Work History
Campus Technology Specialist - McKinney Independent School District
McKinney, Texas
2002 - Present
- Troubleshoot, Maintain, and Repair computers, peripherals and printers on school campuses
- Install educational software
- Inventory Technology equipment
- Set up laptop computers and data projectors for presentations
- Document procedures for technical staff and end-users
- Keep campus staff informed on computer-related issues
Web Designer - Self-Employed
McKinney, Texas
2000 - Present
- Design and build web sites which feature fast download times, cross-browser compatibility, and sound design principles, customized to clients tastes and needs and are optimized for search engines.(See Portfolio)
- Assist clients who request help implementing their own do-it-yourself sites
Senior Applications Analyst - ARCO International Oil and Gas Company / BP
Plano, Texas
1994 - 2000
- Supported Geologic Computer Applications in Sun Solaris UNIX environment.
- Created documents utilizing MS Office applications on PC and Mac
- Analyzed software problems to find solutions and work-arounds
- Assisted PhD Geologists and Geophysicists with computer application problems or advanced tasks
- Created and maintained geoscientific and geographical mapping data bases
- Trained new users on a One-on-One basis
- Wrote "cook-book" user documentation in html web page format
- Reformat data from various sources to make it loadable to applications with awk, sed, MS Excel
- Created maps, cross sections, presentation graphics for management non-computer users
Geologist, Customer Support - ARCO Exploration and Production Technology
Plano, Texas
1984 - 1993
- Analyzed user problems for help desk supporting in-house and vendor geological and geophysical computer applications on IBM mainframe, VAX and SUN platforms.
- Wrote highly-regarded user documentation for in-house developed applications
- Developed training materials and course plans for in-house applications; taught
courses.
- Designed user interface and functionality of in-house developed applications
- Performed quality assurance testing on in-house developed applications
Exploration Geologist - ARCO Oil & Gas Company
Denver, Colorado
1981 - 1984
- Mapped Niobrara formation over Colorado and Nebraska.
- Mapped Mississippian formations in Four Corners area.
- Analyzed drill cuttings on-site during drilling of Montana and Utah wells.
- Acquired expertise in geologic computer applications.
Development Geologist - ARCO Oil & Gas Company
1978 - 1981
Houston, Texas
- Mapped offshore Texas oil and gas fields
- Assured quality well logs of drilling offshore wells
- Contributed to Mustang Island gas field discovery
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