Builder of networks: human and non-human
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- IT Support Specialist at Parents Helping Parents
- Ecowarrior at SV Cleantech
- IT Dental Consultant at Banta Networks
- Past
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- Consultant at Usable Security Systems
- IS Technician at Gilroy Gardens Theme Park
- Lab Tech at ATR@Cisco Systems
- IT Contractor at Volt@Apple Computer
- Owner at Securitect
- Writer at Folksonomy
- Operations Consultant at Baynote, Inc.
- Customer Operations Consultant at Baynote,Inc.
- Founder at Sploodle (E-commerce)
- IT Network Consultant at Tw.com@Commercenet
- IT Administrator at Baynote
- Education
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- San Jose State University in Silicon Valley
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Sian Liu’s Summary
My beliefs: never lose my initiative, never lose my optimism, never lose faith in myself, never give up, and never say never.
I have a technical background. Computer Science degree. Cisco certified. I was in-and-out of different technical positions in Corporate America and startups. But my life changed completely 3 years ago. Now, I want to help people and the environment.
Sian Liu’s Specialties:
Help Desk/Technical Support, Networking, Entrepreneurship, Web 2.0, Virtualization/Cloud computing/SaaS, and Customer Development.
Sian Liu’s Experience
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IT Support Specialist
Parents Helping Parents
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Parents Helping Parents is a non-profit that aims to help families with children who have special needs receive the resources, love, hope, respect, healthcare, education, and services they need to achieve their full potential.
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Ecowarrior
SV Cleantech
(Privately Held; Environmental Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Silicon Valley Clean Tech Alliance is a dynamic collection of experienced emerging professionals and students driven and passionate about advancing clean technology, renewable energy and sustainable living.
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IT Dental Consultant
Banta Networks
(Public Company; BN; Printing industry)
November 2003 — Present (5 years 9 months)
Banta Networks provides tech support to dental offices across the Bay Area.
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Consultant
Usable Security Systems
(Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2008 — December 2008 (3 months)
Usable Security Systems provides a service that makes passwords obsolete and gives people secure access to any web site. I will always be grateful to Usable for the opportunity they gave me to migrate their web site to Joyent (SaaS) and take caltrain up to the city twice a week.
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IS Technician
Gilroy Gardens Theme Park
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)
I was invited back (formerly Bonfante Gardens). This was another opportunity to boost my recovery. My job was to keep everyone happy by keeping the park's technology and telecommunications infrastructure smooth sailing.
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Lab Tech
ATR@Cisco Systems
(Computer Networking industry)
April 2008 — September 2008 (6 months)
My job description was to provide internetworking training (ie. certifications) lab management support.
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IT Contractor
Volt@Apple Computer
(Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)
January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)
I assisted the LAN team with the housekeeping they needed taken care of so that they could focus on taking care of Apple's core network problems.
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Owner
Securitect
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 9 months)
Initially, I started Securitect because I wanted to ramp up my arsenal of technical skills and customer skills. That is part of the reason why today, I've been able to do what I enjoy, work with people and networks.
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Writer
Folksonomy
(Internet industry)
November 2006 — August 2007 (10 months)
Folksonomy was a blog that provided interviews with entrepreneurs to inspire other entrepreneurs.
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Operations Consultant
Baynote, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
June 2007 — July 2007 (2 months)
This third opportunity at Baynote was when I really got into cloud computing where I investigated, setup, and documented how we could use Amazon's EC2 platform.
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Customer Operations Consultant
Baynote,Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — February 2007 (2 months)
This was my second run at Baynote thanks to Jack Jia and Bill Hustad for the opportunity to do some web development and get more familiar with the staff.
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Founder
Sploodle (E-commerce)
(Internet industry)
March 2006 — December 2006 (10 months)
Sploodle ("splurge oodles") was an ecommerce startup I started to experiment into entrepreneurship and boost my recovery.
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IT Network Consultant
Tw.com@Commercenet
(Non-Profit; Internet industry)
August 2005 — December 2005 (5 months)
Commercenet is an enterpreneurial research lab/incubator. I was sort of their "IT concierge." My job was to assist Tom Wadlow in keeping their lab and data center up and running.
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IT Administrator
Baynote
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
October 2005 — December 2005 (3 months)
Baynote enables companies to display their best products and content to their website visitors.
Sian Liu’s Education
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San Jose State University in Silicon Valley
Bachelor of Science , Computer Science, Networking w/ Minor in Mathematics , 2001 — 2007
- Activities and Societies:
- Entrepreneur Society, Silicon Valley Clean Tech Alliance, CS club
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Cisco Systems, Inc.
CCNA , Cisco Certified Network Associate Certificate. , 2007
CSCO11053284
Additional Information
Sian Liu’s Websites:
Sian Liu’s Interests:
Entrepreneurship, Technology, Business Development, Brain Injuries, Philosophy, Psychology
Sian Liu’s Groups:
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San Jose State University (official group) -
Singaporean Expats of the Americas -
Women 2.0 -
FountainBlue -
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
Renewable Energy Business Network -
Facebook.com -
CISCO -
Sustainability Working Group -
Sustainable Investment Forum -
Silicon Valley Clean Tech Alliance -
Toastmaster -
CleanTech -
Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network -
Cisco Networking Academy -
Clean Tech Open -
TiEcon -
Project Management Institute Group -
Green -
Martha Beck Certified Life Coach -
Green Jobs & Career Network -
Apple - Current and Former Employees -
The Virtual Energy Forum -
Think Green -
Malaysian Professional and Business Association -
Green Festival SF DC Chicago Seattle Denver -
Go Green Expo -
Gridwise -
Matter Network -
twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters -
San Francisco Bay Area Clean Tech and Sustainability Network -
GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals -
Entrepreneurial Society - San Jose State -
Smart Grid, AMI, HAN -
Dominican University of California Green MBA Community -
Green:Net by Earth2Tech -
Parents Helping Parents -
Green, Sustainability, & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Chloregy -
Global Sustainability -
IT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVING -
ZoomTogether -
MITCNC CleanTech -
OPEN - CleanTech -
Tech Talk Conversations -
SF Bay Area Sustainability
Sian Liu’s Honors:
- President of American Degree Program Organization, Nilai College, Malaysia
- Singapore National Service infantry 5 Sir 9th mono intake Best in Physical Training Charlie company
- Resurrected from a 3-months coma
Sian Liu’s Contact Settings
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