Lisa Mak

Current

• Application Software Developer at HighWire Press, Stanford University

Past

• Assistant at Gerberas Law
• Contractor at American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Web Developer - Front End Intern at Pacific Gas & Electric

• Student Assistant at University of the Pacific Library
• Research Assistant at Asian Pacific Self-Development & Residential Association (APSARA) Digital Library Project
• High School Intern at Nibbi Bros. Construction
• Industrial & Federal Operations Dept Intern (HS) at Montgomery Watson

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Education

• University of the Pacific

Connections

13 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Lisa Mak’s Summary

I graduated from the University of the Pacific with a BS in Computer Science, Information Systems emphasis and a minor in Business Management.

I am interested in the web development and database career fields.

Lisa Mak’s Specialties:

Programming/Scripting Languages: CSS, Java, jQuery (JavaScript Library), (X)HTML, MATLAB, PHP, Python, XML

Database Applications: Access 2007, MySQL, Database Design and Architecture

Software Applications/Programs: AutoCAD, Dreamweaver, Firebug, FrontPage, FTP, Microsoft Office 2003, Photoshop CS2, CVS, Publisher Presentation, Putty, QuarkXPress, TeamSite (Interwoven Content Management System)

Lisa Mak’s Experience

• Application Software Developer

  HighWire Press, Stanford University

  (Education Management industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  I manage/develop the medical and scientific journal's online manuscript tracking software system.

• Assistant

  Gerberas Law

  (Law Practice industry)

  July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)

  Late July - Early August 2008

• Contractor

  American Academy of Ophthalmology

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  May 2008 — May 2008 (1 month)

  •Created a Table of Contents (TOC), in (X)HTML and CSS, with links to different sections of a PDF manual.
  •Made changes to the PDF manual.
  •Created internal reference links within the PDF file.

• Web Developer - Front End Intern

  Pacific Gas & Electric

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PCG; Utilities industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

  •Learn and wrote jQuery (JavaScript Library/Framework) scripts, resulting in a more efficient code base.
  •Rebuilt a 1000 line script that shows/hides extra field sets in a form with a more efficient 50 line jQuery script, improving page performance without loss of capabilities.
  •Worked on the redesign project of PG&E’s (www.pge.com) website.
  •Made live updates through TeamSite (CMS) to PG&E’s website (Ranked #1, out of 111 utility websites, in 2007 by ESource); consolidated existing websites, updated content, migrated content to new templates, created and cleaned directories.
  •Worked closely with internal clients, ensuring QA and met deadlines for projects.

• Student Assistant

  University of the Pacific Library

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 2002 — May 2006 (3 years 7 months)

  • Managed Inter-Library Loans (ILL) requests; located books and processed them to be shipped to other libraries.
  • Processed new books and periodicals.
  • Managed various projects such as the Spanish Recon ("retrospective conversion") Project.

• Research Assistant

  Asian Pacific Self-Development & Residential Association (APSARA) Digital Library Project

  (E-Learning industry)

  May 2005 — October 2005 (6 months)

  •Project managed by Computer Science Professor and Librarian Professor.
  •Categorized and analyzed websites to be used in the digital library for school children of disadvantaged refugee populations.
  •Worked with minimal supervision, with 90% of time spent working remotely from home in San Francisco. Met 100% of deadlines.

• High School Intern

  Nibbi Bros. Construction

  (Construction industry)

  June 2001 — August 2001 (3 months)

  •Assisted in the recreation of the company’s website (http://www.nibbi.com).
  •Managed and designed the “View/Display” page for each construction project.

• Industrial & Federal Operations Dept Intern (HS)

  Montgomery Watson

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Environmental Services industry)

  June 2000 — July 2000 (2 months)

  • Updated the company’s Health & Safety Manual Handbook, involves collecting MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) from various Program Health & Safety Coordinators within the company’s United States offices.
  • Catalogued, updated and maintained the IFO Department’s off-site storage listing.
  • Compiled the Small Business Reporting for various federal government reports.

Lisa Mak’s Education

• University of the Pacific

  BS , Computer Science -Information Systems emphasis, Business Management (minor) , 2002 — 2007

  Dean's Honor Roll - Fall 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Phi Omega - Nat'l Co-ed Service Fraternity, Corresponding Secretary Fall 2004

Additional Information

Lisa Mak’s Websites:

• My Website

Lisa Mak’s Interests:

going to cultural events (esp. museums, favorite museum is the CA Academy of Science), learning new things, reading, scrabble, sudoku

Lisa Mak’s Groups:

Alpha Phi Omega (National co-ed service fraternity)- Corresponding Secretary Fall 2004

Lisa Mak’s Honors:

Dean's Honor Roll 2007

Lisa Mak’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch