CAREER OBJECTIVE
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To be in a position to contribute and advance with a team situation, and help to produce positive solutions for positive challenges. Enhance worldwide communications with information and education content while continuing community service to better the community.
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11/2005 - Present |
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Social Security Administration - Reader Assistant
Assistant to a blind management analyst in the Training Section. Read documents to me that are not available in electronic format; helps with such tasks as copying, faxing, and filing; and perform tasks on the computer requiring more complex Word skills than she possesses or utilizing software with which I am unfamiliar (e.g., Excel, Access. graphics). Assistance with setup of JAWS software. |
11/2005 - Present |
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Dekalb County Schools - Substitute Teacher
Classroom management for K-12. |
6/2001 - Present
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Self-employed Freelance/International - Consultant
Training and business branding and presentation package creation. Private clients for software training/support and hardware component replacements. Analyze, determine and recommend needs and solutions. Training/support includes MSOffice, Allstate insurance contractor's software, Act Contact Database, QuickBooks Accounting, Illustrator and Photoshop Image Editing and Macromedia Web design. Video Production with Final Cut Pro. Scope of international work includes telephone consulting and tech-support and document creation.
Most Recent Contractors - Pro-Edit, Inc., Knowledge Shop Learning Center, Arcadis, Network Communications, Inc., Medical Charities of Atlanta, Eviro-Tech Engineering, IDR, Sterling & Ledet. |
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9/2003 - 05/2005
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Contractor IDR/Cox Enterprises - Content Production
Content placement and CMS support. Formatting/editing of user manual, and support for this CMS system. |
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6/2001 - 4/2002
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CompUsa Atlanta Market Area - Instructor
Setup and implementation of new training center. Teaching basic, intermediate, and advanced classes (MS Office, internet fundamentals, Front Page, Publisher) |
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1/2001 - 6/2001
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Schawk Atlanta Smyrna - Production Artist
Customer Service included. Working with client to make sure the correct graphics needed are gathered. Processing and archiving of large files for Coca-Cola. Creating custom CD media for printers. (Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark) |
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12/1999 - 1/2001
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IKON Office Solutions Doraville & Smyrna - Electronic Digital Production
Processing and archiving of large files for print on demand.ÊÊ Troubleshooting typeset and pagination issues.
Printing to film for plates on presses. (MSOffice, PageMaker, InDesign, Quark) |
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03/1998 - 1/2000
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Kinkos - Georgia Region - West Paces, Gwinnett, Kennesaw, GA
Computer Services, Computer Services Manager
Sales and production of document creation. Worked closely with customers to take orders, and up selling made this department #1 in the area. Technical skills on copiers and printers. |
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12/1995 - 04/1998
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McCamish Broadcast Center Waleska, GA - Production Tech
Office phones. Talked with clients to encourage them to obtain services from McCamish Broadcast Center. Location and Studio Production. Maintained the 24-hr music information channel on the campus cable network. Live switching during Broadcast.
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2004 - Present
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University of Phoenix On-Line
MAED specialty: adult education - long distance education
Unique perspectives on how people learn, and why adults learn differently than children. Focus on technology systems to deliver content. |
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2001 - 2004
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St. Leo University Tampa, FLBachelor Business Administration/MIS
Standard business school courses include Business Ethics/Communications skills and business plan/presentation skills. Special electives for data maintenance and data interface development. |
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1995 - 1998
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Reinhardt College Waleska, GA - Associate Business Administration
Started with Broadcast Center in student broadcasting. Became contractor in Video Production. Used visual arts skills to excel in presentations needed for Business classes.
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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2005 - Present
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Atlanta Macintosh User Group
Director of Education, Board of Directors |
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1996 - 1998 |
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Phi Beta Lambda
Tested 1st place in telecommunications and information systems.
National Voting Delegate |
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2003 - present
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Technical Remote Viewing |
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1995 - present
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Mission Trips |
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1990 - 1996
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Choi Kwang Do |
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2004 - present
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Some experience with JAWS screen reader for the blind. |
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2003 - present
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CMS content manager web application associated with Gauss |
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1999 - present
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Component replacements and peripheral installs: drives, pci cards, api cards, printers, scanners, cd burners, etc. |
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1999 - present
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Software Support: MS Office with Access, FrontPage, PageMaker, Quark Express, and Photoshop, Illustrator, ACT, DreamWeaver/Fireworks, Gimp, OpenOffice. |
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1999 - present
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Networking: Cable Routers and Wireless, Firewall configuration. |
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1996 - present
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Operating Systems: Win9x, Win2000, WinXP, OS9, OSX. |
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