namita bhasin

Employer:	St@b (Startup at Berkeley)
Position:	Work experience
Time period:	July 2007 - Present
Description:	- Writing about Berkeley startups and entrepreneurial events for the blog at startupatberkeley.com - Organizing meetups and speaker events for the Berkeley entrepreneurial community to mingle and exchange ideas, including an upcoming hackathon in conjunction with several other student groups on campus

Employer:	FotoFlexer, Berkeley, CA
Position:	Marketing
Time period:	February 2008 - April 2008
Description:	- Designed and implemented viral marketing campaigns for Fotoflexer.com and its social media applications - Improved usability through user interface design optimization - Created and managed all outbound community and user communications (messages, newsletters, blog, etc) - Assisted with internal product development - Designed advertisements for use on Fotoflexer.com - Created PR materials for outreach into the startup community - Designed and developed products for partnership with Atlantic Records - Research (‘reverse diligence’) on potential partners such as other companies and venture capitalists

Employer:	International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA
Position:	Researcher
Time period:	August 2007 - October 2007
Description:	- Collected speech data for use in developing artificial intelligence and speech recognition technologies

Employer:	Kaboodle, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Position:	Marketing
Time period:	May 2007 - July 2007
Description:	- Designed viral marketing strategy using social media and directory listings to broaden virtual presence - Optimized search engine rankings to increase user acquisition - Provided feedback on user interface design to increase usability for next-generation applications

Employer:	UC Berkeley Phonology Lab
Position:	Research Assistant
Time period:	February 2007 - July 2008
Description:	- Investigated covert contrasts in preschoolers’ phonological categories to determine speech development patterns - Collected, collated and analyzed data from tests conducted on children using Wavesurfer and Praat

Employer:	Equilar, Inc., Berkeley, CA
Position:	Research Analyst
Time period:	February 2007 - April 2007
Description:	- Collected, collated and analyzed data on board compensation from SEC filings - Created databases for companies enabling access to detailed and fully supported statistics

Employer:	Relay for Life, Berkeley, CA
Position:	Accounting
Time period:	December 2006 - November 2008
Description:	- Collected, organized, and processed over $50,000 in donations for UC Berkeley’s annual Relay for Life event

Employer:	San Jose State University
Position:	Research Intern
Time period:	May 2006 - July 2006
Description:	- Research project in SJSU’s MBA department: critical success and failure factors of Silicon Valley high-tech startups - Analyzed academic literature and directly interviewed executives and entrepreneurs to determine above factors

Employer:	Skool Aid, Cupertino, CA
Position:	Teacher
Time period:	May 2006 - July 2006
Description:	- Taught verbal subjects (reading, writing, vocabulary, etc.) to elementary and middle school students - Tutored high school students for the SATs

Employer:	Mobio Networks, Cupertino, CA
Position:	Intern
Time period:	April 2006 - December 2006
Description:	- Designed and executed pre-launch usability trials for Mobio’s first mobile application - Collected, sorted, and analyzed survey data and user feedback for continuous product enhancements - Researched and compiled relevant web content for use in forthcoming products

Employer:	ASHA for Education
Position:	Work experience
Time period:	August 2005 - April 2007
Description:	- Designed all publicity/marketing and other graphic materials for Images of India, ASHA’s annual fundraising event - Preparations for the event, which was attended by 1000+ people and generated $11,000

Employer:	Berkeley School Volunteers (BSV)
Position:	Tutor
Time period:	August 2005 - October 2005
Description:	- Tutored disadvantaged students in Spanish classes at Berkeley High School

University:	University of California System - Berkeley
Time period:	2004 - 2009
Degree:	International Political Economy, Linguistics, BA

Memberships:

Indian Student Association (ISA) (fall 2005 – summer 2007) - Designed flyers and artwork and coordinated publicity for club-sponsored events throughout the year Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) Intern (fall 2005 – spring 2006) - Conducted preliminary research on high-impact projects such as major campus renovation