Bridget Thrasher

Current

• Research Assistant at UC Santa Cruz, Earth Science Dept
• Independent Contractor/Data Analyst (Self-employed)

Past

• Data Analyst at 4INFO
• Teacher at Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
• Research Assistant at SJSU/NASA-Ames

• Web Developer at Oracle Corporation

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Education

• UCSC
• San Jose State Univ
• American Intercontinental University

• Caltech
• Foothill College

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Bridget Thrasher’s Summary

Objective:
To obtain a position that utilizes my analytical and problem-solving skills as well as my educational and technical background.

Bridget Thrasher’s Specialties:

Technical Skills:
Languages: Fortran90, IDL, NCL, HTML, SQL
GIS: ArcGIS 9.1, GeoMedia
Operating Systems: Linux, UNIX, Mac OSX, Windows
Other: MS Office, NetCDF, GrADS

Other Work-related Skills:
Able to work both individually and in team environment
Strong time management, organization, and problem solving skills
Analytical, attentive to details, and goal-oriented
Easily develop strong rapport with clients, co-workers and management

Bridget Thrasher’s Experience

• Research Assistant

  UC Santa Cruz, Earth Science Dept

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  * Supplement and adapt regional climate model code base (Fortran) to make use of global paleoclimate data
  * Create and manipulate NetCDF data files to test experimental cases
  * Use NCL and GrADS to visualize and analyze climate model output
  * Present model output results at various venues

• Independent Contractor/Data Analyst

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Services industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

  Finder of things, solver of problems

• Data Analyst

  4INFO

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Teacher

  Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; WPO; Education Management industry)

  2002 — 2005 (3 years)

• Research Assistant

  SJSU/NASA-Ames

  (Government Agency; Research industry)

  February 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 11 months)

  * Used theory and observations to research climate of Mars
  * Created finite differencing model of subsurface heat flux
  * Analyzed scientific data using IDL and Fortran
  * Prepared graphics for presentation and publication

• Web Developer

  Oracle Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

  April 2000 — August 2002 (2 years 5 months)

  * Created product and technology demonstrations for top executives
  * Developed and maintained web-based database applications using PL/SQL
  * Developed and maintain web-based campaign reports using Oracle Reports 6i
  * Created new database schemas for Content Management System

Bridget Thrasher’s Education

• UCSC

  PhD , Earth Science, Climatology , July 2005 — June 2009

• San Jose State Univ

  MS , Meteorology , August 2002 — December 2005

• American Intercontinental University

  Masters , Information Technology , 1999 — 2000

• Caltech

  BS , Mechanical Engineering , September 1991 — June 1995

• Foothill College

Additional Information

Bridget Thrasher’s Groups:

AMS, AGU, Mensa

•    Club ex-Oracle.org
•    Caltech Alumni Association
•    The Parents' Club of Palo Alto and Menlo Park (PAMP)

Bridget Thrasher’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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