Software and Skills |
| Web Tools and Languages |
Dreamweaver MX, ASP, MS Visual InterDev
6, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, FrontPage 2000, HomeSite, XML,
MS HTML Help |
| Programming & DB Languages |
Visual Basic for Applications, Visual Basic 6, SQL /
Oracle SQL*Plus |
| Graphics and Multimedia |
Flash MX, RealAudio & Video, Paint Shop Pro, Fireworks
MX, Photoshop , Adobe Acrobat |
| Productivity & Help Software |
Microsoft Word, Access, Excel & PowerPoint, ForeHelp
2000, Lotus Notes 6 |
| Other Technology Skills |
Windows 3.x, 95, 98, ME; XP, NT Workstation, Windows
2000, NT Server and IIS Experience; Hardware and software
installation, configuration and troubleshooting; Basic
network setup and configuration; Scanning and Optical
Character Recognition technologies; Multimedia content
creation. |
Work Experience |
Web Software Developer
7/03-present (contract basis) |
Technologies ’N Typography
- Merrimac MA.
(www.tekntype.com)·
- Currently developing a web-based content archival
system for the book publishing industry.
Skills used: ASP, Access, IIS, VB, Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver,
Homesite |
| Web Designer
1/03-present (contract basis) |
Perini Communications
– Lowell, MA
- Completed ground up redesign and reorganization
of Melrose Police Department web site (www.melrosepolice.com)
- Currently working on several other projects
Skills Used: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, HTML, JavaScript |
| Technology Teacher (9-12)9/01-6/03 |
Hopkinton High School
– Hopkinton, MA
(www.hopkinton.k12.ma.us/hsteach/teched/)
- Taught 3 sections of Web Design using HTML, JavaScript,
Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
- Taught 2 sections of A+ Certification using up-to-date
components and hardware.
- Developed online curriculum.
- Assist in the technological development of academic
and administrative support processes.
Skills used: HTML, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Visual Basic,
Teaching Skills, JavaScript, ASP |
Project Manager / Web Software Developer
1/00–1/01,
6/02-9/02 |
Technologies ’N Typography
- Merrimac MA
- Engineered automated process to take Boston College
Law School Journals from print to web deliverable
format. With the push of a button the law journal
staff executes a visual basic program that converts
all of the articles in a journal issue to clean (non-Word)
HTML, including hyperlinked tables of contents, footnotes
and infra and supra references, properly structured
meta keywords for indexing, and automatic linking
to a CSS stylesheet with over 100 elements. When the
process completes, the finished files are dragged
to the server and added to the collection of law journals.
Final delivery of this project included on-site training
and phone/e-mail based technical support.
- Determined best process to convert 500 volumes of
the Loeb Classical Library from book form to electronic
format for future web delivery and print-on-demand
technology. This project included the development
of a web-accessible Access database and ASP front-end
that allowed the client to view the progress of each
volume at any time.
- Took existing in-house developed software (+/-10000
lines of code) with no help system and sparse release
notes for documentation, and documented every user
process and function and mapped every user dialog
to context-sensitive help system.
- Built secure, web-accessible database with Access
and ASP to manage client software licenses and deliver
software electronically.
- Developed graphic design, site structure, and content
for company web site.
Skills used: Access, ASP, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Visual
Basic, OCR Software, ForeHelp, Flash, HomeSite, Fireworks,
PhotoShop, Acrobat, CorelDraw, Ventura Publisher. |
| Technical Writer & Editor7/99–1/00 |
ThingWorld.com - Newton,
MA
- Created and maintained end-user help and technical
documentation for web-based consumer entertainment
applications using ForeHelp, HTML and Dreamweaver.
- Wrote competitive analysis of in-house proprietary
software versus Flash.
Skills used: ForeHelp, Flash, HTML, CSS |
Web Editor & Designer
7/98–7/99 |
Intl. Data Corporation,
- Framingham, MA
(www.idc.com)
- Planned, designed and developed a ground-up overhaul
of IDC’s web site including organizing existing
content, developing a cohesive file/directory structure,
working with marketing to implement updated look and
feel, developing authoring tools to streamline content
production and evaluating and recommending design,
authoring and content management tools.
- Produced online versions of audio and visuals from
IDC conferences and events including development of
secure web registration and web access applications.
|
Publishing Systems Designer
3/96–7/98 |
- Developed document-processing system with MS Word
to convert IDC documents to PDF, HTML, and Microsoft
RTF for end-user delivery.
- Streamlined conversion of IDC print documents to
web deliverable format, saving several hundred thousand
dollars per year and reducing throughput from 4-12
weeks to 5 days.
Skills used: MSWord, Internet, Research Skills |
Editorial Assistant
4/95–10/97 (contract basis) |
Carl A. Vigeland -
Amherst, MA
(www.carlvigeland.com)
- Researched and incorporated supplemental information
into manuscripts.
- Researched and verified facts in manuscript against
news articles and corporate reports
Skills used: MSWord, Internet Research Skills |
Education & Skills Development |
| Framingham State College
1/02-present |
M.Ed Program (with
concentration in Curriculum and Instructional Technology)
- Currently taking classes towards M.Ed (50%completed).
|
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2/01–04/01 |
Certificate, E-Commerce Technologies
- Database design with Oracle/SQL
- Windows Based Application Development with Visual
Basic·
- Web Architecture using HTML/XML and CSS
- Client-side programming with JavaScript
- Java programming using Sun Java Development Kit
- Advanced Active Server Pages (ASP)
|
| University of Massachusetts 9/91–12/94 |
B.A., English Composition,
1993
- Secondary Teacher Education Program (post-graduate)
- Graduated cum laude
- Member Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society for
Education
- Dean’s List·
- Oxford Summer Seminar, Trinity College, Oxford University,
UK
|
Volunteer |
Hopkinton High School
2/01-7/03 |
World Challenge Expedition
Project
- Teacher-leader for a student led project to plan
and raise money for a month-long expedition to Costa
Rica
|
University of Massachusetts
1/92 – 5/93 |
TEAMS Project
- Assisted students of various ages and backgrounds
with reading, writing and language skills in local
public schools and community education centers.
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