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Mischa Z. Beitz

mischa@beitz.org
 

EDUCATION

Central European University   Budapest, HU
MA Public Policy, October 2006
Thesis title: Catching Water in a Net: The Regulatory Challenge of Digital Networks

University of Minnesota   Minneapolis, MN
BA Philosophy, June 2000

EXPERIENCE

Center for Media and Communications Studies, CEU   Budapest, HU
Visiting Researcher   March 2007 – April 2007
Established Internet services for a European Union Research and Technological Development (EU RTD) Framework Programme (COST A30) project. Helped identify candidate projects for the Seventh Framework Programme. Presented a graduate lecture on digital network regulatory policies.

OpenBusiness / Creative Commons UK   London, UK
Intern   September 2006 – October 2006
Worked on a series of copyright and open-source projects including a proposal for a commercial-use copyright licensing tool modeled on creative commons.

Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research   London, UK
Squadron Fellow   June 2005 – August 2005
Performed research for a comparative study of legislative initiatives in the United States and European Union addressing security breach notification of compromised personal data.

Unicast Communications   New York, NY
Unix System Administrator   March 2002 – July 2004
Provided 24/7 system support on all UNIX systems for rich-media advertising company, including production, testing and development environments. Migrated systems and software from Solaris operating system to Linux.

University of Minnesota, University College   Saint Paul, MN
Adjunct Faculty   September 1999 – September 2001
Lectured on practical web development tools and techniques in 105-hour course divided into 3.5-hour lectures. Redesigned course curriculum with other lecturers.

University of Minnesota, Enterprise Web Development   Minneapolis, MN
Business Analyst / Designer   September 1998 – December 1999
Provided user interface design and web development for joint project with IBM to build a web front-end to PeopleSoft. Evaluated Java Server Pages technology for adoption by enterprise systems. Gathered user requirements and designed user-interface for online application to the University.

Design Quarterly / Jensen & Wilcoxon   Minneapolis, MN
Director of Interactive Media   October 1996 – September 1998
Developed website and participated in design of annual report for S&P 500 company. Helped design and produce quarterly design journal. Managed and participated in identity, print and interactive media projects.

Cyber X   Minneapolis, MN
Owner   February 1995 – September 1996
Started the first cyber-café in Minneapolis. Wrote business plan and secured a Small Business Administration loan. Built-out the physical space and delivered Internet services to site. Managed a small business.

University of Minnesota, CIE   Minneapolis, MN
Systems Specialist   September 1993 – June 1994
Designed and implemented Internet services for the Center for Interfacial Engineering, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (NSF ERC).

PUBLICATIONS

Mondo2000, Issue 17   San Francisco, CA
Interview with Frank Miller 1997
Interview with comic-book artist Frank Miller.
 

INTERESTS

Sailing

Raced competitively for 14 years. 5th Place, Yngling North American Championships 1998 and 2000

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