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legal/medical word processing

Location:
Hayward, CA, 94544
Posted:
October 01, 2008

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Anton Sherwood

******@*****.***

415-***-****

***** ******* **** #***-***

Hayward, California 94544-7255

Seeking wordprocessing or similar work.

Over 90 wpm

WordPerfect, vi, MS Word, WriteNow, MacWrite, Wordstar, Excel, DocsOpen, iManage (Interwoven), Carpe Diem and other software on Unix, MacOS, Windows, MS-DOS, CP/M and other systems. Frequent use of dictation equipment.

Exceptionally accurate spelling and grammar; wide scientific vocabulary. Fairly fluent French, Esperanto; some Latin, Italian etc.

History

2006 Sep - 2008 Sep: Kaiser Hospital, Santa Clara. Transcription of medical reports from dictation.

2002 - 2006: various temporary word processing assignments at law firms, through Ajilon, Robert Half, Pathways, Anderson Staffing, Johnson Staffing and MBA. Client law firms include: McQuaid Bedford & Van Zandt; Grancell Lebovitz Stander Marx & Barnes (San Jose); William L. Veen; Latham & Watkins (Menlo Park); Morrison & Foerster (Palo Alto); Holland & Knight; John T. Philipsborn; Seyfarth Shaw; Hassard Bonnington. (All in San Francisco except as noted.)

1994 Jul - 2001 Dec: Wartnick Chaber Harowitz & Tigerman, San Francisco, a law firm representing asbestos plaintiffs (dissolved; some of its former staff are at Harowitz & Tigerman or at Levin Simes & Kaiser). Word processing. Developed and maintained macros and skeleton documents; advised others on WP and Unix techniques.

1990 Jan - 1993 Oct: Lawler & Lawler, San Francisco, a small law firm specializing in immigration. Word processing; occasional translation to or from French and Italian (though most clients were Asian).

1988 Apr - 1989 Aug: Scientec Engineering, San Francisco. Accounts payable; miscellaneous paperwork; maintenance of electronic drawings; printed circuit layout.

1986 Feb - 1987 Jan: VeriFone, Redwood City, Calif. Firmware development.

1981 Nov - 1984 Dec: Spacelabs (Squibb Medical Systems), Chatsworth, Calif. Firmware development.

Education

1977-81: B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Worked in the Slavic Library.

2002 November: Unix System Administration I-II, Muster Learning Architects, Berkeley, California.

2002-3: Medical Terminology I-II-III, Hayward Adult School, Hayward, California.



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