Just the Facts

Education

B.F.A., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, January, 1982

Skills

  • Excellent and proven team skills.

  • Excellent knowledge of time management software, including:
    • Solomon IV
    • teamTrack

  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software:
    • Outlook
    • Word
    • Access
    • Excel
    • Powerpoint

  • Excellent knowledge of traditional graphic design techniques including
    • Paste-up
    • Layout
    • Darkroom processes

  • Excellent working knowledge of the printing industry and bidding processes.

  • Excellent knowledge of computer graphic design techniques and software, including:
    • Adobe PageMaker
    • Macromedia Freehand
    • Adobe Illustrator
    • QuarkXpress
    • Adobe Photoshop: taught courses (face-to-face and using online technology) in Photoshop during Spring 1997 and Spring, 1998.
    • Macromedia Flash
    • Macromedia Director

  • Excellent knowledge of Macintosh (7.x - 9.x) and Windows (XP, 2000, NT, ME, 98 and 95) operating systems

  • Excellent knowledge of web development environments using Microsoft NT services or Linux/Unix-based services.

  • Excellent knowledge of HTML, CSS, strong beginner knowledge of ASP, ColdFusion and DHTML. Internet-associated software, including:
    • Microsoft Visual Interdev
    • Barebones BBEdit
    • Macromedia (formerly Allaire) Homesite
    • Macromedia Dreamweaver
    • Microsoft Frontpage
    • Prior knowledge of Perl: taught face-to-face courses in Perl during Summer 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998 and Summer 1998.

  • Strong organizational skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Extensive proofreading experience. Excellent knowledge of project management software, including:
    • Project 2000
    • Visio

  • Good working knowledge of database-related technology, including:
    • Microsoft Access
    • SQL 7 and 2000
    • MySQL
    • Filemaker Pro: Advanced use and teaching since 1990.

  • Good working knowledge of LAN (Local Area Network) systems.

  • Beginning skills in Visual Basic. I am presently taking courses.