Theresa Husarik |
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| P. O. Box 130, Riverton, UT 84065 | tah@wildthingsphoto.com |
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| EXPERIENCE | |||
Author |
2004 - Present | Freelance | Salt Lake City, UT |
| As of Dec 2010, I have two books traditionally published: Backroads of Utah (Voyageur Press) Hobby Farming for Dummies (Wiley) |
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Cashier |
11/2004 – Present | Alta Ski Lifts Company | Alta, UT |
| Lead cashier at a mid-mountain restaurant at Alta Ski Resort. I also help with some office duties. | |||
Journalist / Photographer |
2/2004 – Present | Valley Journals | Riverton, UT |
| I started as a features writer for this monthly, local, family of newspapers and currently write snow sports related articles. | |||
Knitting Writer / Instructor |
1/2002 -Present | Various | Various |
| Columnist / Writer For several years, I wrote a column on machine knitting techniques and knitwear design for a bi-monthly magazine - Machine Knitters Source, and contributed a few articles for KnitWords, another machine knitting magazine. I also provided the graphics for the articles. Instructor I teach classes on knitting (both by hand and machine) and on using the computer-aided design program “Design-A-Knit”. |
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Technical Writer |
8/2002 – 2/2004 | NXI Communications | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 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). | |||
Managing Editor |
5/2000 - 5/2001 |
Novell, Inc. | Provo, Utah |
| 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). | |||
Editor and “Guide” (Internet Community Developer) |
10/1997 - 5/2007 | About.com | New York, NY |
| I developed and managed an online directory and community on all things Salt Lake City. I researched events, attractions, weather, etc., and wrote content at least weekly, and maintained a message board and weekly newsletter. I also provided graphics and photographs | |||
Board Member / Committee Chair / Webmaster |
1/1996 - ?/2008 | Various | Various |
| I volunteered my time for various photography organizations, where I served as webmaster and board member or committee chair. This involved not only designing, coding, and managing the website, but managing projects, coordinating volunteers and handling budgets. | |||
Owner/Photographer/Digital/ Artist/Instructor /Graphic Design |
4/1994 - Present | Wild Things Photography | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 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 Salt Lake Art Center, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, the Wyoming Outdoor Council, NANPA (North American Nature Photographer's Association), ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers), The Audubon Society Weekend Workshops (Nature Photography) and Inkley's Education Week (Nature Photography). I have been published in PCPhoto magazines on various topics dealing with digital imaging, and also in Photo Techniques magazine. 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. I have also created several designs for print including ad pieces, CD covers, and greeting cards. I have several years experience with Adobe Photoshop (and was an instructor at the Salt Lake Art Center for 7 years) and various plug-ins, and proficiency with other image manipulation software and graphics tools. I am an accomplished digital artist and photographer, and digital retoucher. Finally, I have developed a multimedia screen saver CD which includes images and music |
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Owner / Web Design/Development
& Hosting |
5/1997 – 10/2010 | Wild Things Webs | Salt Lake City, UT |
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 included consulting, instructing, graphic design, attention to usability issues, image optimization, database integration, and web server administration. 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. |
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Instructor |
1/1996 – 12/2002 | Salt Lake Art Center | Salt Lake City, UT |
| I taught Photoshop, HTML, web design, and various aspects of photography, including workshops "in the field". I developed the curriculum as well as instructed. | |||
Senior Software Engineer |
9/1991 - 5/2000 | Novell, Inc | Provo, UT |
| 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.
I developed and presented technical instruction for many Brainshare user's conferences (including in the US, France, and Australia), and the traveling Developer Workshop tour (we toured several cities around the US and South America). I developed CBTs on HTML and Perl, and presented sessions on perl, web scripting, Novell's web options, and WebSphere. Software used include: UNIX, Novell NetWare (Master CNE), NetScape Enterprise server, DOS, Windows, Relational Databases, HTML, Perl, JavaScript, C, some Java, Websphere, JSP's, NovellScript. |
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Software Engineer |
9/1987 - 9/1991 | Unisys | Salt Lake City, UT |
| I was part of the porting group, where I tweaked and tested the Informix 4gl/Relational Database to work on Unisys' version of Unix. This experience included writing and running test code. | |||
Programmer |
11/1980 - 9/1987 | NCR | Dayton, OH |
| 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. | |||
| Writing Clips | Available online at: www.Writer-Photographer.com and www.ExploreUtah.com. |
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| EDUCATION | |||
| 1980 | Heidelberg College | Tiffin, OH | |
| Bachelor's Degree | |||
| B.S. (Cum Laude) Mathematics and Business Administration On the dean's list for 7 consecutive semesters |
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| 1993 | Salt Lake Community College | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| Professional | |||
| Took a year of Physical Chemisty | |||
| 1990s | University of Phoenix | Provo, UT | |
| Professional | |||
| Took a year of classes toward a Master of Information Systems | |||
| 1990s | University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| Professional | |||
| Took several classes including ASL (American Sign Language.) | |||
| 1990s | Novell | Provo, UT | |
| Novell MCNE | |||
| Novell Certified Network Engineer, Master Certified Network Engineer | |||
| 1990s | Various | Various | |
| Professional | |||
| Numerous computer-related subjects including UNIX, C, networking, databases, 4GL's, JAVA. Self-taught: Adobe Photoshop, HTML, Perl, JavaScript, PHP |
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| AFFILIATIONS | |||
| 2005 - Present | SCBWI | Member | |
| 2008 - Present | NAPP | Member | |
| 9/1998 - 2008 | ASMP | Webmaster/Board Member | |
| 7/1998 - 7/2001 | NANPA | Committee Chair/ Webmaster | |
| 9/1997 – 6/2001 | Salt Lake Photographic Print Society | Webmaster | |
| 1/1996 – 12/2002 | Salt Lake Art Center | Instructor | |
| 1/2002 - 2006 | Machine Knitting Source | Columnist | |
| SKILLS | Skill Name | Skill Level | Last Used | Experience |
| Technical Writing | Expert |
Currently used |
25 years | |
| Teaching | Intermediate | Currently used |
25 years | |
| Course Development | Intermediate | Currently used |
24 years | |
| Photoshop | Expert |
Currently used |
16 years | |
| Graphic Design | Expert |
Currently used |
16 years | |
| Digital Retouching | Expert |
Currently used |
16 years | |
| Web Design | Expert |
Currently used |
16 years | |
| HTML | Expert |
Currently used |
16 years | |
| Web Development | Expert |
1 year ago | 16 years | |
| Business Mgmt | Intermediate | Currently used |
17 years | |
| Customer Support | Intermediate | Currently used |
17 years | |
| Developer Support | Intermediate | 10 years ago | 10 years | |
| Software Testing | Intermediate | 7 years ago | 13 years | |
| Hardware Testing | Intermediate | 15 years ago | 6 years | |
| Project Management | Intermediate | 10 years ago | 1 year | |
| MySQL | Intermediate | 1 year ago |
5 years | |
| PHP | Intermediate | 1 year ago |
5 years | |
| UNIX | Intermediate | 1 year ago | 25 years | |
| DOS/Windows | Intermediate | Currently used |
15 years | |
| Event Planning | Intermediate | Currently used |
21 years | |
| Budget Management | Intermediate | Currently used |
17 years | |
| ASL (Am Sign Lang) | Intermediate | 3 years ago |
3 years | |
REFERENCES |
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Charles Sigler |
Phone Number: |
801-794-2586 | ||
Email Address: |
charlie@siglers.net | |||
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Judy Kiel |
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| Email Address: | jkiel@aoce.utah.edu | |||
| Reference Type: | Personal/Professional | |||
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
Career Highlights: * My writing (technical, creative, travel) and photography have been published in various magazines and online venues, and in two traditionally published books. * Managed 4 online support communities (an area on the Novell.com website that got the 3rd highest amount of hits - behind only the main page and support). * Developed and presented technical training for both domestic and international audiences. * Developed a mail interface using HTML and Perl, allowing one to send mail from a Netscape Enterprise web server. This solution was highlighted in a Developer's Guide put out by Novell. * Developed computer-based training classes for HTML, Perl and NTS (a product by NXI Communications). * My site - www.WildThingsPhoto.com, was listed in Popular Photography as one of 4 "best of the net" for Nature Photography. |
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