Web Development Adobe Dreamweaver / ColdFusion Studio Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Flash Sound Forge (audio editing software) Web Site Administration

Web Developer / Technical Writer

General Experience

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  Certified ColdFusion 5.0 Developer (Macromedia)
  

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  14 years of web site development - designed, developed, and maintained 15 commercial web sites, 9 Intranet sites, and 6 personal sites using ColdFusion, XML/XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, Perl/CGI scripts, Flash, SSL security, PGP security, streaming audio/video, and Podcasting.
  

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  9 years of technical writing - wrote As-Built Documents, Test and Acceptance Plans, User Manuals, Training Documents, Computer Based Training (CBT) Courseware, Programmer's Reference Manuals, Test Results Documents, and Weekly Departmental Reports.
  

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  6 years of web server administration - administered IIS on a Windows XP platform.
  

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  A thorough working knowledge of personal computers (IBM) and of the Windows XP and UNIX operating systems.
  

Web Development

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  Adobe Dreamweaver / ColdFusion Studio
  
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  Adobe PhotoShop
  
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  Adobe Flash
  
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  Sound Forge (audio editing software)
  

Web Site Administration

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  ColdFusion Administrator
  
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  Microsoft IIS
  
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  Sharepoint
  
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  WebTrends and Urchin (web site analytics/reporting)
  
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  CyberSpyder and Xenu (link checkers)
  

Operating Systems

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  Windows XP
  
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  UNIX
  

Office Applications

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  Microsoft Office Suite
  
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  PCAnywhere
  
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  Citrix
  
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  Visio Professional
  

Work History

XPAND Corporation – August 2003 to July 2011

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  Career Voyages Web Site
  
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  Tridion CMS Implementation
  
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  Virtual Career Network (VCN) – Health Care Web Site
  

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  Created from scratch and maintained the Career Voyages web site. A joint effort of the Dept of Labor and the Dept of Education, this large site was created to highlight in-demand occupations in 17 high-growth industries. The primary target audience was 15-25 year old job seekers, but the site’s content was further divided by Students, Parents, Career Changers, and Career Advisors.
  
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  Although largely static, this site relied on several web services (XML/XSLT) to provide tie-ins to existing XPAND databases, to a 3^rd party (nycareerzone.org) career assessment tool, and to existing Dept of Labor databases.
  
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  Because of its size and to make site maintenance easier, this site extensively used includes and a “wrapper” approach. As such, should the site need a complete overhaul in the future, just a few files would need to be changed.
  
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  Other features include a Verity site search, streaming videos, on-line polls (using MS Access), full 508 compliance, and Podcasts.
  
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  Created a “ColdFusion Notebook” web site as a means for sharing ColdFusion code and techniques.
  
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  Created an FTP emulator that enabled team members to FTP to our development server, which didn’t have FTP installed on it.
  
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  Wrote extensive site documentation.
  
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  Installed and configured Urchin web site analytics software.
  

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  Wrote a very comprehensive, 164-page user manual on how to use a Tridion-based CMS (Career Management System) as implemented at the Office of Enterprise Technology (State of Minnesota).
  

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  Performed business and technical analysis activities pertaining to the Virtual Career Network (VCN) site. This included making “best approach” recommendations on how occupation information was displayed and how to solve problems arising from 2009-2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and Department of Education coding changes. I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge in the coding methodologies used at the BLS and the Department of Education.
  
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  Created and maintained a Sharepoint site for document sharing scheduling.
  

American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) - May 2002 to August 2003

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  Worked on a team to create a ColdFusion-powered Content Management Application (CMA) that could be easily replicated.
  
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  Implemented several CMA’s for several conference and Institute sites.
  
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  Updated all static sites.
  
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  Wrote site and procedural documentation.
  

Lifescape LLC/ValueOptions - January 2001 to October 2001

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  Created the HTML for the re-designed Achieve Solutions front end. The graphics department provided the initial design in the form of a single PhotoShop file. I analyzed the file, “sliced” it up, and created template web pages using the resulting graphics;
  
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  Created Vignette templates for the Content Management Application (CMA). The CMA is a completely dynamic site that enables Value Options personnel to update the client Intranet sites with the latest behavioral health information; and
  
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  Created a screen saver and ad banners using Flash.
  

Lifescape LLC - March 2000 to January 2001

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  Lifescape.com provided behavioral health information to the public;
  
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  Lifescape Solutions provided behavioral health information for corporate Intranets; and
  
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  LifescapePro (www.lifescapepro.com) provides behavioral health information to healthcare professionals.
  

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  Implemented and maintained the LifescapePro web site. The graphics department provided the initial design in the form of a single PhotoShop file. I analyzed the file, “sliced” it up, and created web pages using the resulting graphics;
  
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  Implemented and maintained the Lifescape Solutions web site;
  
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  Designed and developed an Intranet site;
  
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  Designed and developed a bookstore site that featured reviews by behavioral healthcare professionals;
  
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  Taught myself valid XML (using a DTD) and XSL.
  

UUNET Technologies - January 1999 to March 2000

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  Created and maintained 8 Intranet web sites to improve inter and intra-department communication;
  
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  Compiled and edited the NDA Weekly Management Report;
  
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  Assisted with the writing of technical documents; and
  
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  Created both raster and vector technical graphics for use in technical and training documents.
  

Horizon Data Corporation - August 1995 to January 1999

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  Met with new clients to educate them and to help them determine a “look and feel” for their sites;
  
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  Designed, developed and maintained web sites that incorporated the latest web technologies;
  
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  Conferred with clients and updated their web sites;
  
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  Installed upgrades of the Netscape Enterprise Server;
  

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  Added/Updated/Deleted clients (virtual servers) on the Netscape Enterprise server;
  

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  Implemented SSL encryption, PGP encryption, and directory password protection on the Netscape Enterprise server;
  
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  Prepared and delivered sales presentations that educated potential clients and alleviated frustrations/fears regarding the Internet;
  
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  Prepared monthly web site visitation/statistics reports using WebTrends and various UNIX commands; and
  

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  Wrote Intranet procedures on web site development, web server procedures, and the implementation of site-specific scripts and programs.
  

Formal Education

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  BS Business Administration (Management/Economics), James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 1984
  

Additional Education

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  Learning Tree International, C# Programming: Hands-On, Reston, VA 2010
  
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  FigLeaf, Fast Track to ColdFusion, Vienna, VA 2002
  
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  FigLeaf, Advanced ColdFusion Development, Washington, DC 2002
  
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  SmartPlanet.com, XML/XSL, on-line, 2000
  
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  Learning Tree International, Introduction to Object Technology, Tyson's Corner, VA 1997
  
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  Advanced Laser Graphics, PhotoShop Level 1, Washington DC, 1995
  
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  Information Mapping Seminar, Information Mapping Systems, Herndon, VA, 1993
  
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  Macintosh Training Seminar, Gestalt Systems, Herndon, VA, 1991
  
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  Technical and Report Writing course, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1991