Developer Software

Sarah E. Pratt

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EDUCATION

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

Bachelor of Arts: May 2002

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Complex Organizations

EXPERIENCE

Apple Computer, Cupertino, California

User Group Program Intern, September 2000 - January 2001

Redesigned user group website

(http://www.apple.com/usergroups). Managed

project to implement new user group locator system. Assisted with user

group road tour to deliver marketing messages to consumers about the Apple

brand. Managed tour guide booth at MacWorld San Francisco 2001. Answered

customers' inquiries concerning the user group program and sought out ways

to reduce the amount of incoming email.

Amazon.com, Seattle, Washington

Web Developer Intern, Summer of 2000

Collaborated with a team of software engineers and web developers to

create HTML order and shipping confirmation emails. Assisted in the

creation of direct marketing promotional emails. Worked on site redesign

of Amazon.com Associates Central (http://www.amazon.com/associates).

Created an intranet site for the Amazon.com Anywhere team.

Curriculum Support and Instructional Technology, Mount Holyoke

College,

Massachusetts

Central Support Student Web Technologist, November 1998 -

January

2002

Conducted web page consulting hours for faculty, students, and

staff. Taught workshops on Dreamweaver, advanced Adobe PageMill, using

digital cameras, scanning, creating graphics for the web, and Adobe

Photoshop. Assisted professors and their student web technologists in

creating web pages for Mount Holyoke courses through funding from the

Mellon Web Grant.

Mestek Inc., Westfield, Massachusetts

Graphics Coordinator, Summers of 1998 and 1999

Produced, modified, and edited brochures, manuals, technical

specification

sheets, and advertising materials using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator,

PageMaker, and QuarkXPress. Tracked projects in development and managed

graphics files. Monitored backups using Retrospect. Provided technical

support for the advertising department's Macintosh network.

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts

Computer Lab Liaison, 1997 - 2002

Selected to monitor computers using Macintosh and Windows 95/98

operating

systems. Served on Hall Committee to inform dormitory of computer room

needs. Updated software, ran virus checks, and maintained laser printer.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, GoLive,

Authorware,

Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress, Retrospect, Microsoft Word, Excel, Visual C++,

CVS, Fetch, and BBEdit.

Technical Capabilities: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, XML,

ability to

program in C/C++, UNIX, proficiency with Windows and Macintosh operating

systems, Ethernet/AppleTalk networking, scanning, and digital camera.

AWARDS

- Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2000, 2001, and 2002

Scholarships

- National Science Foundation STEMTEC Scholarship 1999

ACTIVITIES

- Apple Student Developer Connection Member, 1999 - present

- The Mount Holyoke News Webmaster, 2000 - 2002

(http://www.mtholyoke.edu/org/mhnews)

- Public Relations Officer and Newsletter Editor for Valley Interface

Macintosh Users Group, 2001 - present

- Staff Member at CocoaDevCentral.com, 2001 - present

- Attended conferences at MacWorld in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2001

- Bellatrix (Science Fiction Club) Website Maintainer, 1998 - present

(http://www.mtholyoke.edu/org/bellatrix)

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