Carissa Carter
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Design, HTML / CSS, Product design, Software Engineering, Web Development |
| Location: | Stanford, CA |
| Groups: | Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], [OLD] Social e-challenge Competition 2008 [INACTIVE] |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Stanford University, University of California System - Santa Cruz, Williams College |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Google Inc. |
| Position: | User Experience Group Field Studies Team |
| Time period: | February 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Currently performing fi eld research on search quality and user experience. |
| Employer: | Stanford University |
| Position: | Teaching Experience |
| Time period: | December 2007 - February 2008 |
| Description: | Needfinding Section Lead.
Human Values and Innovation in Design |
| Employer: | IDEO |
| Position: | Product Design Intern |
| Time period: | June 2007 - September 2007 |
| Description: | Core team member on a project reinventing a product line for a major US corporation. Duties included ethnographic research and interviews, synthesis, product prototyping and development, and major client presentations. |
| Employer: | USGS Pacifi c Science Center |
| Position: | Geologist |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Programmed, designed, and built an interactive 3-D bedform teaching tool and textbook. |
| Employer: | National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory |
| Position: | Visiting Scholar |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2003 |
| Employer: | UC Santa Cruz |
| Position: | Teaching Experience |
| Time period: | September 2002 - November 2003 |
| Description: | Evolution of the Earth
Geomorphology |
| Employer: | Williams College |
| Position: | Teaching Experience |
| Time period: | March 2001 - May 2001 |
| Description: | Oceanography |
| Employer: | Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) |
| Position: | Professional Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2002 |
| Employer: | NOAA Paleoclimatology Program |
| Position: | Professional Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2002 |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2008 |
| Degree: | Engineering - Product Design, MSc |
| University: | University of California System - Santa Cruz |
| Time period: | 2002 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Earth Sciences, MSc |
| University: | Williams College |
| Time period: | 1997 - 2001 |
| Degree: | Geosciences, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Books: | Textbooks
Rubin, David M., and Carter, Carissa L., 2006, Bedforms and cross-bedding in animation: Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Atlas Series, no. 2, DVD. Peer-Reviewed Carter, C.L., and Anderson, R.S., 2006 “Bedrock Channel Evolution: Field Constraints and Physical Modeling” Geomorphology, 81, 89–113. Rubin, D.M, and Carter C.L., 2005, “Bedforms 4.0: MATLAB Code for Simulating Bedforms and Cross-Bedding” USGS Open-File Report 2005-1272. Dyurgerov, M.B. and Carter, C.L., 2004 “Observational evidence of increases in freshwater infl ow to the Arctic Ocean” Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 36 (1), 117-122. Carter, C.L., Dethier, D.P., and Newton, R.L., 2003. “Subglacial environment inferred from bedrock-coating siltskins, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, U.S.A.” J.Glaciology, 49 (167), 568-576. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Student of Shaolin kung-fu • snowboarder • awkwardness enthusiast
Bicycled across the United States with no support vehicle Avid Traveler • recently to Peru and the Balkans: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria Favorite authors • David McCullough, Edward Tufte, Bryce Courtenay, Ayn Rand, James Clavell, John McPhee Sneaker enthusiast and collector |
| Awards: | Stanford University
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship • 2008 Selected as best project for Miele Corporation, presented work to company directors in Germany • Implementation • 2007 David H. Liu Memorial Lecture Series in Design • Coordinator • 2007 University of California Santa Cruz National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship • Honorable Mention • 2003 University of California Regents Fellowship • 2002 Williams College Freeman Foote Award for the best oral geological thesis presentation • 2001 Elected to Sigma Xi, Scientifi c Research Society • 2001 Class of 1960’s Scholar in Geosciences (Selected by faculty based on academic record) • 2000-2001 Williams College Senior Advisor • 2000-2001 Four-time NCAA All-American Swimmer |
Carissa's Startups (1)
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QashCow
Modernizing Transactions. Humanizing Interactions. --providing an easy, accessible and secure online-cash payment solution for the unbanked and cash-economy population.
Carissa's Contacts (3)
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Larry Wettlaufer
Canadian, Self-employed (partner in an insurance brokerage), Canadian Risk Manager designation, Professional Manager designation
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