Dave Schumaker

Current

• Community Manager at gdgt
• Site Administrator and Chief Editor at Geology News

Past

• Community Manager and Developer at Hipsterate
• Geologist at Erler & Kalinowski, Inc.
• IS&T Beta Tester at Apple Computer

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Education

• San Francisco State University

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Dave Schumaker’s Summary

Experienced, motivated and driven community manager and front end web developer for multiple websites since 2003. Possess a bachelor of science degree in geology and a strong passion for problem solving and interacting with others to help educate them about science and technology. Currently working with a social media company focused on consumer electronics that has the potential to change the way we think.

Dave Schumaker’s Specialties:

Community outreach, HTML/XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Javascript

Dave Schumaker’s Experience

• Community Manager

  gdgt

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Lead a team of moderators and interns in consumer electronics product research. Respond to user support requests, promote website through various avenues of social media, QA support for new site features, and consumer electronics guru-in-training.

• Site Administrator and Chief Editor

  Geology News

  (Internet industry)

  February 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  Designed and maintained a portal and community for geoscience related news on the internet. Initially designed using our own content management system using a combination of HTML / CSS, PHP, MySQL and Javascript. Managed articles from three separate authors and have site traffic of nearly 7,000 unique visitors per month.

Dave Schumaker’s Education

• San Francisco State University

  2006

Additional Information

Dave Schumaker’s Interests:

Hiking and backpacking, geology (diatoms, earthquakes and ophiolite sequences), Web 2.0, Apple Inc., physics, reading, snowboarding, swimming, running, rock climbing

Dave Schumaker’s Groups:

American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Southern California Earthquake Center

Dave Schumaker’s Honors:

Apple Product Professional Certificate, 2006
California State University Statewide Research Competition, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Finalist, 2005
Internship with Southern California Earthquake Center, 2004

Dave Schumaker’s Contact Settings

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