Intranet Developer
The Washington Post
January 1998 - July 1998 (contract)
September 1998 - present (full-time employee)
Designed, developed, and maintain Intranet site ("The Source") for newsroom staff using Lotus Notes and Domino. Worked with staff from 20+ departments to develop content. Trained other staff to use Notes to maintain current content and post new content. Also build and maintain web search interfaces for public records datasets using Cold Fusion 4.0 and IIS (Access, FoxPro, and SQL Server backends).

Consultant
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
January 1998 - August 1998
Assisted in maintenance and development of AIAA Web site during staff transition and also provided advice and counsel on technical and policy matters.

Webmaster
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
March 1996 - January 1998
Oversaw and singlehandedly maintained 500-page content-heavy Web site (housed both on a UNIX-based hosting service and on an NT 4.0 server running IIS used for interactive offerings). Identified necessary information from throughout institute, gathered it, coded it, and uploaded it to the site. Determined site structure and designed pages and graphics. Worked with volunteer membership group to ensure site was meeting member's needs and interests. Worked with vendors of specialized Web offerings. Monitored site usage statistics and revenue flow. Operated majordomo mailing list to 2,100 AIAA members/customers. Concurrently act as Product Specialist-Electronic Media (below).

Product Specialist-Electronic Media
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
October 1996-present
Managed electronic products through production phases for a 30,000-member nonprofit organization. Worked with Electronic Publishing team on creation of new products and services on the AIAA Web site and in other electronic media. Worked with all AIAA staff to increase visibility of electronic products and electronic initiatives. Monitored monthly financial statements and budgets. Continued to act as Webmaster.

Production Specialist
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
October 1995 - March 1996
Performed a variety of editorial and production tasks for a nonprofit membership association; additional duties include working as Technical Liaison with AIAA Internet site vendor.

Tasks included:

fielded inquiries from authors and prospective authors

Other duties included working on team researching and developing AIAA Internet presence.

Production Editor, AIAA Journal
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
May - November 1993
Managed production of 200-page monthly archival journal. Duties included copy editing, proofreading, directing work flow to ensure meeting of deadlines, sending galleys to authors, reviewing boards, setting issue lineups, checking work of freelance copy editors and proofreaders, coordinating production with three-person team of typesetters and pasteup person, accepting manuscripts, and responding to author inquiries. Worked extensively with FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Word, and e-mail.

Intern, Publications Division
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY
September 1992 - April 1993
Duties included writing articles for Center newsletter, copy editing and proofreading other newsletter material, writing preliminary text for coffee-table book The Buffalo Bill Museum, and copy editing and proofreading material for an archival firearms journal and a seminar proceedings volume. Also assisted with the production of the Center's four-color catalog.

Senior Staff Assistant
National Geographic Society
September 1989 - April 1992
Worked for society vice president who became corporate secretary in May 1991.Wrote and edited materials for corporate secretary, including minutes from all Board of Trustee meetings; researched and wrote history of Explorers' Hall; and oversaw delivery of monthly report to the Board of Trustees by creating and enforcing deadlines for 16 departments to develop their reports, then coordinating compilation and delivery.

Typesetter
Heldref Publications
June 1987 - February 1989
Typeset articles for archival journals and magazines, becoming familiar with the Chicago Manual of Style and other aspects of journal production. Also worked as a Proofreader on a freelance basis, as an Editorial Assistant for New Realities magazine, and as Interim Editor for the journal Critique.

Editor-in-Chief
Campus Variety Magazine
September 1986 - May 1987
Oversaw all aspects of the publication of a biweekly tabloid-style magazine at the University of Florida. Wrote editorials, news stories, and feature articles; copy edited and proofread stories; assigned stories to stringers; and solicited articles from students in the School of the Journalism. Additional duties included typesetting, page design, and pasteup. Also acted as Entertainment Editor from October 1985 to May 1986.

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EDUCATION

B.S. in History (minor in Journalism) from the University of Florida, May 1987

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