Paula Schaeffer

Paula Schaeffer was a recent hire to the tech department at CTU Los Angeles. Although it was her dream job, the threat of a nuclear bomb going off in Los Angeles terrified her and made her doubt her abilities.

Experience

 * CTU - Programmer, Los Angeles Domestic Unit
 * HK California Corporation - Programmer Analyst
 * Los Angeles Medical - Systems Analyst

Expertise

 * Proficiency in Perl, Python, Java, C/C++, LISP

Education

 * Bachelor of Science, Information Systems - University of California at Los Angeles

Before Day 2
Paula grew up in Los Angeles.

Day 2
Paula worked as a systems analyst at CTU Los Angeles at the beginning of Day 2. Upon hearing of the nuclear threat, she wanted to leave her post. After some encouragement from Tony Almeida and Michelle Dessler, however, she agreed to stay on and help with the crisis. Before the bombing of CTU, Paula was working to transfer all of the intel CTU had on the nuclear threat to NSA by request of Eric Rayburn.

Paula was severely injured in the bombing a few minutes later. George Mason ordered her to be woken up to the dismay of Tony and Michelle. Mason needed the encryption code that protected the nuclear threat intel on NSA's servers. Paula was awakened and gave the code. As George complimented her, she smiled and passed unconscious. The medics attempted to revive her, but she passed away.