Web Developer
Virginia Western Community College
Part of a team responsible for the development and maintenance of the Virginia Western Community College web site and major sites within. Created a web site to assist students with the use of the Student Information System. Developed database driven scholarship applications, including an interface for form maintenance and application retrieval. Implemented and maintain several WordPress installations for college-wide news delivery, teaching resource consolidation, and blogging.
Instructional Technologist
Wytheville Community College
Provided instructional technology support for instructors, specifically in the use of Blackboard and other web-based technologies. Supported approximately 200 courses on Blackboard per semester, including course creation and the enrollment of students. Delivered training sessions for faculty on the use of Blackboard and other instructional technologies. Provided technical support to students on a daily basis in the areas of account access, Blackboard use, email, and other miscellaneous computer problems. Redesigned and reorganized WCC web site (http://www.wcc.vccs.edu) using PHP, CSS, JavaScript, basic HTML, and other technologies. Solely responsible for site programming and graphic design. Continued maintenance and expansion of web site, including the implementation of WordPress publishing software for daily college announcements and library announcements.
Project Coordinator/Internet Technologies Specialist
Virginia Tech - Blacksburg Electronic Village & Virginia Cooperative Extension
Responsible for the coordination of personnel working on a Department of Commerce Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) Grant. Worked with citizen teams in seven counties on the development of their community network. Responsible for the development and delivery of training to citizen teams in the areas of community networks, network tools, and web site maintenance, including the writing of a 50 page reference guide. Developed community network web sites for seven counties using PHP, CSS, include files, and basic HTML. Part of a team that designed and developed an interactive directory system for community network use with LDAP, PHP and HTML. Responsible for the design and development of non-profit client web sites and the continued upkeep of the Blacksburg Electronic Village web site. Provided e-mail and web site tech support for customers. Assisted in the development of final reporting documentation for the TOP grant, authoring reports for seven counties.
Information Designer/Developer
Duke University
Responsible for the development and maintenance of the Office of Information Technology web site and major sites within. Responsible for the development and implementation of Active Server Pages. Responsible for the development of PHP pages for the Customer Service intranet site. Developed Computing Survival Guide for incoming students and other student-centric publications and campaigns. Part of development of the Site Management Handbook. Ad hoc online campaigns. Assisted in orientating and mentoring new employees.
Bentley College
B.S. in Business Communications, Information Design Track, English minor; Class of 2000
Virginia Tech
Work completed towards MA.Ed. in Instructional Technology
Web Development
HTML, JavaScript, PHP5, SQL, MySQL, CSS, Wordpress, working knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery; Familiar with Apache and Microsoft IIS web servers;