OBJECTIVE
To aid a company with its work in technology.
EDUCATION
University of California at Berkeley
2002-2006
Bachelor of Arts in Molecular and Cell Biology
EXPERIENCE
Help Desk Specialist, Los Angeles Urban League
March 2007-Present
- Provided technical support and advice to 300+ staff and their client workstations
- Contributed technical advice to the Neighboorhoods@Work Strategic plan, a plan to help develop the 70-block neighborhood around Crenshaw High School in South Central LA.
- Created a Drupal-based Intranet for employees to streamline collaboration and maintain documentation
- Implemented a web-based computer inventory and ticketing system.
- Created an online event calendar and job board, the most frequently visited elements of the Urban League’s web site.
Computer Resource Specialist, College Writing Program, UC Berkeley
Sept. 2005-March 2007
- Provided technical support to professors on staff
- Updated data and security of systems for use by administrators
- Trained staff on uses of technology, mainly in Mac OS X
USNews.com Intern, U.S. News & World Report
June 2005-Aug. 2005
- Maintained a variety of sections for USNews.com website, including auto reviews, customer newsletters, and letters
- Helped in development of America’s Best Colleges section for 2005
- Aided in the creation of “College Flashback” feature; Interviewed notable people such as Buzz Aldrin and running back Tiki Barber
Director and News Administrator, One.Berkeley.Edu
Sept. 2004-July 2006
- Maintained citizen news forum for Berkeley students (uses Slashdot-type interface)
- Recruited writers for columns ranging in topics from sex to music to software
Blogger and Technical Administrator, Calstuff.com
Sept. 2004-July 2006
- Writer and lead web designer for the premier news and opinion blog for UC Berkeley, with 1,000 pages views per day
- Blogged on topics ranging from protests, sports, administrative budgets, and student politics
SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Experience with a variety of different software for photo editing (Adobe Photoshop; Paint.NET), word processing (MS Word, OpenOffice Writer), spreadsheets (MS Excel, OpenOffice Calc) , presentation (MS PowerPoint, OpenOffice Impress), and web editors (Adobe Dreamweaver, Nvu/Kompozer)
- User of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (KDE and Gnome desktops)
- Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, the web, and email
- Knowledge of PHP and javascript
- Highly familiar with Blogger and Wordpress blogging software
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