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8 Beech Street #2 Cambridge, MA 02140	Jerrad Pierce	jpierce@pthbb.org (617) 395-4374 http://pthbb.org/
OBJECTIVE	Research in sustainable development and environmental policy with a focus on diffusion of technology and best management practices. I am also interested in the integration of environmental concerns into everyday decision-making processes.
EXPERIENCE	Cambridge Energy Alliance Oversee information technology systems which includes a customer contact database, and contribute to written materials marketing the program.	Cambridge, MA May 2008 to date
	The WhizKids Foundation, Director of Curriculum and Programming WhizKids is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of math and science in primary and secondary education through in-class and after-school programs. Formerly one of WhizKids' educators, I now handle several administrative tasks including the organization of field trips, and development of lesson plans.	Cambridge, MA Jan. 2007 to date
	GIS and Data Analysis Consulting Independent consulting with Poodry Consulting Group & Suffolk University, MIT Department of Urban Studies, Business 2.0 magazine, etc.	Cambridge, MA Aug. 2006 to date
	The Boston Harbor Association, Green Building Intern Research to support an (aborted) effort of promoting compliance by private developers and building managers with the new Article 37 green building requirement. Also support the organization's educational goals, and assist with the TBHA-MWRA joint program, Harbor Bound, which exposes students to local water quality issues.	Boston, MA Feb. 2007 to June 2007
	MIT Facilities Campus Planning and Design, Analyst & GIS Specialist My primary duties were to assist project managers with miscellaneous needs including research and analysis. In particular I focused on a study of communal and activity spaces, where I developed a model of population density and created several maps to convey the results. Map and modelling/analysis examples.	Cambridge, MA Aug. 2005 to July 2006
	National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology, Fellow I was awarded a fellowship with the NWF to continue a project I began at the end of August 2003, creating greenmaps of the MIT campus and Cambridge with GIS. A greenmap is an environmental advocacy tool that promotes sustainability by increasing public awareness of the local environment. This is achieved by highlighting local hazards and environmental friendly alternatives. For more information see http://greenmap.mit.edu	Cambridge, MA Feb. 2004 to Aug. 2005
	Science Fiction and The Environment, Instructor Created and co-lectured a short course, intended to examine the portrayal and use of overt and subtle environmental themes in science fiction. To demonstrate that beyond its sometimes prescient qualities science fiction can enrich environmental rhetoric as well as convey environmental messages to a potentially unreceptive audience.	Cambridge, MA Nov. 2003 to Jan. 2004
	WasteCap of Massachusetts, Intern WasteCap is a small non-profit dedicated to the promotion of waste management efficiency. I helped with the mission by locating new vendors for the Recycling Services Directory, responding to public inquiries, collaborating with MIT's waste management officials and website maintenance.	Cambridge, MA Jun. 2004 to Aug. 2004
	Footprint.MIT.EDU, Editor As final projects for the course Environment and the Society groups of students were to research some aspect of the relationship between the two. I proposed a unifying theme for all the reports; that they should consider the environmental impact of the MIT campus. Each group focused on a different aspect of the footprint and as well as being a member of the team which focused on energy I synthesized the reports into the final product at http://footprint.mit.edu.	Cambridge, MA Dec. 2002
	Network Engines, Inc., Software Engineer Network Engines produces server appliances, with the remote and lights-out management capabilities. I was involved with most of the software projects until my departure. These projects involved: internationalization, authentication, authorization design and management, and database driven content (Perl and VBScript based ASP). All projects involved Perl CGI, CSS, and client-side JavaScript.	Canton, MA March 1998 to Dec. 2000
EDUCATION	L'École Polytechnique MIT-France exchange program. Audited the Eco-Sciences Major 2, followed by a research assistantship studying the application of ecological footprints to corporations.	Palaiseau, France Jan. 2005 to June 2005
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. Urban Studies in 2005. Previous courses Thesis: Improving the Cartographic Quality and Design of Greenmaps	Cambridge, MA Sep. 2001 to Dec. 2004 & June 1996 to Jan. 1998
	University of Massachusetts Boston Courses: Science and Public Policy, Fundamentals of Physics II (Electromagnetism)	Boston, MA Feb. 2001 to May 2001
	Athénée Provincial La Louvière Exchange student with Rotary International.	La Louvière, Belgium Sep. 1994 to June 1995
AWARDS & HONORS	MIT Working Group Recycling Committee Environmental Writing Contest 3rd place for Untitled / Building a New Ethic of Stewardship and Sustainable Development.	Cambridge, MA April 2006
AWARDS & HONORS	National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Fellowship See EXPERIENCE above.
PROFICIENCIES	Operating Systems Many flavors and derivatives of UNIX including Linux and Solaris, and most versions of Windows.
	Computer Languages Perl as well as JavaScript, SQL, and PHP
	Other Technologies GIS, ASP, CGI, CSS, HTML
	Software ESRI ArcMap and passing familiarity with some other GIS frameworks. Many text editors, publication tools and office suites including: FrameMaker, emacs, OpenOffice, Lotus and Microsoft Office. Various graphics packages including PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
	Spoken Languages Native English speaker, fluent in French.
INTERESTS	Affiliation Groups Boston Green Drinks (Organizer emeritus), Boston Perl Mongers (Member), Advent Mongers (Editor), Perl Monks (Parson) Hobbies Biking, camping, hiking, reading, home improvement, gardening and programming.

Jerrad Pierce