University of Virginia

2005-Present

• Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Tibetan Buddhism

• M.A. Religious Studies, Tibetan Buddhism
  

Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia

1993-1997

• B.A. Religious Studies

• B.A. Environmental Science
  

Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia

2007-Present

• TA, Tibetan Buddhist Culture
  

• Sixty undergraduates each semester
  

• Responsible for all grading and three discussion sections per week
  

Charlottesville, VA

UVA in Tibet

2006

• Language Study Group Student and Leader
  

• Spent summer of 2006 studying Tibetan and leading a group of students in Tibetan language classes
  

Lhasa, TAR, China

CPWR

2004

• Director of IT Communications for Barcelona Parliament of World Religions
  

• Hired by the Council for a Parliament of World Religions and Fenton Communications to oversee IT communications 

Barcelona, Spain

Institute of Contemporary Studies

2002

• Teacher of Buddhism and English
  

Buenos Aires, Argentina

THDL

2007-Present

• Strategist and Developer, The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library

• Ruby on Rails, PHP, Javascript, CSS, and HTML

Charlottesville, VA

Verity Solutions

2002-Present

• President

• Founder and president of IT and database development firm

San Francisco, CA

Charlottesville, VA

Fenton Communications

2000-2002

• Chief Technology Officer

• Director of IT for the Fenton West office (formerly Communication Works) and founder of Technology Services

San Francisco, CA

Canto Software, Inc.

1998-2000

• IT Manager

San Francisco, CA

Tibetan

Literary

advanced

Tibetan

Colloquial

advanced

Chinese

Classical

intermediate

Chinese

Colloquial

intermediate

Hindi

beginner

French

advanced

Spanish

fluent