Career History

Profile:
Detail-oriented and results-driven Electrical Engineer with a passion for product improvement and regulatory compliance with expertise in international vendor relations for EOL components and supply mitigation with additional experience as a Certified ISO 9001:2008 Lead Auditor. Adept at performing in deadline-driven, fast paced environments while pushing creative limits to deliver projects that surpass client expectations. Creative, analytical, and a proven collaborator, leveraging skills across industries and platforms. Self-starter who takes the initiative to improve yield and streamline Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions where applicable. Additionally excels at data stewardship that enables the use of strong organizational skills, educational background, and ability to communicate and work well with clients and teams.

Work Experience:​​​

• Operations Analyst
  Cara Cavanaugh Real Estate, Alameda, CA
  September 2021 to present

  • Create Content for The American Dream TV, Selling Bay Area TV Host

  • Create and maintain real estate website (content management)

  • Use Canva / CapCut Video Editing to create digital collateral

  • Admin and post listing and TV content to social media outlets

  • Compose and send a weekly local email newsletter

  • Maintain contacts in CRM and real estate database for Top 2% East Bay Realtor in 2022

i.    Look up and verify contact information in public records to standardize name and phone number
ii.    Survey property ownership information

• Scholarship & Mini-Grant Manager
  Bonta California Progress Foundation, State of California
  February 2019 to March 2023

  • Report to the Bonta California Progress Foundation Board

  • Creation and Maintenance of the Foundation’s 50+ page Policies and Procedures Manual

  • Creation and Maintenance of the Foundation’s website

  • Development of scholarship application process, rubric development & outreach

  • Accept, sort applications, apply initial rubric and sort to 40 best applicants

  • Manage Education Leaders as the reviewers to submit their top 20

  • Communications with candidates is 100% solely through this position

  • Creation of Recipients Report

  • Development of mini-grant application process, rubric development & outreach

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• Campaign Director, Finance Director, Technology Lead, & Candidate Scheduler
  Mia Bonta for Assembly 2021, Alameda, CA
  March 2021 to September 2021

  • Campaign Leadership Management
    i.    Project Planning based on voting data and previous financial data
    ii.    Develop Campaign & Election Countdown Calendar
    iii.    Volunteer Recruitment & ongoing Appreciation
    iv.    Phone Banking – train Field Managers and write scripts for demographics
    vi.    Texting - establish account for texting and manage texting program
    vii.    Robo Calls – establish account, create scripts, recruit recorders, execute calls
    viii.    Lawn Signs & Flyers – updated designs, created, and sent to print at Union Shops

  • Information Technology (IT) Management
    i.    Domain Registration, Domain Name Server (DNS) Management
    ii.    Email flow management
    iii.    Facebook Admin and management
    iv.    Google Suite (inclusive of email, google drive, etc.)
    v.    Negotiated, Supervised Contract, and Admin’d Spoke/Rewired Texting
    vi.    Negotiated, Supervised Contract, and Admin’d Paragon Payment Solutions
    vii.    ALL Systems Troubleshooting

  • Database (DB) Systems Management
    i.    ActBlue, NGP VAN v8, PDI Campaign Center, Paragon Solutions (payment platform)

  • Financial Planning Management
    i.    Develop, Create, Maintain, and Report on Budget/COH
    ii.    Daily Reporting of Contributions; specifically, all exceeding $1000
    iii.    Maintain daily updates to all Donations Platform, Campaign Budget, and Cash Flow
    iv.    Populate Google Drive with all Contracts, Check images, Receipt images, Invoice images, W-9’s, and documents pertaining to Finance Planning
    v.    Manage Reimbursements and Reimbursement Policy
    vi.    Inform Accountants whom to pay upon Candidate’s approval
    vii.    Provide Accountants with all W-9s
    viii.    Submit all receipts and invoices for filing deadlines
    ix.    Submit all donations for filing deadlines
    x.    Collect historical data from previous similar campaigns
    xi.    Collect financial data from previous similar campaigns
    xii.    Track donation attributions and determine commission for District Fundraiser

  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Technology Lead
    i.    Training; Works 1-on-1 with campaign members who need help with platforms
    ii.    Maintain CRM forms for Volunteers
    iii.    Create, Schedule, and Pull reports from CRM and Campaign Center
    iv.    Create Online Donation forms specific for Fundraisers and Fundraising events
    v.    Supervise and Ensure all Data Entry

  • Candidate Scheduler​​

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• Campaign Manager
  AD18 ADEM Progressive/Labor UNITY Slate, Alameda, CA
  December 2020 to January 2021

  • Report to Attorney General Rob Bonta

  • Managed 14 delegate candidates, 11 of whom won delegate seats

  • Produced, directed, and wrote several campaign video statements

  • Created and maintained all aspects of social media for the campaign

       December 2018 to January 2019

• Report to Assemblymember Rob Bonta

• Managed 14 delegate candidates, 10 of whom won delegate seats

• Directed phone and text banking

• Boosted posts on social media

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• Social Media Manager

       IAFF Local 689, Alameda, CA
       September 2020 to November 2020
       September 2018 to November 2018

• Coordinated all aspects of social media posting

• Boosted posts on social media

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• Campaign Manager

       Alamedans for Housing Affordability - Measure Z, Alameda, CA

​       August 2020 through November 2020

• Report to Campaign Director, Doug Linney and Co-Chair Vice Mayor John Knox White

• Recruit and manage campaign 12 Captains with 200+ volunteers

   

• Implement and Manage a new pandemic Phone Banking

• Schedule and coordinate Zoom house parties

• Seek and share endorsements for campaign

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• Campaign Manager
  John Casselberry for Alameda School Board, Alameda, CA
  Verna Castro for Alameda School Board, Alameda, CA
  August 2020 through November 2020

  • Grassroots campaign, reporting directly to the Candidates

  • Determine walk precincts for campaign LitDrop (pandemic times)

  • Schedule and coordinate Zoom house parties

  • Recruit and manage volunteers for texting, phone banking, and LitDrop

  • Graphics development

  • Website development

  • Lawn sign, door hanger, and mailer development

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• Data Analyst
  Oakland Promise, Oakland, CA
  June 2020 to August 2020

  • Partnered with OUSD via Oakland Promise to correct and finalize district wide data

  • Analyzed and edited lists for hotspot and laptop distribution for all Seniors in OUSD

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• Director of Finance and Administration
  Literacy Lab (dba LitLab), Oakland, CA
  April 2019 to March 2020

  • Managed company wide Operations, Administration, and Finance during CEO transition

  • Progressed from Operations Manager to Director of Finance and Administration

  • Manage donor acknowledgment letters

  • Communicate with vendors to specify deliverables and maintain timely delivery

  • Process payroll and benefit changes
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• Campaign Manager
  Strong Schools for Alameda 2020 - Measure A, Alameda, CA
  October 2019 to March 2020

  • Report to Co-Chairs Beth Aney and Cara Cavanaugh

  • Determine walk precincts for campaign

  • Recruit and manage volunteers from majority of AUSD schools

  • Manage canvassing and phone banking, managed phone banking captain
    PASSED - 2/3 supermajority Yes to pass
    *** Measure A results: Yes    19,554 votes 67.10 % — No    9,588 votes    32.90 %
     

• Campaign Manager
  We Care Alameda - City of Alameda Special Election — Yes on Measure A/No on Measure B
  January 2019 through April 2019

  • Report to Campaign Director, Doug Linney and Chair Vice Mayor John Knox White

  • Determine walk precincts for campaign

  • Schedule and coordinate house parties

  • Recruit and manage volunteers for quick-turnaround special election

  • Manage volunteers in an assigned Captain-based system

  • Seek endorsements for campaign
    PASSED - Majority required to pass
    *** Measure A results: Yes    11,341 votes 52.67%   —    No    10,193 votes 47.33%
    *** Measure B results:  No    11,922 votes 55.91%   —    Yes    9,400 votes 44.09%
     

• Campaign Manager
  Mia Bonta for Alameda School Board, Alameda, CA
  May 2018 to November 2018

  • Produced "Mia in a Minute" campaign video series

  • Boost posts on social media

  • Direct volunteers for lawn signs, canvassing, and house parties

  • Manage candidate calendar

  • Contributed to 100 day and 2-year goal planning

  • Coordinate all aspects of social media and video series

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• Head of Operations/Manufacturing
  Water Canary, Los Angeles, CA
  December 2014 to May 2018

  • Research and vet sensor technology

  • Develop manufacturing plan to assist in funding procurement

  • Promote sensor technology

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• Optical MEMS Engineer
  Glimmerglass Networks, Hayward, CA
  July 2011 to February 2015

  • Worked with vendors of silicon micromirror chip and associated parts

  • Collected and maintained production statistics

  • Managed preventive and corrective actions on production line

  • Developed reporting system in Visual Basic

  • Implemented ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System with online approval and tracking

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• HFC Performance Analyst
  Comcast, Inc., Pittsburg, CA
  March 2004 to April 2007

  • Automated Brio (TTS/Remedy), Avaya CMS, and specific local report

  • Retired Web Outage Log to automated tracking of outages handled by Local Management Center (LMC)

  • Distributed custom-built "Weekly Snapshot" to all Executives in Western Division

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• Graduate Student Intern / Research
  Silicon Light Machines, Mountain View, CA
  June 1998 to September 1998

  • Developed and performed tests to quantify the ability of the Grating Light Valve (GLV) to withstand the application of extremely high optical power densities, aiming to determine absolute maximum power density​

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Education:

• MSEE Electrical Engineering, May 2000
  Graduate Research: Optical Microelectrical Mechanical Systems (Optical MEMS)
  University of California, Davis

  • Used silicon micromirrors for optical coherence tomography system

  • Configured optical delay line for use with OCT system

• Thomas J Watson, Jr. Fellow, August 1995 to August 1996
  Fellowship: Studies in Viticulture

  • Studied various irrigation techniques and the effect on ripening and canopy development (Golan Heights Winery, Israel)

  • Monitored physical weather stations and performed weather simulations and data analysis (CIVC, Épernay, France)

  • Analyzed harvest-readiness using conventional methods (Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim, Germany)

  • Performed bottling and racking (Wein- & Sektlaube KÖSSLER, San Paolo, Italy)

• B.S. Government and General Engineering with Honors in Engineering, May 1995
  Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
  Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
   

Publications

• U.S. Patent #6643053, Piecewise linear spatial phase modulator using dual-mode micromirror arrays for temporal and diffractive fourier optics [issued November 2003]

• K.T. Cornett, B. Walker, E.J. Carr, J.P. Heritage, and O. Solgaard, "Effects of Mirror Surface Deformation in Optical Delay Lines Based on Resonant-Scanning Micromirrors," Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society (2001 IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting), LEOS 2001, pp. 855-856, San Diego, California, November 11-15, 2001. [PDF]

• K.T. Cornett, J.P. Heritage, and O. Solgaard, "Compact Optical Delay Line Based on Scanning Surface Micromachined Polysilicon Mirrors," Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMS (Optical MEMS 2000), pp. 15-16, Kauai, Hawaii, August 21-24, 2000. [PDF]

• K.T. Cornett, P.M. Hagelin, J.P. Heritage, O. Solgaard, and M. Everett, "Miniature Variable Optical Delay Using Silicon Micromachined Scanning Mirrors," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Technical Digest, pp. 383-384, San Francisco, California, May 7-12, 2000. [PDF]

• P. Hagelin, K.T. Cornett, and O. Solgaard, "Micromachined Mirrors in a Raster Scanning Display System", Digest of the IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting on Optical MEMS (1998 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting), pp.109-110, Monterey, California, July 20-24, 1998. [PDF]

 

Skills Summary:

• Canva, CapCut Video Editor, Krita, Photoshop, WordPress, Squarespace

• Administrator of:

  • Facebook, Instagram, Google Business

  • NGP VAN, Nation Builder, PDI Campaign Center, Action Network

  • Mobilize, Spoke/Rewired, CallHub, Paragon

  • Google Suites

  • Salesforce

  • Slack

  • Trello

• LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok

• MailChimp, Follow Up Boss, Compass CRM

• Asana, Zapier, Shift4Shop, Gutensite

• Campaign Director, Campaign Finance Management, Campaign Technical Lead

• Production Management, Campaign Management, Social Media Optimization, Database Optimization

• Microsoft Access, SQL, Sharepoint, DNS/Server management

• Microsoft Excel, TTS/Brio, Avaya-CMS, Certified ISO9001:2008 Lead auditor, Clean Room Management