Contact

Sam Gammon Tel : (530) 220-2710

Citizenship : USA ▪ Date of birth : 23 December 1991 e-mail : sam-gammon@metsacramento.org

Profile
Objective I am seeking an engineering or youth advocacy internship.
Availability June 2009

Education
1/02/09-Present Sacramento City College (Advanced Education Student). GPA: TBA
Currently enrolled in Computer Science courses.
8/21/2006-Present Met Sacramento (Junior). GPA: 3.7
Charter high school, focusing on real-life experiences (i.e. internships).

Work Experience
Prosper Creative Media Internship
Infrastructure Lead, Software Engineer 12/10/2008 – Present
 Part of an ongoing project to create an automated platform for deploying robust websites
(ex. rogerniello.com, kevinjohnsonformayor.com)
 Trained customers in the use of online tools like Basecamp (by 37signals) and Google Apps
 Sold 37signals and Google services to customers
Office of California State Senator Darrell Steinberg Internship
District Office Intern 4/09/2008 – 11/31/2008
 Completed a research project entitled, "Background Paper: Juvenile Justice Education" that informed
Senate staff about the educational program within the Department of Juvenile Justice
 Completed an interoffice wiki to improve workflow and productivity
 Completed a campaign event RSVP website
 Consulted on creating a long-term web presence strategy
Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign Internship
Student Intern 1/25/2008 – 2/05/2008
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 Participated in phone banking in the run-up to the Super Tuesday (February 5 ) primary
 Troubleshot problems with IT equipment, including printers, workstations, and laptops
California Department of Conservation Internship
Intern, Office of Technical Services 10/16/2007 – 12/21/2007
 Managed a project to migrate a technical purchasing database from MS Access to MS SQL Server
Herakles Data, LLC Internship
Engineering Intern (PHP, XBasic, MySQL, XHTML) 9/26/2006-03/17/2007
 Designed and built a database system to manage mission critical datacenter circuit information
 Participated in engineering-level troubleshooting and diagnostics

Technology Experience
Experience in various technology fields:
Programming Languages: Operating Systems: Frameworks: Technologies:
Object-Oriented PHP (v5) Windows Server 2003/XP Django, CodeIgniter Amazon Web Services
XHTML 1.1/CSS 3.0 Fedora, CentOS Linux WebApp, jQuery, MooTools, Google Apps + App Engine
Python, C, XBASIC OpenBSD, FreeBSD Proprietary Frameworks Apache Tomcat

Languages
English (native) Spanish (intermediate) Arabic (learning)
 References
 John Thomas, Director of Operations, Herakles Data – (916) 679-2181
 Allen Young, Principal, The Met Sacramento – (916) 264-4700
 Kathy Dresslar, Cheif of Staff, Office of Darrell Steinberg - (916) 651-4006
 Susan McKee, District Director, Office of Darrell Steinberg - (916) 651-1529
 Neil Michel, Strategist, Prosper Creative Media - (916) 233-4462
 James Nash, Senior Software Engineer, Prosper Creative Media - (916) 233-4462

Other Experience

Other Technology:
 Google Data APIs (Apps, Search, Maps)
 Encryption Technologies (PKI & Symmetric Ciphers)
 Extensive experience with DNS
SCUBA Diving:
 Certified, Open Water Diver (NAUI)
 Certified, Rescue Diver (NAUI)
 Certified, Oxygen Provider (American Safety & Health Institute)
Emergency Medicine:
 Certified, First Responder (American Safety & Health Institute)
 Certified, Healthcare Provider for CPR (American Heart Association)
 Certified, Wilderness First Aid (University of California at Davis)
 Completed, OKPiK Advanced Cold Weather Medicine Course
Scouting:
 Served as Senior Patrol Leader of BSA Troop 111
 Served as President of BSA Venture Crew 111
 National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Graduate and Instructor
 National Youth Leadership Instructor Training (NYLIC) Graduate