Work History:

I've been described as a "Jack-of-all-Trades". You name it, I've probably done it. Since 1995, I've gotten into working with computers. Interesting thing about computers. If you're competent in them, people will pay you money. If you're really good at using them, people will pay you more and more money!

The following is basic information on what I do and like to work with. This my attempt to get freelance work. If you like what you see, e-mail me and we'll talk.

Operating Platform of choice: Apple Macintosh (Mac OS) 7.1 to current release

Other Platforms I can work with: Windows 3.1, Windows '95 (why?); Windows NT 4.0, & Windows XP (can we say "rip-off" of Apple's OSX?)

And I have a basic understanding of UNIX -- have used Sun OS 5.8 and Apple's Darwin (Mac OSX stable code) (currently enrolled in the CMIS program thru University of Maryland's University College)


I kick serious butt with these programs.

Word Processing Software: Microsoft Word (both Mac and Windows varieties), and WordPerfect (PC-only)

Spreadsheet Programs: Lotus 1-2-3 (Windows), Microsoft Excel (both Mac & Win versions) and Quattro Pro (Windows)


Other software

Graphics:

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Desktop Publishing :

QuarkXPress 3.31

Adobe's PageMaker

Web Design:

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

Adobe GoLive

HTML, version 4.0 (really good thing to know when you want to "tweak" a page)

I'm pretty darn good at using them, but I don't kick-butt on these yet


Some of the more "interesting places" I've worked for (either as a contractor or employee):

Hewlett-Packard, Co.

Thomson Technologies Consulting Group

Best Buy, Co.

Video Concepts (was part of Radio Shack's Corporation)

United States Enrichment Corporation

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (contractor & employee)

The Maryland Renaissance Festival

Citicorp Global Technologies Infrastructure

National Cancer Institute (employee)

National Institutes of Health (contractor)


Artistic Credits:

Designed for the Washington Chapter of World-Wide Marriage Encounter their "diorama" display within the Washington Metro system (January 1999)


Specialized training:

Editing Fundamentals and Proofreading courses at the USDA Graduate School

Introduction to Programming (C++) and Unix with Shell Progamming courses at University of Maryland's University College


 

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