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Summary

More than fifteen years using many office and software programs. Graphic experience from print production to HTML, web design, and internet media content providing. Video and production management.

Computer Skills and Knowledge

Software

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access): 15 years experience. General office use, troubleshooting, tutoring, help desk during conversion from MS Office 97 and OS 98 to XP.


• Graphics Software (PhotoShop, In Design, Illustrator): 9 years experience. Photo and graphic optimization for web production, background creation.


• Visio: 5 years experience. Website navigation planning and production.


• FileMakerPro: 3 years experience helping upgrade and convert Access and Excel based databases.


• Macromedia MX Studio (Dreamweaver, Flash): 5 years experience. Updating sites written in old HTML to be W3C compliant in XHTML, DHTML, and XML, maintaining and updating CGI scripts and adding CSS style code.


• Visual Basic: 7 years experience. Macro writing for Word, Excel and Access. Converted old databases into new forms that generate monthly and quarterly reports.


• Premiere (PC), Final Cut Pro (Mac): 8 years experience. Video production and editing, media content providing, including many audio software and hardware products, and scripting software.

Skills

• Web Production: (HTML, XHTML, XML, DHTML, CSS, CGI, some JAVASCRIPT) 5 years experience. Hand coding (NoteTabLite and text editors), and WYSIWYG editors like Dreamweaver.


• Web Creation / Web Maintenance: (FTP) 5 years experience. Upgrading code and CGI, adding CSS, updating old sites to be W3C compliant.


• Web Design / Redesign: 5 years experience. Graphic / image manipulation using PhotoShop, 2D and 3D graphics software (Flash and PowerPoint, and video editors like Premiere, MovieMaker and FinalCutPro.)

Hardware

• Built video editing workstations including software and hardware installation; interfaced computers with cameras and peripherals.


• Set up writer’s offices – buying, installing, configuring and backing up computers, connecting printers, scanners and phone lines, card installation, computer building, software buying, ordering supplies and media.


• Configured and networked labs of 10 - 12 computers, loading Operating Systems and all software (Linux and Windows), and upgraded from Windows98 and NT to XP and MAC OSX, installing peripherals.

Education

1997 - 1999 — Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington
Degree: Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Applied Video Communications Program. Experience in production sound, management, film and television, script writing, storyboarding and editing. Graduated Phi Theta Kappa.

1976 - 1977 — San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Graduate School: Education and Native American Studies, including student teaching.

1972 - 1976 — United States International University, San Diego, California
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA), double major Psychology and Art. Graduated Cum Laude

Community Work

• Street Outreach Services Board of Directors (President since 10/99)
• Convention planning and running for various science fiction conventions, including planning, creating programming and print material, managing hospitality suites and participating by being on panels.
• Scholarship boards: planning, interviewing, record keeping, awarding scholarships.

Employment

University Unitarian Church     November 2006 – February 2007
Admin./Communications Specialist: Podcast, print weekly publications and bi-monthly newsletter, maintain membership database and create reports and lists, maintain website calendar and updates.

The Seattle Times                 July 2006 - August 2006
Production Artist: Updated templates, processed photos and graphics for the web, Pacific NW magazine production.

Microsoft                           March 2006 - May 2006
Production Specialist: content provider - graphics, maintain portals; create Powerpoint presentations

Nordsrom                           December 2005 - January 2006
Mass Graphics Conversion Project: Helped convert all graphics files from Corel to Adobe Illustrator. Directed archive and documentation of all old files and newly archived and converted files.

DDB Seattle                        September 2005 - October 2005
Website Building for a Microsoft Business website: Gather resources (graphic, video, text) into database. Provide content to populate test site for client feedback.

NW Women's Law Center     March 2005 - April 2005
Website/Database Conversion, Maintenance: Website rewrite and maintenance, converting HTML into XML, XHTML, CSS. Database conversion from Excel to FileMakerPro, newsletter, mass mailings.

Perkins Coie, LLP                 May 2004 - October 2004
Operating System Upgrade, Office 97 to XP: Help desk, troubleshooting and tutoring. Rewrite, test and proof technical informational sheets.

Sakya Monastery                 May 2003 - May 2004
Web Site Rewrite, Software/Hardware Upgrade: Networking all computers. New operating system and software installation. Web page maintenance/re-design. All IT support. Converting HTML to XHTML, XML, DHTML. Updating CGI. Adding stylesheets (CSS).

RecTech, ARC                       September 2002 - September 2003
Computer Instructor: Teaching HTML basics, web design, video production and editing. All curriculum and project development and planning, at seven Seattle Community Center computer labs.

Technology Access Foundation (TAF)    July 2002
Computer Instructor: Teaching hardware, Logic, OS and Networking, MSOffice Suite and Introduction to the Internet. Summer school for High School students.

Independent Contractor                January 2001 - present
Media Content Provider: Video and audio production, streaming media for the web, computer contract work.

Catholic Community Services        December 1999 - January 2001
Assistant to the Executive Director: Our Place Day Care (serving homeless women's shelters in Seattle). Developed forms and database, converted old database to new, kept all records, paid all bills, wrote macros to generate monthly, quarterly and yearly City and County reports.

Various Production Companies      July 1997 - October 1999
Sound Mixer: 2 feature length and 3 (16mm) short films. Included organizing crews and shoots, editing, directing and writing. Winner Nell Shipman Award for Audio, Women in Film 1999.

Street Outreach Services              December 1995 - July 1997
Outreach Worker: to homeless and disenfranchised people in downtown Seattle. Facilitated women's groups, and supervised Peer Participant Program. Now President of the Board.

Native American Center of Excellence   1995
General Office: University of Washington School of Medicine summer Native American student program. General office work included graphics production, newsletter, database management.

Waterfront Reprographics              March 1992 - December 1994
Quality Control and Job Intake: Required knowledge of typesetting, four color separation, Diazo, photocopying, blueprints and various reproduction methods. Some bookbinding skills.

References available on request

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