This is my comprehensive list of résumé components. Current résumés are designed in Canva or Word using these components. I used to maintain this list as a combination of markdown and latex for export to PDF with pandoc, but this process was less adaptable over time.
2022 WV Climate Change Professional Development Course Fairmont State University, Remote
2022 Mechanics Modeling Instruction for High School Physics Course Sienna College, Remote
2022 Coding Integration into High School Physics & Physical Science Course MercyHurst University, Remote
2021 NewForce Software Development Training Program
Generation West Virginia, Remote
2021 A.C.T - Accelerated Certification for Teaching GPA 4.0
Wheeling University, Remote
2013 - 2018 B.S. Environmental Science with minor in Geoscience, Cum Laude GPA 3.56
Drexel University: Pennoni Honors College, Philadelphia, PA
Relevant Courses: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Phylogenetic Analysis, Physical Geology, Earth System Processes, GIS & Environmental Modeling, Scientific Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability, Community Mobilization and Advocacy, American Political Thought, Systems Approach to Global Challenges
2015 GREEN Program Study Abroad (4 credits)
Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
Adjunct Instructor Wheeling University, Wheeling, WV, Aug 2022 - Present
Science Teacher and STEM Program Coordinator Central Catholic High School, Wheeling, WV, Jul 2021 - Present
Field Director
US House Congressional Campaign, Remote, July 2020 - Dec 2020
- Organized literature drops to constituents
- Recruited and trained remote volunteers making voter contacts during the campaign cycle
- Wrote interesting and effective prompts for phone and text based volunteer outreach
Permanent Substitute Teacher
Central Catholic High School, Wheeling, WV, Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
- Executed lesson plans
- Recorded the grades
- Communicated with students and administrators
- Maintained safety of students
Substitute Teacher
East Central Ohio Education Service Center, eastern Ohio, Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
- Executed lesson plans
- Recorded the grades
- Communicated with students and administrators
- Maintained safety of students
AmeriCorps VISTA: Program Development Officer
Carnegie Science Center: Center for STEM Education and Career Development, Pittsburgh, PA, Sep 2018 - Sep 2019
First AmeriCorps VISTA hire at Fab Lab maker-space facility within Carnegie Science Center. Supervised flagship youth mentoring program and doubled enrollment to 40 participants year over year.
- Authored guidebook on one-year timeline to introduce first-of-its-kind mentoring program to global Fab Lab network
- Assisted with planning, implementing, and evaluating regional outreach to potential mentor/mentee participants
- Recognized as "Most Innovative Maker-Centered Learning Program of the Year" by Makers + Mentors Network
Truman Foundation Scholarship Summer Institute Intern (Chris Avery , PhD.)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, Jun - Jul 2018
Recognized for exemplary contributions towards the publication of Volume II of the 4th National Climate Assessment, an inter-agency effort coordinated by the White House to identify and explain the risks of climate change to policymakers.
- Negotiated with lead authors on image requirements and addressed questions, issues from stakeholders
- Recommended portfolio of publicly available images by agreed to deadline for each of 30+ chapters in Volume II
Curatorial Assistant for Vertebrate Paleontology (Ted Daeschler, PhD.)
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Dec 2013 - Dec 2017
- Spearheaded modernization of digital vertebrate paleontology database, doubling size by cataloging 9000+ new records
NOAA Hollings Scholarship Research Intern (Chris Amante, PhD.)
NOAA: National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, CO, Jun - Aug 2017
- Analyzed project requirements and created standardized global model of elevation at improved resolution using ArcGIS
Biodiversity Informatics Research CO-OP (Steve Dilliplane) Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Mar - Sep 2016
- Invented automated processes to combine databases from 6 departments that each use different Symbiota, Microsoft Excel, and FileMaker Pro databases
Geographic Information System (GIS) Research CO-OP (Jerry Mead, PhD.)
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Mar - Sep 2015
- Visualized snail biodiversity for 600+ sampled locations in Jamaica using ArcGIS, QGIS, and R
Students Tackling Advanced Research (STAR) Summer Scholar (Daniel Duran, PhD.)
Drexel University: Office of Undergraduate Research, Philadelphia, PA, Jun - Aug 2014
- Forecasted range expansion due to climate change of invasive crayfish using MaxEnt
Junior Full Stack Software Developer
NewForce, Remote, Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
Intensive full-time 6-month software development immersive training program focusing on full stack (C#/.NET) development fundamentals and problem solving. The final half of the program executed in a simulated company environment with Scrum methodology.
- Applied object-oriented programming fundamentals through team-based projects that reflect real world business problems
- Collaborated remotely on projects using Slack and Zoom
- Managed source code version control with Git/ GitHub
- Applied JavaScript, HTML, and CSS fundamentals to build a feature-rich social media dashboard
- Leveraged native ES6 module bundling to build DRY, reusable components
- Designed and built single-page kennel management application with React using Hooks
- Designed applications through white boarding dependencies and building ERD’s
- Built and interacted with databases using SQL, ADO.NET, and Entity Framework with migrations
- Created a C#/.NETCore RESTful API to track resources at an e-commerce company
- Built and maintained integration tests for APIs in ASP.NET Core
- Developed a HR tracking app and an e-commerce platform using ASP.NET, MVC, and Razor templates in Visual Studio 2019
Board Member Truman Scholars Association, Remote, Dec 2019 - Dec 2021
- 2021 - Chair of Finance and Governance Committee
- 2020 - Vice Chair of Programming Committee
Nonprofit Board Prep Program, Young Involved Philadelphia (YIP), Philadelphia, PA, 2018
English for Speakers of Other Languages Instructor
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Community Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
- Taught 15+ adult learners for 2 hours per week in immigrant community of 3 main non-English languages
High School STEM Mentor
GEAR UP: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, Philadelphia, PA, June 2017 - June 2018
- Instructed 50+ students in 9th and 10th grade science classrooms for 8 hours per week
- Directed and trained a team of Drexel student volunteers to arrange after-school STEM activities for 30+ students in 3rd and 4th grade
- Invited to be a guest lecturer in 5th grade science classroom
Drexel Community Scholar for After-School Learning
Lindy Center for Civic Engagement, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, June 2016 - June 2017
- Coordinated after-school STEM activities for 30+ students in 3rd and 4th grade for 5 hours per week
- Directed and trained a team of Drexel student volunteers to arrange after-school STEM activities for 30+ students in 3rd and 4th grade
Rebuilding Native Nations Program University of Arizona: Native Nations Institute, Tuscon, AZ (2017)
Contributing Instructor for Community Based Learning Curriculum
Drexel University: College of Arts and Science Philadelphia, PA, 2014 - 2015
- Created a new community-based learning course for 18 students at Drexel University
Education Coordinator
Oglebay Good Zoo Wheeling, WV, 2008 - 2013
- Directed educational activities including summer camps for 4 to 6-year old-children for 40 hours per week
Appalachian STEM Academy Participant 2022
Drexel University Fellowships Graduation Award ($1,000) 2018
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program university nominee 2018
Harry S. Truman Scholarship ($30,000+) 2017
Morris K. and Stewart L. Udall Scholarship ($7,000) 2017
Society for Science and the Public Advocacy Grant ($3,000) 2017
Drexel University Arcadia Grant ($3,000) 2017
NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship ($26,000+) 2016
Drexel University ExCITe Center Seed Fund Research Grant ($5,000) 2016
Drexel University Steinbright Corporate Partners Grant ($4,000) 2016
Intel (now Regeneron) Science Talent Search by Society for Science and the Public National Finalist 2013
3 - Amante, C., V. O'Leary (TBD), GLOBATO: An enhanced global relief model at 30 arc-seconds resolution. Report in preparation for publication by NOAA.
2 - Seltmann, K., S. Lafia, D. Paul, ... V. O'Leary, et al. (2018), Georeferencing for Research Use (GRU): An integrated geospatial training paradigm for biocollections researchers and data providers. Research Ideas and Outcomes 4: e32449.
1 - USGCRP (2018), Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, et al. (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, 1515 pp.
11 - O'Leary, V. (2018), How to create a new map of the world. Presented at Week of Undergraduate Excellence, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 14-18 May.
10 - O'Leary, V., C. Amante (2018), GLOBATO: An enhanced global relief model at 30 arc-seconds resolution. Presented at Student Conference on Global Challenges, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 1 Mar.
9 - O'Leary, V., C. Amante (2017), GLOBATO: An enhanced global relief model at 30 arc-seconds resolution. Presented at Science and Education Symposium, NOAA, Silver Springs, MD, 1-3 Aug.
8 - Shirey, V., V. O’Leary, S. Dilliplane (2017), More Than a Map: Adventures in Biodiversity Informatics Visualization. Presented at 2017 Annual Meeting, SPNHC, Denver, CO, 18-24, Jun.
7 - O’Leary, V (2017), Digitization of the ANSP Vertebrate Paleontology collections. Presented at Week of Undergraduate Excellence, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 1-5 May.
6 - O’Leary, V (2017), Building Communities around a Shared River. Presented at Week of Undergraduate Excellence, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 1-5 May.
5 - O’Leary, V (2017), From Online to On the River: Opportunities for Data Storytelling. Presented at River Research Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 28 Apr.
4 - O’Leary, V., M. Sei, G. Rosenberg and J. Mead (2016), Modeling species distributions of landsnail biodiversity. Presented at National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, 7-9, Apr.
3 - O’Leary, V., M. Sei, G. Rosenberg and J. Mead (2016), Describing multivariate relationships and spatial distributions of snail biodiversity in Jamaica. Presented at BEES Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 10 Mar.
2 - O’Leary, V., T. Daeschler (2016), Building an urban ecology curriculum along the Schuylkill River walking trail. Presented at Student Conference on Global Challenges, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 25 Feb.
1 - O’Leary, V (2016), 1 Footpath, 100 Stories: Climate change and the importance of "talking science". Presented twice at Undergraduate Research Nerd Night, Drexel University.
8 - O'Leary, V., C. Amante (2017), GLOBATO: An enhanced global relief model at 30 arc-seconds resolution. Abstract OS31C-1412 presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.
7 - (declined) O’Leary, V., V. Shirey, and S. Dilliplane (2017), Connecting natural history collections to their historical context and telling those stories to a global online audience. Annual Meeting, ESA, Portland, OR, 6-11 Aug.
6 - Shirey, V., V. O’Leary, and S. Dilliplane (2017), Big Data Opportunities in Ecological and Biodiversity Informatics: A Functional Trait Perspective. Presented at Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, iDigBio, Ann Arbor, MI, 5-6 Jun.
5 - O’Leary, V., M. Sei, G. Rosenberg and J. Mead (2016), Describing multivariate relationships and spatial distributions of snail biodiversity in Jamaica. Presented at Stanford Research Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 15-17 Apr.
4 - Raphelson, M., V. O’Leary, A. Adams, K. Luckenbill and T. Daeschler (2016), Student projects using digital imaging techniques in Vertebrate Paleontology to capture new details of Late Devonian-age fossils. Presented at BEES Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 10 Mar.
3 - O’Leary, V., M. Sei, G. Rosenberg and J. Mead (2016), Describing multivariate relationships and spatial distributions of snail biodiversity in Jamaica. Presented at National Collegiate Research Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 21-23 Jan.
2 - O’Leary, V., D. Duran (2014), Niche Modeling for Management of Invasive Crayfish. Presented at STAR Scholars Summer Showcase, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 27 Aug.
1 - O'Leary, V., Z. Loughman (2014), A Multi-Year Analysis of Orconectid Crayfish Invasion Dynamics in West Virginia Utilizing Laboratory and Field Methodologies. Presented at COAS Research Days, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 17-18 Feb.
Interpersonal Skills - Public speaking, Technical presentations, Program/processes documentation, Meeting planning, Formal and informal youth education, Curriculum development, Event planning, Community outreach, Stakeholder engagement, Project management, Technical writing, Remote/Work-at-Home
Computer Skills - Proficient at Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook email, FileMaker Pro, Markdown (this resume's source); Intermediate at HTML/CSS, Javascript, SQL, Git/GitHub, LaTeX, ArcGIS/QGIS;
Field and Lab Skills - Managing lab notebooks, Titration, Filtration, RTK/PPK and laser level surveying, Open channel hydraulic surveys, Backpack electrofishing, Radio-telemetry, Scanning electron (SEM) and petrographic microscopy, Statistical data analysis