Abrahm Coffman
**********@*****.*** 510-***-****
**** ******* *** #** ********, CA 94705
I am seeking employment at an innovative, fast paced, technology startup that is building next generation
tools to improve health and/or education. I m looking for an opportunity that will allow me to learn
something new every day from a team of amazing, passionate, and creative individuals.
Professional Experience
Co-Founder & Web Developer - Berkeley Berkeley Health Informatics 2010 2011
Built a robust functioning prototype using Rails 3, PostgreSQL, and a whole lot of jQuery/Javascript
Lecturer Web Architecture Berkeley School of Information, UC Berkeley Summer 2010
Wrote a curriculum and co-taught a summer school course on web architecture
Created the course website to demonstrate some of the concepts
Graduate Student Instructor Berkeley School of Information, UC Berkeley 2009 - 2010
Fall Course: Distributed Computing Applications and Infrastructure
Spring Course: Information Law and Policy
Administrative Resident San Francisco UCSF Medical Center Summer 2009
Consulted on IT strategies ranging from data warehousing models to major software application purchases
Coordinated the design of the master template for a provider documentation application
Improved data consistency and accuracy by enforcing more structured data capture
Project Manager - Silicon Valley / China Synnex Corporation NYSE: SNX 2005 2007
Managed a team of developers in the US and China on major ERP software development projects
Reqs gathering, info-architecture, prototyping, project management, testing, training and support
Created an improved transaction ontology and taxonomy for AR and AP transactions exceeding $1B annually
Architected and managed the development / deployment of an employee portal and task management system
Financial Analyst Silicon Valley / China Synnex Corporation NYSE: SNX 2003 2005
Implemented scalable off-shore operations and logistics in Beijing, China
Created technical process documentation, ISO flows, and global training modules
Extracted valuable business intelligence from extensive financial data mining and analysis
Education
University of California, Berkeley School of Information 2008 2010
Masters in Information Management & Systems
Haas Management of Technology Program
Columbia University, New York City Department of Computer Science 2007 2008
Post Baccalaureate Studies in Computer Science
University of California, San Diego Department of Economics 1998 2003
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Professional Skills
Skills: Web Development, Teaching, Consulting, Strategy, Team Building, Info Architecture, User Experience
Programming: JavaScript, HTML5, Rails, PHP, Python, CSS3, XML, JSON, AJAX