David Shackelford

Current

• Secondary Math Teacher at Teach for America
• Copywriter / Product Editor at Japan Trend Shop
• IT Help Desk / Lab Desk at Lewis and Clark College

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Past

• Intern at Naked Communications (Tokyo)
• IT Intern at Six Apart
• A little bit of everything at Green Tortoise Adventure Travel

• Campus Living Advisor (RA) at Lewis and Clark College
• Barista at Starbucks

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Education

• Lewis and Clark College
• Waseda University
• Lowell High

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

David Shackelford’s Summary

I have worked for five years in institutional and enterprise IT, and also have significant experience in copywriting, translation, customer service, and teaching. I'm currently a Senior at Lewis and Clark College, and will spend the next two years with Teach for America, as a Mathematics instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area.

David Shackelford’s Experience

• Secondary Math Teacher

  Teach for America

  (Non-Profit; Education Management industry)

  December 2009 — Present (4 months)

  I'm headed to the Bay Area next Fall to teach 6-12th grade Mathematics.

• Copywriter / Product Editor

  Japan Trend Shop

  (Translation and Localization industry)

  March 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)

• IT Help Desk / Lab Desk

  Lewis and Clark College

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  -Assist students, faculty, and staff with technology, software, and hardware issues.
  -Specialize in troubleshooting Japanese operating system issues for exchange students.
  -Supervise library/student center computer lab.

• Intern

  Naked Communications (Tokyo)

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2009 — August 2009 (3 months)

  Studied multinational brand strategy at the planet's top marketing and communications agency.

• IT Intern

  Six Apart

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  May 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  User support and systems administration with the company behind Typepad, Movable Type, Blogs.com, and Vox. I worked in the San Francisco office during the summer of 2008, and then in the Tokyo office while I studied abroad at Waseda.

• A little bit of everything

  Green Tortoise Adventure Travel

  (Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

  May 2008 — September 2008 (5 months)

  Make reservations for giant green custom-designed coaches to take people on awesome adventure trips across the country. Specifically, my duties include bookings, IT, advertising strategy, and customer relations.
  www.greentortoise.com

• Campus Living Advisor (RA)

  Lewis and Clark College

  (Public Safety industry)

  August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)

• Barista

  Starbucks

  (Food & Beverages industry)

  May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

David Shackelford’s Education

• Lewis and Clark College

  BA , Economics, Japanese , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  Society of Economists, Campus Living / Residence Life, Wind Symphony, Jazz Combos, Japanese Club (President), Ski and Snowboard Club (President)

• Waseda University

  BA , Economics, Japanese , 2008 — 2009

  On a one-year exchange at Waseda's School of International Liberal Studies. Continuing work on Economics major while focusing on Japanese proficiency.
  早稲田大学で一年間留学しています。経済の専門を続きながら日本語能力を上がるようにしています。

• Lowell High

  2002 — 2006

Additional Information

David Shackelford’s Interests:

Japan, the Internet, well-produced TV, Economics, democracy.

David Shackelford’s Groups:

Electronic Freedom Frontier
Unitarian Universalist Association

•    Tokyo 2.0
•    Waseda University (早稲田大学）
•    Lowell High School