Victoria Gold
77 Pond Ave. apt 308
Brookline, Ma 02445
Home: (617) 232-3733
Cell (617) 335-4154
Online portfolio http://cte.dce.harvard.edu/~vgold
Email: gold@fas.harvard.edu
EDUCATION
 Present Instructional Technology Licensure candidate, Harvard University (anticipated
completion: August 2006)
 Present Master’s candidate, Educational Technologies, Harvard University (anticipated
completion: June 2007)
 1982 MS Computer Science, SUNY Binghamton
 1980 BS Business Administration, SUNY Binghamton
SUMMARY
 5 years of teaching experience as a Computer Teacher for Jewish Vocational Services
and as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University.
 Years experience as a Lead Software Engineer and Web Site Development Manager
 Computer Science expertise in Java, C++/C, Internet Technology and Web Construction,
Database Design, OO Design and Methodology.
 Application expertise in the Microsoft Office Suite and MacroMedia Tools.
 Proven ability to Teach, Manage and Motivate K-12 students in a Classroom
Environment.
May 2006 to June 2006
Lincoln Public Schools
Student Teacher
Presently student teaching in Lincoln Public Schools grades K- 8, with the Instructional
Technology Department. My responsibilities include teaching lessons on how to Research
effectively and safely on the Web, How to Evaluate Web materials and in coordination with the art
department create a series of lessons on how to create an animated claymation movie using
iMovie. In addition general responsibilities include assisting teachers with technology either in the
computer lab or with laptop carts.
March 2006 to May 2006
Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School
Student Teacher
Student Taught with the Instructional Technology Coordinator and Computer Science
Department. My direct responsibilities were to co-teaching a Computer Literacy Course and an
Introduction to Programming along with professional development courses.
May 2005 to Present
Jewish Vocational Services – Boston, MA
Technology Teacher
Computer teacher at Computer Learning Centers. Responsibilities include running a Computer
Center at Brandywyne Village and the Maverick Housing Project in East Boston. I hold separate
classes for K-12 students and for adults and the elderly. Kids’ class size varies from 10 to 20, with
adult and elderly ranging from 8 to 10 students. Assignments are project based and differentiated
for each student's interests and ability levels. Activities include the design and implementation of
computer gaming technologies, flash design, power point presentations and general technology
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assistance and mentoring. Adult projects include Photoshop, Excel, Word, and Microsoft
Publisher along with general computer literacy support for software and hardware issues.
Sept 2001 to Present
Harvard University– Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow
Head Teaching Fellow for Harvard University’s Distributed Java Course,
http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~cscie160/, Teaching Fellow for Introduction to Educational
Technologies, http://extension.harvard.edu/2005-06/courses/11986.jsp, and Teaching Fellow for
Technology and Universal Design in Education and Employment,
http://extension.harvard.edu/2005-06/courses/12630.jsp
Teach on-campus and on-line distance sessions. Additional responsibilities include lesson plan
creation; grade student homework and supply individualized in-depth analysis of homework. I
answer student questions in person and via email.
2003 to 2004 Boston, MA
Quality Data Management, Inc
Senior Software Consultant for Gold Computer Consultants, Inc
QDM is a research company that administers patient surveys on behalf of health care
organizations by using Virtual Call Center Technology. Responsible for Data Base
transformations using statistical analysis techniques.
2001 to 2002
Avery Dennison, Framingham, MA
Senior Software Consultant for Gold Computer Consultants, Inc
Brought in as a Consultant where I Designed, Implemented and Documented a Proof of Concept
Prototype that enables non-EDI customers to manually enter Purchase Order.
1/2001 to 5/2001 / Significantly Downsized
Gold Wire Technology Inc. Waltham, MA 02452 –
Eng Manager and Project Manager of DB Group
Gold Wire Technologies “Formulator” is an automated routing configuration management N tier
distributed tool running on Unix/Linux using C++ & Oracle 8i. As hands-on manager of the
Database Group responsibilities included: management of 3 db dev engineers, responsible for
the design and implementation of Oracle database.
9/2000 to 12/2000 / Company Closed
SimPlayer Sports, Inc. Stoneham, Ma
Senior Project Manager of Database Group
SimPlayer developed dynamic, visual interactive applications for the global sports market. The
product line includes live game simulations, statistical analyses and fantasy management tools
for baseball, football, and basketball. Developed on Linux using C++ and Sybase 11.2.7.
1998 to 2001
Cahner’s Publishing, Newton MA
Development Manager and Project Manager for Manufacturing MarketPlace
www.manufacturing.net Portal web site consisting of content from 23 magazines. As part of
Cahner’s New Media department I designed, implemented and coordinated MM’s transformation
into an online searchable Ecommerce ready web site.
Responsible for MM’s $2.3Million website reconfigured development effort. Day to Day
Management of 7 to 10 engineers, designed, implemented, and developed Yellow Pages for
individual magazines. Upgrade of hardware, Y2K compliance, 24 x 7 uptime, weekly builds,
weekly newsletters etc.
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1996 to 1998
Sybase Inc., Burlington MA,
Senior Consulting Software Engineer and Project Manager for Gold Consultants
Responsible for the functional definition, design and implementation of the NT version of the
Sybase IQ Provider plug-in to Sybase Central. Sybase Central is a UI based Database
Administrator tool. I delivered both the Java and C++ versions of the Sybase IQ Provider Plug-in
1995 to 1996
Lecroy Corp, Burlington, MA,
Senior Software Engineer
Lecroy was run by ViewPoint’s former CEO. As Software Eng/Project Manager I was responsible
for the design, documentation, implementation and performance of UI & DB API for Lecroy’s
Network Analyzer. Responsibilities include UI usability studies. Written in C++ using Zapp and
RogueWave & Sybase’s ctlib.
1993 to 1995
Progress Software, Nashua, NH,
Senior Software Engineer
Progress develops a 4GL environment for database access. Responsible for the design,
documentation, and implementation for the db access of Progress’s future product line.
Developed in Smalltalk, C++, DB-Lib
1992 to 1993
ViewPoint Information Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA,
Software Engineer
ViewPoint developed an Informix-based electric component information system called VCL.
Project lead responsible for design, documentation and implementation for the db API and
Import/Export facility. Developed in C++ with an Informix backend.
1989 to 1992
Intersolv (formerly Index Technology), Cambridge, MA,
Software Engineer
Intersolv developed Excelerator an upper market PC CASE tool. Project lead responsible for the
Data Sharing Import/Export facility for the OS/2 Excelerator Series II Smalltalk version. Project
Lead for the db-api facility for the Windows Excelerator Series I C++ version
1987 to 1989
ComputerVision Corporation, Bedford, MA,
Software Engineer
Designed and implemented components of Product Data Manager (PDM), a CAD/CAM tool for
automating product design and manufacturing.
1984 to 1987
VMark Computer, Inc., Natick, MA,
Software Engineer
Designed and implemented portions of uniVerse, a Pick-like multi-user database management
and application development environment. uniVerse runs on UNIX. Developed in C.
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