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Theresa Husarik |
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EXPERIENCE |
10/1997
- Present |
About.com |
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Editor and “Guide” (Internet Community Developer) |
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I manage
an online directory and community on all things |
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2/2004 –
Present |
Valley
Journals |
Riverton,
UT |
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Journalist |
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I was a
journalist for a monthly, local newspaper and currently write for a seasonal snow sports magazine. |
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8/2002 –
2/2004 |
Nxi Communications |
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Technical
Writer |
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Major
duties include writing product manuals, and Technical Information Documents,
developing training manuals (including interactive online format), developing
and maintaining the company website (including design, graphics, photography,
database integration and feature automation), and testing the products
(including suggesting enhancements). |
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1/2002 -
Present |
Machine
Knitters Source |
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Columnist |
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I write
a column on machine knitting techniques and knitwear design for a bi-monthly
magazine - Machine Knitters Source. I also provide the graphics for the
articles. In my after-hours, I teach classes on knitting and on using the computer-aided
design program “Design-A-Knit”. |
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1/1996 -
Present |
Various |
various |
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Board
Member / Committee Chair / Webmaster |
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I
volunteer my time for various photography organizations, where I serve as
webmaster and board member or committee chair. This involves not only
designing, coding, and managing the website, but managing projects,
coordinating volunteers and handling budgets. |
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5/2000 -
5/2001 |
Novell,
Inc. |
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Managing
Editor |
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Managing
editor of an online technical support community- I worked on Novell's website
in the "Cool Solutions" area. This area was a community designed
for the readers, and the content provided was reader driven. I wrote original
articles and tips or edited contributions from developers or readers (and
provided some of the graphics). Fresh content was posted at least weekly. I
also played on the community aspect by having surveys, contests, and
share-a-tip to get the readers involved. The Cool Solutions sites were the
3rd most popular spot on Novell's web site (behind only the main page and
support). |
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5/1997 -
Present |
Wild
Things Web Design and Hosting |
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Owner/Web
Developer/Graphic Designer |
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As a web
developer, I have coded in HTML, Perl, JAVASCRIPT, PHP, XML/RSS, and have
used databases such as MYSQL, POSTGRESQL, and MSAccess.
I use Adobe and Macromedia tools (Photoshop, FLASH, Dreamweaver). This
experience includes consulting, instructing, graphic design, attention to
usability issues, image optimization, database integration, and web server
administration. I
currently run an Apache/Linux web server. My own
nature photography website (www.wildthingsphoto.com)
was listed in Popular Photography as 1 of 4 "Best of the Web" on
nature photography. I have
done volunteer work on the web pages for the National Wildlife Federation,
NANPA and ASMP national organizations. I have
several years experience with Adobe Photoshop (and was an instructor at the I have
also created several designs for print including ad pieces, CD covers, and
greeting cards. Finally,
I have developed a multimedia screen saver CD which includes images and
music. |
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4/1994 -
Present |
Wild
Things Photography |
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Owner/Photographer/Digital/Artist/Instructor |
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As a
freelance photographer, I supply photographs to various publications, as well
as to individuals and businesses as wall art. I have won international
awards, and have had my images in various galleries and publications
nationwide. My portfolio (www.Writer-Photographer.com)
includes traditional photography and digital imaging. I have
lead seminars and workshops on various aspects of Nature Photography with the
As the
owner of a small business, I am responsible for not only producing the
product, but Q/A testing, filing, packaging and presentation, marketing,
accounting, customer service and support. |
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1/1996 –
12/2002 |
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Instructor |
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I taught
Photoshop, HTML, web design, and various aspects of photography. I developed
the curriculum as well as instructed. |
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9/1991 -
5/2000 |
Novell,
Inc |
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Senior
Software Engineer |
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During
these years at Novell, I did many things including coding, hardware and
software testing and troubleshooting, support, training, web server
administration, and technical writing. This included writing sample code and
technical articles, and maintaining relationships with customers. My
technical articles were published either in Novell’s various paper
publications or on their web site. |
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9/1987 -
9/1991 |
Unisys |
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Software
Engineer |
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I was
part of the porting group, where I ported the Informix 4gl/relational
database to Unisys' version of Unix. This experience included writing and
running test code. |
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11/1980
- 9/1987 |
NCR |
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Programmer |
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Worked
as a programmer on various projects, using UNIX, shell scripting and COBOL.
These projects were mostly in the Financial/Accounting and Marketing Research
fields. I also put together and taught classes in "Unix
Fundamentals" for internal co-workers and "Computer Basics"
for the local university. |
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EDUCATION |
5/1980 |
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US-Ohio-Tiffin |
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Bachelor's
Degree |
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B.S.
(Cum Laude) Mathematics and Business Administration |
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Professional |
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Took a
year of Physical Chemisty |
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US-UT-Provo |
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Professional |
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Took a
year classes toward a Master of Information Systems |
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Some
College Coursework Completed |
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Currently
studying ASL (American Sign Language) |
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Novell
MCNE |
US-Utah-Provo |
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Certification |
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Novell
Certified Network Engineer, Master Certified Network Engineer |
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Various |
US-UT-Various |
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Certification |
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Numerous
computer-related subjects including UNIX, C, networking, databases, 4GL's,
JAVA. |
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AFFILIATIONS |
1/2002 -
Present |
Machine
Knitting Source |
Columnist |
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2005 -
Present |
SCBWI |
Member |
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9/1998 -
Present |
ASMP |
Webmaster/Board
Member |
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7/1998 -
7/2001 |
NANPA |
Committee
Chair/ Webmaster |
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9/1997 –
6/2001 |
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Webmaster |
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1/1996 –
12/2002 |
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instructor |
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SKILLS |
Skill
Name |
Skill
Level |
Last
Used |
Experience |
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UNIX |
Expert |
Currently
used |
24 years |
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Novell
Netware |
Intermediate |
Currently
used |
10 years |
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DOS/Windows |
Intermediate |
Currently
used |
14 years |
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Web
Development |
Expert |
Currently
used |
8 years |
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Web
Design |
Expert |
Currently
used |
8 years |
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HTML |
Expert |
Currently
used |
8 years |
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Javascript |
Intermediate |
Currently
used |
4 years |
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Perl |
Intermediate |
Currently
used |
4 years |
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Photoshop |
Expert |
Currently
used |
8 years |
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Technical
Writing |
Expert |
Currently
used |
24 years |
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Teaching |
Expert |
Currently
used |
24 years |
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Business
Mgmt |
Intermediate |
Currently
used |
8 years |
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Customer
Support |
Expert |
Currently
used |
11 years |
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Software
Testing |
Intermediate |
2 years
ago |