / Tutor
- Tutored high school teachers participating in Advanced Placement(AP) Computer Science
  2-week summer training courses at Colgate University


Skills:

Product Design: Product analysis, user/consumer centered design, rapid prototyping
Programming Languages: C++, HTML, Lingo, PHP, MySQL, and Perl
Programs: Macromedia Flash, Director and Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator


Interests:

Soccer
Web communities
Space elevators