Project Manager Training

ELIZABETH SHAMBLIN

Raleigh, NC abp8et@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY EXPERIENCE

Multifaceted professional with 4+ Senior Applications Developer, Arts & Sciences Computing

years of programming experience Duke University, Durham, NC (April 1997 - January 1999)

and the unique combination of cre-

Managed technical team of 5 to develop educational and

ative drive and technical savvy. Tal-

administrative intranet/internet applications.

ented at creating elegant, user-

Project manager for the Course Synopsis Database, a dynamic

friendly applications.

online system that integrates the university mainframe data-

base with a Unix SQL server and allows users to view, search,

SKILLS

and update via the web.

Leadership. Adept at working with Developed web version of the 480-page Duke University Bulletin

people, from training to project man- of Undergraduate Instruction, improving accessibility for stu-

agement. dents and streamlining editorial production for faculty.

Communications. Proven ability to Designed (and administered) the Ticket Tracking System and

communicate, both orally and writ- AV resources database, used throughout Arts and Sciences to

ten. facilitate the management and oversight of work requests and

available resources.

Operating systems: Unix, Mac, Win-

dowsNT, and Windows 95. Served as Duke University s technical contact in a tri-university

consortium for the Papyrus Project, an enterprise that takes

Languages: Perl, SQL, Java (and

images of papyrus texts and organizes them into online

javascript), TcL/TK, HTML, SGML.

research databases.

Software: Symantec Visual Caf ;

Researched and evaluated cutting-edge technologies and made

Access, Excel, MS Word; Adobe Pho-

budget recommendations for new hardware and software.

toshop, Illustrator, and Premiere;

Macromedia Freehand, Director. Evaluated employee performance and made recommendations

to the college s Dean of Computing.

EDUCATION Served as Arts and Sciences "webmaster, performing systems

administration and maintenance on multiple Unix servers.

North Carolina State University

Created, customized, and updated a collection of software tools

Raleigh, NC

for faculty.

M.S, Technical Communication

December, 1999

Multimedia Specialist/Programmer, Arts & Sciences Computing

Duke University, Durham, NC (August 1995 - April 1997)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Managed hardware, software, and user support in Cynthia

Troy, NY (1994 - 1995)

Sulzberger Interactive Learning Lab.

Coursework towards an

Developed and presented hands-on training workshops. Top-

M.S., Technical Communication

ics included: Graphics and the Web; Intro to Java; HTML I, II,

and III; Intro to Perl; and Using Audio and Video with the

University of North Carolina

Web.

Asheville, NC (May 1993)

B.A., Literature, cum laude Created course-speci c multimedia applications for faculty.

Directed student programmers in creating administrative

applications for Arts and Sciences Computing.

Digital Portfolio Technical leader for the Science of Life project, an NSF-funded

www.shamblin.org/elizabeth/ initiative integrating technology and undergraduate introduc-

tory biology.

ELIZABETH SHAMBLIN

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EXPERIENCE (continued)

PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT Web Advertising Manager, News and Observer (NandO Net)

Raleigh, NC (June 1994 - August 1995)

Graduate coursework in:

Managed staff of 4 in the creation of web applications for advertisers.

Online information design

Development of computing software for Created a Sybase database and web interface for 10,000-record direc-

instruction tory.

Technical editing, writing and document

Designed a program called "The Cyrano Server" that attracted nation-

design

wide interest, resulting in a talkshow appearance and millions of visi-

Human and computer interaction

tors to the NandO site.

Computer-mediated communication

Typography Wrote technical documentation for the NandO user handbooks.

North Carolina State University Designed/created print ads to run in the News and Observer.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Maintained multiple Unix web servers (including a Real Audio server

Training and a Netscape secure server).

Beginning Java (Strategic Technologies,

Developed encryption scheme using PGP to secure credit card infor-

Raleigh, NC)

mation for web-based catalog purchasing.

Advanced Java (Sun Microsystems

Training Center, Columbia, MD)

Production Coordinator, Alpha Group

Introduction to SQL (Sybase Training

Asheville, NC (May 1993 - December 1994)

Center, Tampa, FL)

Organized resources for advertising shoots.

Beginning and Intermediate Sybase

(Sybase Training Center, Tampa, FL) Assisted in post-production and edit sessions.

Created a database to analyze marketing surveys.

MEMBERSHIP

Writer, Blue Ridge Peaks Magazine

Asheville, NC (1993 - 1994)

North Carolina Writers Network

Researched and wrote freelance articles on regional topics such as

travel, community, and environment.

Programmer, Norburn Photographic

Asheville, NC (Summer 1991 - Summer 1993)

Worked on database programs that created nancial reports and sorted

photographs.

Developed black and white photographs.

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