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Toulouse School of Graduate Studies University of North Texas , Denton, Texas Masters in Applied Anthropology Major Areas of Study: Business and Cyber Anthropology
Current Student
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University of North Texas , Denton, Texas Bachelor of Arts in General Studies: Interdisciplinary Degree Major Areas of Study: Anthropology, Psychology, and Philosophy
May 2006
President's List / Cum Laude
Grade Point Average 3.95/4.0
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Advanced Courses
Design Anthropology
Ethnographic Field Methods in Anthropology
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Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
Certificate in InterMedia Arts May 2002
Grade Point Average 4.0/4.0
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Advanced Courses
Video Editing, Audio for Video, Midi Production
3D Animation, Web Programming
Flash Programming and Animation
Digital Photography
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Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
Associate of Arts in Photography
December 1999 Grade Point Average 3.5/4.0
Foundation Courses
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Work Experience
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imc2, Dallas, Texas
Information Architect
November 2007 to present
- Provided direction through wire framing, prototyping, process design, and web analysis.
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Principle Data Systems, Dallas, Texas
Interaction Designer / Content System Administrator
December 2006 to present
- Administered custom content management system for private schools internal web applications and external facing web sites.
- Designed custom portal sites for private schools incorporating tools for parents and students to make them both a sales point and a tool for existing customers.
- Redesigned the company website in order to provide a clearer message about our products and services.
- Created new look and design for school information system interface
- Worked in .Net ASP & Ajax to make our web-based email browser agnostic.
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JCPenney Corporate / JCP Media L. P., Plano, Texas
Systems Coordinator – Web Development
March 2002 to December 2006
- Focused on usability and human interface design.
- Developed, designed, and supported web based applications used by 500 home office marketing employees.
- Developed, designed, and supported applications used by over 1000 nation-wide stores.
- Administered 3 Macintosh web servers and 1 Windows based web server.
- Designed the look of the in-store point of sale interface.
- Established the first internal Wiki system for the copywriters.
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Informatics, Plano, Texas
Catalog Manager / Product Manager and Technical Sales/Support
July 2001 to March 2002
- Designed and Edited 128 page full color catalog.
- Art Director
- Image Editor
- Copywriter
- Acted as product manager of 1000+ products sold through the catalog.
- Performed market analysis for all current and potential products sold.
- Taught time management and customer service skills to 40 phone reps.
- Sold and supported products offered in the catalog.
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3dFX Interactive, Richardson, Texas
Lead Macintosh Technician / Macintosh Trainer / PC Tech
September 1999 to February 2001
- Provided technical support for Macintosh and PC lines of Voodoo Video Cards.
- Designed a web-based Macintosh training tutorial to assist the company and I
in training American and overseas offices.
- Traveled to California to beta test our Macintosh products on video games and
graphic design applications prior to public release.
- Represented the company at MacWorld New York 2000 to promote and
educate the public about our newly released Macintosh line of products.
- Awarded employee of the month August 2000.
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Best Press, Addison, Texas
Graphic Artist
August 1998 to August 1999
- Worked as an electronic prepress designer and manipulator of ads, books, and posters
for large companies including i2, EDS, and Lucas Arts.
- Created promotional materials for universities including University of North
Texas, Texas Christian University, University of Dallas, and University of Texas at Dallas.
- Maintained Macintosh systems and hardware.
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Stream International, Carrollton, Texas
Macintosh Technician / Mentor in Training / Team Lead
August 1997 to August 1998
- Provided technical support for multiple Macintosh-based computer companies.
- Promoted to educational support for schools and universities.
- Promoted to peripheral support for printers, scanners, monitors and cameras.
- Placed on the original G3 technical support release team.
- Promoted to Mentor in Training, tier two help desk where I took calls from
fellow employees who needed help with their customer’s technical issues.
- Lead the new hire teams of 10-12 new people every 2 weeks assisting them in
getting acquainted with the job and serving as their personal help desk.
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Technical Expertise
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Systems Experience
Macintosh Hardware – both desktop and laptop
Macintosh Operating Systems – 7.5 through 10.4.5
Windows Operating Systems – 95 through XP
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Applications
Proficiency in:
- Adobe Photoshop – Versions 3 through 9.0
- Adobe Illustrator – Versions 5 through 12.0
- Adobe GoLive – Versions 4 through 8.0
- Adobe ImageReady – Versions 2 through 9.0
Experience In:
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Premier
- Quark Express
- Final Cut Pro
- Macromedia Flash – Versions 4 through MX
- Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Digital Performer
- Pro Tools
- SPSS
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Languages and Web Development
Proficiency in:
- Lasso – Versions 3 through 8
- HTML
- CSS
Experience In:
- PHP
- DHTML
- Javascripting
- MySQL
- Apache
- XML
- XSLT
- Filemaker Pro
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Organizations
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By Invitation:
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Alpha Chi Honor Society
Golden Key International Honour Society
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Professional:
American Anthropological Association
DFWPhoto Photographers
Usability Professionals' Association
Society for Applied Anthropology
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