Steven Glista

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Education:

University of Oregon School of Law

2006-present
Eugene, OR
JD expected May 2009
  • Student Rep, Technology Committee 2006- 07
  • Director, Sports and Entertainment Law Forum, 2007- present

    • California Institute of Technology

    1994-1998
    Pasadena, CA
    Bachelor of Science, Biology
  • Emphasis on neuroscience, molecular biology
  • Rigorous background in physics and mathematics
  • Basic training in computer science

    • Employment:

    Charles Schwab & Co, Inc.

    30 years ago, Charles Schwab founded the first discount brokerage firm in the United States. More than any other company, Schwab redefined the relationship between individual investors and Wall Street. Today, Chuck is the CEO of a company with 15,000 employees that offers a variety of banking and financial services to people in all walks of life.
  • November 2005 - August 2006: Senior Project Manager
    Supervise development and implementation of a package of software tools to count real-time stock quotes and allocate fees to the proper exchanges. Manage contract relationships with stock exchanges, market analysts, and market data providers.

    • Broadlane, Inc.

    Broadlane provides a variety of total cost management services to healthcare companies throughout the United States.
  • April 2003 - November 2005: Contracts Manager
    Managed a portfolio of 30+ contracts with volume of over $300M per year. Developed RFI and RFP materials for Intel-based server hardware and maintenance contracts. Managed 9-month long RFP bid and approval process in accordance with Broadlane's stringent corporate governance framework. Negotiated and executed contracts with volume of approximately $15M per year with three Tier-1 server vendors. Member of team that grew "IT contracts" business line from its birth to a volume of $250M per year over 3-year period.
  • September 2002 - April 2003: Analyst
    Generated reports from 80,000+ line datasets with MS Access to map historical purchasing patterns. Built Excel workbook models to project impact of adopting new contracts for laser printers at Broadlane's 2 largest customers over 3, 5, and 7 year periods. Wrote VBS subroutines to automate repetitive analysis tasks. Created PowerPoint presentations to communicate results.
  • March - September 2002: Project Consultant
    Used proven sourcing techniques to help the Broadlane team cut approximately 10% from the net cost of a 3-year, $100M technology purchase contract written for one of the largest health care companies in the US. This contract has since grown to include spend from other customers and currently supports more than $75M per year in volume. Used MS Access to mitigate the failure of the PO-Invoice-Payment triple match in the ERP system of a Broadlane customer, and managed a mailing-list conversion from Lotus Notes to MS Outlook.

    • The North Face, Inc

    November 2001 - May 2002
    Berkeley, CA
    Associate
    Created warranty database for Berkeley outlet store. Cleared backlog of unclaimed warranty inventory. Worked cash register and sales floor. Provided pre-sales consulting to customers for a wide variety of outdoor products.

    ADPM

    January 2000 - April 2001
    San Francisco, CA
    Industry Specialist
    Secured product resale certifications from Compaq, IBM, Toshiba, and HP. Secured a contract with largest computer products distributor in the world
    Led team to design requirements and manage content of online IT products catalog.

    Sangamo BioSciences

    November 1998 - December 1999
    Point Richmond, CA
    Research Associate
    Performed protocols including assembly and screening of DNA constructs, inserting raw constructs into plasmids, transfecting cells, and evaluation of protein binding affinity to target DNA sequences. Contributed enhancements and new procedures to scale-up from experimental systems to standard production protocols, and assisted with implementation of phage display technique to improve pipeline throughput.

    Pharmacia & Upjohn

    1997
    Kalamazoo, Mi
    Summer Intern
  • Performed in vivo infectious disease protocols in mouse and hamster
  • Used molecular biology techniques including PCR, cell cloning, transfection
  • Focused on development of Oxazolidinone drug class
  • P&U was acquired by Pfizer, Inc in April 2003

    • The Shockwave Lab

    1996
    Pasadena, Ca
    Summer Intern
  • Tested landing gear designs for comet probe "Champollion"
  • Fabricated materials for bolide impact simulations

    • Kalamazoo Public Schools

    1995
    Kalamazoo, Mi
    Summer Instructor
  • Teacher at science oriented day camp for 8-14 year old students
  • Led classes in electricity and magnetism, aerodynamics, aquatic macrobiology

    • Interests and activities:

    Secretary, XX-XY Water Polo Club, Feb 2004 - present
    CalTech Varsity water polo, 3 years
    CalTech Faceplant Snowboarding Club President, 1997 - 1998
    Fleming House Cannon master, 1995 - 1997
    bonsai, mountain biking, rock climbing, snowboarding, and waves.

    Qualifications:

    Previous employment has allowed me to gain experience in both the Windows and Linux software environments. I am comfortable with OpenOffice and with the use of common Linux CLI tools like cat and grep. I have compiled custom kernels, configured the X server for oddball graphics cards, and have a basic understanding of perl and sh scripting. I have built webpages that implement perl-cgi, server-side includes, and css stylesheets. I am familiar with all standard Microsoft office suite products, and have written VBscript applications specifically for MS Excel. I have experience with Microsoft Visio, Adobe Photoshop, and MacroMedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks.









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