Career Objective
To design creative, professional web sites and graphics for companies and/or individuals.
Employment History
Hewlett-Packard Company Colorado Springs, CO
03/00 - present		 Web / Graphics Developer Responsible for project management, development and maintenance of the Worldwide Financial Services' intranet web site; assisted in the planning of the WWFS transition to Hewlett-Packard Finance Operations during its re-organization; responsible for all graphics related to the new organization--both on the web and in print; continuation of work done as a Volt contractor as well as addition of team management responsibilities
Volt Services Group Colorado Springs, CO
06/98 - 02/00		 Web Developer / Technical Writer Working for Volt at Hewlett-Packard Company; responsible for maintenance and development of an intranet web site as well as technical documentation
MCI Telecommunications Corporation Colorado Springs, CO
11/96 - 03/98		 Programmer Analyst III
(Web Developer)		 Responsible for design and creation of all MCI Exchange Messaging® Services client and related internal MCI web pages
Financial Training Resources, Inc. Lombard, IL
06/95 - 06/96		 Training Specialist
(Technical Writer)		 Proofread, edited and customized proposals, training manuals and handbooks; contributed to computer-based training teller tutorial programs; assisted in new hire interviewing; last project was the proposal of FTR's web page
Internet & Graphics Experience
  • 5 years HTML coding experience--can hard-code non-browser-specific HTML
  • 10 years working knowledge of UNIX
  • 4 years working knowledge of Microsoft NT Server v4.0 and Internet Information Server
  • Excellent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and ImageReady 2.0
  • Good working knowledge of Macromedia Dreamweaver 2
  • Some knowledge of JavaScript
  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Products: FrontPage, Internet Explorer, GIF Animator, and Exchange and Outlook Clients
  • Worked with Perl scripts
  • Member of the HTML Writer's Guild, the The Association of Internet Professionals and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals
Awards & Recognitions
MCI Telecommunications
January 1997 Information Technology
Team All Star Recognition Award
May 1997 Information Technology
Peer Recognition Team Award
May 1997 Information Technology
Peer Recognition Individual Nomination
June 1997 Information Technology
Individual All Star Recognition Award
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Major: English
Foreign Language Knowledge
  • Fluency in Tagalog (Filipino)
  • Semi-fluency in French
  • Some knowledge of Italian
Online Examples of My HTML & Graphics Work
Examples of HTML & graphic work:
Link to my online portfolio (password required)
Contact Me
mailto:germ@frii.com

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P.O. Box 76951
Colorado Springs, CO 80970-6951

 
The author is a member of
and
The Association of Internet Professionals National Association of Photoshop Professionals

References available upon request
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