Ross Dakin

Current

• Associate Applications Engineer at LiveOps

Past

• Production Editor at Santa Clara Review
• Various Positions at Northstar at Tahoe
• Owner at Dakin Technical Consulting

• President at SCU Engineering and Business Alliance
• Helpdesk Technician at Santa Clara University
• Software Intern at EDO RSS

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Education

• Santa Clara University
• Queensland University of Technology

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Resume

Ross Dakin’s Summary

Computer Engineering graduate from Santa Clara University. Has strong enthusiasm for entrepreneurship and desire to create.

Ross Dakin’s Specialties:

Web technologies, socially responsible applications.

Ross Dakin’s Experience

• Associate Applications Engineer

  LiveOps

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Web applications infrastructure.

• Production Editor

  Santa Clara Review

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  September 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 10 months)

  Designed master templates for 150+ page literary magazine using Adobe InDesign CS2.
  
  Implemented web-based content management system to receive, filter, and archive online submissions.

• Various Positions

  Northstar at Tahoe

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Sports industry)

  November 2003 — April 2008 (4 years 6 months)

  Enjoyed being the first point of contact for customer issues in various capacities:
  
  - Instructed childrens' ski lessons.
  - Assisted with search and rescue efforts.
  - Administered chairlift surveys.
  - Helped construct and wire stressed-member structures.
  - Teched rental equipment.
  - Directed traffic, supervised tram passengers.

• Owner

  Dakin Technical Consulting

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 3 months)

  Clients include:
  - Logistics firm
  - Radio station
  - Car dealership
  - Real estate developer
  - Small hotel
  - Furniture importer
  - Academic psychological research project
  - Non-profit organizations
  - Non-commercial individuals
  
  Services include:
  - System maintenance
  - Networking
  - Shared storage solutions
  - Web design and application development
  - Stand-alone client application development

• President

  SCU Engineering and Business Alliance

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  February 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  Organized events with local students, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists to raise awareness of entrepreneurship on campus.
  
  - Helped raise over $10K in funding from corporate sponsors.
  - Implemented website.
  - Maintained member communications.

• Helpdesk Technician

  Santa Clara University

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 3 months)

  First level of direct hardware and software support for all students and faculty.

• Software Intern

  EDO RSS

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; EDO; Defense & Space industry)

  June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)

  Modified submarine-mounted passive RADAR scanning system HMI; implemented web-based RFID equipment inventory system.

Ross Dakin’s Education

• Santa Clara University

  BS, Computer Engineering, 2003 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Triathlon Team, Special Olympics Planning Committee, Fair Trade Coalition, Santa Clara Review, Engineering and Business Alliance, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

• Queensland University of Technology

Additional Information

Ross Dakin’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Resume

Ross Dakin’s Interests:

Snow skiing, triathlon, guitar, blues / jazz, wine.

Ross Dakin’s Groups:

Bronco Entrepreneur Team, IEEE, Lair of the Golden Bear

•    KIVA
•    LiveOps
•    Santa Clara University Alum
•    Santa Clara University Engineering

Ross Dakin’s Honors:

National Merit Scholar Contestant

Ross Dakin’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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