Curriculum Vitae for Tristan Petersen

Education
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Bachelor of Science, May 2005
Major: Electrical Engineering
Minor: Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 3.53
Attended on a number of scholarships, including a vice presidential scholarship.

New Providence High School, New Providence, New Jersey.
Diploma, June 1999.

Experience
Gold Barter Holdings.
President & CEO, July 2000 to January 2002; Chairman & Chief Technology Officer January 2002 to present.
Founded Gold Barter Holdings in July 2000 to capitalize upon opportunities in the online gold economy. Conceived the Gold Barter web site as an online auction service offering competition to eBay and Yahoo Auctions denominated in gold. During the development of this premier web site for the company, Tristan conceived of the need for an exchange service to convert among the many available digital gold currencies. Cambist.net was designed to be the leader in automated currency conversions. Tristan led the development team, conceived of the basic elements of the interface, and has supervised implementation by the lead developers, Interesting Software of Anguilla. Tristan oversees technical operations and development, company policy, and business expansion.

NDTech, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
Internet Presence Manager, 1997 to 2000.
Responsible for all aspects of the company's online presence. Duties included website management, editing and distributing an email newsletter, and advertising through various online mediums. In addition, performed regular computer maintenance and software/hardware installation when needed.

Recreational Soccer Program, New Providence, New Jersey.
Assistant Coach, 1996-1997.
Help head coach train and entertain youths, ages 7-13. Responsible to ensure the safety of the children, as well as help develop their soccer skills.

Functions
Design and develop new software systems to function effectively.

Establish and meet budget goals.

Upgrade and maintain computer systems, both hardware and software components. Create and manage an ethernet LAN.

Gather information, edit, and distribute email newsletter.

Skills
Extremely skilled and talented with the Mac OS and OpenBSD.

Knowledgable with Windows, UNIX, VMS, Linux, and other variants of BSD.

Experienced with AppleWorks, Excel, Word, Netscape, IE, and other internet applications.

Superior knowledge of C.

Knowledgeable in BASIC, Pascal, C++, Java, Perl, and CGI processing.

Skilled HTML and graphics developer.

Experienced with all major internet mediums: www, email, ftp, and newsgroups.

Strong ability to diagnose and correct computer hardware and software problems.

Fluent in American Sign Language (ASL).

Three years study Spanish, intermediate reading and conversation ability.

Advanced level kung fu student.

Countries Visited
Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Dominican Republic, Germany, Jamaica, Norway, Spain, USA