Full-time employment that combines elements of graphic design,
programming skills, and computer experience.
Fall 1993 to Spring 1998
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
School of Journalism and Mass
Communication
- BA in Journalism (Graphic Design)
- Cumulative GPA: 3.106
- Spring Semester 1998 GPA: 3.075
- Major (Double): Graphic Design and English Literature
- Honors:
- News & Observer Scholarship (1993-94, 94-95)
- Johnston Scholarship (1993-94, 94-95, 96-97, 97-98)
- Dean's List Spring 1995, Fall 1995, Spring 1996, and Fall
1996.
Fall 1989 to Spring 1993
Garner (North Carolina) High School
- Graduated fourth out of 400
- Graduated Highest Honors, North Carolina Scholar's Graduate,
Outstanding Senior
April 1999-present
Web Operations
manage all product launches, design and build custom web pages
and templates, fix bugs, bug interns and product managers, generally keep the website
clean and semi-functional. with lots of help.
Red Hat, Inc.®
Durham, N.C.
October 1998-May 1999
Consultant (on website design)
UNC Chapel Hill ATN
Consultant Webmaster
FGI, Inc.
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Summer 1997-October 1998
Archivist/Webmaster
Cisco
Educational Archives
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.
May-June 1997
Assistant to the Editor
On The
Horizon
and
The Technology Colloquium
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Spring 1996-Summer 1997
Web Editor
The Daily Tar Heel
Online
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Fall 1996-Spring 1997
Student Coordinator
Academic
Enhancement Program
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Fall 1996
Desk Staff
Parker Area Desk (Scott Residence College)
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Summer 1993, 1994, 1995
Head Lifeguard, Head Swimming Instructor, Head Swim Coach
Edgebrook Swim Club
Garner, N.C.
Summer 1992
Research Intern
Laboratory of Ovarian and Breast Cancer Tumor Biology
Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Durham, N.C.
- President of my college fraternity (Delta Psi, Xi Chapter, UNC-CH)
- President/Vice President of GIGO, UNC-Chapel Hill's Computer and Internet
Organization
- Volunteer swimming instructor, adult swimming classes
- Volunteer technology resource instructor, Wake County and Durham County schools
- 12 years of computer experience -- from local BBSes to NCSU's VAX to the internet, local networks, etc.
- basic hardware experience
- comfortable with Linux, Windows, or Mac OSes
- types about 100 wpm, depending on the keyboard
- Programming skills (mastery):
- HTML
- CSS
- SHTML
- PHP
- Java/JavaScript
- Programming skills (experience):
- PERL
- CGI
- PostGreSQL
- Interchange
- sed/awk
- Experience with publishing/graphics/multimedia software, including (but not limited to):
Quark Xpress/CopyDesk |
PageMaker |
Macromedia Director |
Adobe Illustrator |
Adobe Photoshop |
The Gimp |
- Experience with internet/word processing software, including (but not limited to):
Microsoft Office |
WordPerfect |
Internet Explorer |
Netscape Navigator/Communicator/Composer |
Mozilla |
StarOffice |
Applixware |
Variety of technical text editors including vi, vim, emacs, pico, etc. |
last update: November, 2001