A. Arif Husain
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Bachelor
of Science in Brain and Cognitive Sciences with Minor in Biology, February 1997
Experience Senior Technical Consultant - Akamai [AKAM] – July 2000-July 2004
Created more than
$16 million in revenue from strategic account acquisition and development.
First-line sales lead for solution proposal, architecture and
implementation. Internal
lead for technical project management, feature development, and integration/professional
services. Major client projects
included Nissan, Suzuki, Hyundai, Edmunds, Warner Music Group, Ticketmaster, Premiere
Radio Networks and Fox Sports.
Project Manager, Client
Integration – HomePage.com (idealab!) - October 1999-May 2000
Led management,
specification, and production of 6 of first 8 high-priority client launches.
Scheduled and conducted internal and on-site development meetings for
web design, back-end technical, and content issues. Produced extensive technical documentation for internal use and
end-users.
Marketing Writer/Webmaster – LaserFiche Document Imaging - February
Initiated restructuring of intraweb, including concept, text, graphics, and
international sites. Integrated user authentication, forum
software, forms, and statistics.
Lead Technical Assistant – Sony Pictures Imageworks
- March-September 1998
Supported digital artist team for Godzilla,
Patch Adams: CG data I/O, system administration, video editing, led video
and film dailies. Developed Perl
scripts to expedite common procedures.
Residential Computing Consultant – MIT Information Systems - August
1994-February 1997
Provided
networking installation and technical support for MIT campus network. Involved extensive on-site and
telephone troubleshooting. Acted as independent adviser on
usage of unsupported systems including Linux, Irix,
Solaris, Windows NT. Administrated personal Linux workstation and HTTP server.
News Editor, Opinion Editor, Columnist – The Tech, MIT Student Newspaper
- August 1993-June 1997
Chaired editorial
board, coordinated writers and article assignments and staff recruitment. Authored over 100
published articles and weekly humor column. Robert A. Boit Writing Prize in Essay (1997) and MIT Writing Prize in
Scientific Writing for the Public (1996). Contributed
to design and maintenance of web server and volume archive.
Campus Reporter – The
Served as MIT student
correspondent to provide news and information on campus related issues.
Cited in published articles.
Teaching Assistant – MIT Department of Biology – Fall 1996
Member of teaching staff in primary undergraduate teaching
lab (7.02). Independently supervised and evaluated
48 students. Presented short seminars and demonstrations. Collaborated on grading
method development and web integration of course material.
Research
Full time lab assistant to Marie-Françoise Chesselet, M.D., Ph.D. Preliminary studies involved
quantification of neural cell adhesion molecule expression during post-natal
rat development. Also observed dru
Full time researcher, Neuroregeneration
Laboratory, headed by Ole Isacson, M.D., Ph.D.
Primary experiments examined elements of neural cell death and regrowth: growth factor modulation of IT-15 gene expression
in neuronal culture; behavioral and morphological examination of fetal
allograft survival in 6-OHDA-lesioned rats and IT-15 knock-out mice. Extensive use of rat, mouse, and some primate huntingtonian
and parkinsonian models.
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive
Sciences – December 1995-May 1996
Student researcher with Robert Lee, Ph.D., supervised by
Richard Wurtman, M.D. Project addressed modulation of
amyloid synthesis and secretion in Alzheimer’s
disease via stimulation of receptor-coupled second messenger systems. Extensive
Western blotting, cell culture, and protein
biochemistry. Emphasis on planning and methodology; oral and
visual presentation of experimentation and results.
Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and
Neurology (
Full time student in neurotransplantation laboratory of A.D. Detta,
Ph.D. Studied efficacy of transplantation for the treatment of Parkinson’s
disease. Considered pathways
of cell death and regeneration: design, planning, and literature research, as
well as techniques in neurobiology. Residence in teaching hospital fostered
experience in related areas.
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences – September 1994-June 1995
Cognitive
psychology research assistant to Mary Potter, Ph.D. Projects in human
vision and language processing (repetition blindness), audition, and attention:
design, construction and administration of experiments. Close interaction with
group, and weekly lab meetings. Extensive data processing and
statistical analysis.
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive
Sciences – January-February 1994
Laboratory assistant
to Enrico DeMicheli, M.D.
under supervision of Richard Wurtman M.D. Studied neurochemical changes (impact on membrane phospholipid composition) involved in Alzheimer’s disease:
gel chromatography, in vivo microperfusion and spectrophotometric techniques.
Center for Research in Electro-Optics and
Lasers (CREOL) – September 1992-July 1993
Internship with Phil Gatt, Ph.D. of the