Desktop Publishing & Marketing Communications
Benchmark, Test & Web Development
TBR Strategies, LLC, Raleigh, NC
10/05 to Present, Part-Time
Freelance Webmaster for small progressive company. First major project was
re-architecting of corporate website including generation of a Site Survey
from which to plan and organize website enhancements that would provide a
clear message of the company's competency. Created downloadable PDF of new
office location map and updated site for "Move" announcement.
Regular updates include creating secure client download sites and posting of
owner-written articles.
Ziff-Davis Inc., Morrisville, NC
3/98 to 12/99
Webmaster for Corporate Website including project management, comment handling, daily updating, posting and conversion of print Media Kits to online format for the individual business units and 80+ trade magazines. Regular posting and coordination for company announcements and press releases; development of corporate Investor and Sales areas to micro Webs; new project development and implementation incorporating graphic design and Web production; worked in conjunction with ZDNet for Web application development and site design and implementation. Webmaster for three intranets; member of corporate marketing team supporting site development, broadcast and posting of biweekly online newsletter. Developed and implemented site submission guidelines to expedite overall updating of corporate sites. Managed and trained contractors hired to assist in large site development projects.
Synergy Systems, Raleigh, NC
4/97 to 1/98
Designed, developed and implemented all Marketing Communications collateral including designing the corporate logo, corporate brochure, sales and marketing materials, and trade show components. Webmaster, designer and developer for corporate Website. Technical publisher for three major engineering design projects. Business partner material and program coordinator. Designed and implemented engineering document templates and image files intranet for sales and marketing using PowerPoint and HTML.
Kennametal Inc., Metalworking Systems Division, Raleigh, NC
11/94 to 4/97
Corporate Web Site Design and Development, Desk Top Publishing of Advertising Material comps; Project Management support including extensive slide presentations and related project documentation. Sales Support including electronic order entry for sales lead/literature requests, Database creation/support for sales lead/promotion tracking.
Homes & Land of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
8/05 to present
Graphics and desktop publishing using Quark Xpress, Photoshop and Online Admaker to input and develop pre-press insertion orders and ads in a Macintosh environment for a local real estate digest.
Election Technology Company, Raleigh, NC
3/94 to 8/94
Prepared marketing mailings, proposals and contracts. Responded to inquiries; compiled and distributed information about systems and services. Scheduled conferences and attendance at system demonstrations. Maintained national marketing FoxPro database for county specific events throughout the US.
Millidyne Inc., Raleigh, NC
4/91 to 2/94
Provided support to Director of Marketing & Sales including management of trade show activities; assisted with print media ad development; coordinated activities of agencies, vendors and printers; DTP production of product user manuals, presentation overheads and promotional material; Sales Administration including on-line order entry, account reporting and trafficking.
VeriTest/eTesting Labs, Morrisville, NC,
3/02 to 4/03
Test Engineer responsible for carrying out software and hardware testing as contracted by VeriTest clients. Lead Tester for two major projects including compatibility and functional testing of the VeriTest product, LiveTest, (an online Web evaluation product) for which I created the test methodology, matrix and report parameters, provided team leadership on both coasts during testing, performed or lead testing during extended hours, and completed project on time. Test methodology accepted as test and report template for future use. Also Lead Tester for a high revenue Website testing project which included extracting pertinent test parameters from client technical documentation, developing test methodology, identifying missing or questionable test parameters, performing demanding test administration including test leadership during extended hours in the role of direct contact for three client developers. Continued in minor support role of Benchmark and LiveTest developer on an as-needed basis.
ETesting Labs, Inc./Ziff-Davis Publishing, Morrisville, NC
1/00 to 3/02
Benchmark developer responsible for content creation and Visual Test® script development for testing current popular Windows® software products for use in the i-Bench™ and Winstone™ benchmark tests; QA of benchmark beta testing including server and benchmark set-up, installation, batch file editing, and results database compilation and reporting. Worked as part of the team developing the alpha version of the LiveTest Web evaluation product. Tasks included developing PHP pages that updated a MySql database and developing administrator and reports Web pages for evaluation administrators.
