James Pollack
English Language and Literature graduate from Yale.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Design, Editing, English, Entrepreneurship, Fiction, German, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Languages, Marketing, Public Relations, Public speaking, Viral marketing, Writing |
| Groups: | Yale Entrepreneurs & Investors |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Yale University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Epic Systems |
| Position: | Technical Writer |
| Time period: | November 2009 - Present |
| Description: | I write for the EpicCare Inpatient and Willow (Rx) Inpatient applications. |
| Employer: | Interpret, LLC, Santa Monica, CA |
| Position: | Summer Analyst |
| Time period: | June 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | -Summer Analyst, Movies & Video Games Research.
-Position involves preparing and checking final client deliverables, checking online programs and data files for quality control, and designing custom questionnaires to meet client objectives. Specialized work in creation of virtual models for client use in bolstering engineer conceptualization of user types. -Clients include: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Electronic Arts, Activision, IGA Worldwide, Double Fusion, LG. |
| Employer: | Cathedral Shelter of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | June 2006 - August 2006 |
| Description: | -Awarded a Yale Community Service Summer Fellowship to work in the Higgins Halfway House for 8 weeks, and also in the main offices of the Cathedral Shelter of Chicago.
-Wrote a grant requesting funds for a volunteer coordinator position, created public relations materials (“Did You Know…?” series), ran food distribution, drove a truck and picked up donations to the CSC thrift store, tutored in the adult literacy program. |
| Employer: | Yale College Seminar Office, New Haven, CT |
| Position: | Student Aide |
| Time period: | January 2006 - May 2009 |
| Description: | - Student Aide; assist with the solicitation and selection of courses that will be offered in the residential colleges. Draft letters, manage website, etc. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Yale University |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2009 |
| Degree: | English Language and Literature, BA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Yale Rugby (USA Rugby Division 1- New England Rugby Football Union)
-1st XV ; Alumni Chair; Practice & Games approximately 20 hrs/wk. -Also played one summer each with Rugby Super League teams Chicago Griffins & Santa Monica Dolphins. -One cap with National Team of Swaziland |
| Hobbies: | Theater
-Director: Closer; The Beauty Queen of Leenane; Darq Knight: The Musical -Assistant Director: Escape Artists; Batboy: The Musical -Lighting Designer: Tick! Tick! Boom!; The Eiffel Tower; Merrily We Roll Along, In The Continuum (Swaziland) |
| Memberships: | English Students Advisory Committee
-Meet with faculty to discuss the structure and content of the English Major Yale Media Studies Collective -Meet to discuss the changing role of media in the twenty-first century |
| Awards: | 2009 Yale Innovation In Digital Environments (IDEA) Award
-First Grand Prize for “Digital Diving” w/ Noa-Kaplan Sears 2009 Francis Bergen Memorial Prize in Poetry (Yale) 4x Recipient of Award from the Louis Sudler Performing Arts Fund (Yale) |
James' Startups (1)
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SPHIROS
SPHIROS uses open source software to enable headtracking technology that immerses the user in an internet distributed augmented reality.
James' Contacts (5)
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Alina Yang
President, Yale Entrepreneurial Society
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Marc Guerrero
Marc Guerrero is a writer & journalist, editor & translator, historian & futurist, and media management entrepreneur for many years.
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Roberto Thais
Majored in Philosophy from Yale in 2008. Currently a full-time developer.
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Anton Bernstein
Economics graduate from The Wharton School, currently working as an Analyst at Insight Venture Partners, NY.