Experience and Skills
 
Web Design and Programming Skills

• Thorough knowledge of HTML.
• Experience creating interactive pages using VBScript and ASP.
• Experience designing with Cascading Style Sheets.
• Created web front-end for a Microsoft Access Production project database.
• Created and maintained intra- and Internet web sites, including personal, educational, and non-profit organization sites.
• Assisted in the creation of several web-based databases featuring interactive querying using Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).
• Experience using site creation and editing software including Microsoft FrontPage, Bare Bones Software BBEdit, and Allaire Homesite.
• Experience using Quark XPress, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.

Programming Skills

• Created application for the Sales department for monthly reporting and mailing from a Microsoft Access database that reduced processing time by 98%.
• Created procedure to process large worksheets for a Six Sigma project that reduced working hours by 95%.
• Created stand-alone application to assist in database querying using Visual Basic 6.
• Created application to store and track reports created by Information Services using Access and Visual Basic 6.
• Created integrated application for data reporting using Access, Excel and Visual Basic 6 for the Six Sigma group.
• Created application to run monthly Operations reporting in Excel that reduced processing time by 40 hours.
• Streamlined and automated functions in Excel, Access and Word using procedures created in Visual Basic for Applications.
• Designed and flowcharted applications, based upon user requirements.
• Experience with coding in C++.

Database and Reporting Skills

• Created prototype for Production project database in Microsoft Access.
• Created and executed queries with Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0 and Access 95, 97, and 2000.
• Queried multiple data sources and produced reports using Crystal Reports SQL Query Designer and Report Writer.
• Created queries, forms, procedures, and reports in Access 95, 97, and 2000.
• Compiled, formatted, and distributed reports in Microsoft Excel and Word formats.
• Created, developed, and maintained databases in Access and Visual FoxPro.
• Created and maintained a database of scientific research papers using EndNote.

Computer Skills

• Installed, configured, and supported Windows 2000 servers.
• Installed, configured, and supported Windows 98 and MacOS 9 workstations.
• Installed and configured router, firewall, and other network appliances for DSL and VPN access.
• Experience with LANs, WANs, AppleTalk, Ethernet, and TCP/IP.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Office 97, Office 2000, Office 2001 (MacOS and Windows).
• Familiarity and experience with Windows 95/98, 2000; MacOS 7, 8, 9, X; and Unix systems.

General Skills

• Experience with copy-editing, type marking, and proofreading.
• Documented procedures for internal business processes, created help documents and training materials; distributed documentation to personnel.
• Wrote and submitted proposals to attend training and purchase software.
• Co-chaired an investigative committee for the Graduate Student Association of the State University of New York at Buffalo; wrote and distributed documentation of the findings of the committee.
• Developed and maintained documentation for university residence hall Ethernet network in standard and stand alone applications.
• Reading, writing, and speaking knowledge of French.
• Taught general music to severely behaviorally handicapped children (grade 2 through 8).
• Organized and performed four solo flute recitals; researched and wrote program notes for each.

Relevant Work History
 

Clarinda Publication Services, St. Paul, Minnesota Electronic Text Management and Technology Specialist, April 2002 to July 2002   Ceridian Employer Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota Decision Support Analyst, October 1999 to February 2002   Academic Information and Planning, Office of the Provost, Buffalo, New York Graduate Assistant, July 1997 to June 1999   Center for Structural Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Buffalo, New York Database Administrator, July 1997 to September 1998   Residential Computing Connection, Bowling Green, Ohio Residential Networking Consultant and Lab Consultant, January 1996 to May 1997

 
Education and Training
 

Quark Xpress 4.1 Electronic Easel Training Center Course, April 2002   Microsoft Project Intermediate MindSharp Training Course, December 2001   Microsoft Project Basic MindSharp Training Course, October 2001   Visual Basic Insiders' Technical Summit March 2001   Visual Basic 6 Desktop Applications ElementK Training Course, July 2000   Visual Basic 6 Fundamentals MindSharp Training Course, April 2000   Crystal Reports Advanced MindSharp Training Course, January 2000   Crystal Reports MindSharp Training Course, November 1999     State University of New York at Buffalo M.M. Music Performance 1999   Courses included the theory and history of music, foreign language, and computer science. Emphases included advanced writing skills, computer interaction, and communication in a foreign language.   Bowling Green State University B.M. Music Performance (cum laude, University Honors) 1997   Courses covered a broad range of subjects including theory and history of music, foreign language, biological science, computer science, and literature and creative writing.