Resume

April 7th, 2010

Work Experience
Web Developer (AmeriCorps Intern): June 2009 – Present
TechMission, Dorchester, MA
Maintaining www.urbanministry.org by updating its codebase and in server administration (including firewall & IP Tables maintenance, cPanel modifications, and server monitoring), providing technical support for staff, and maintaining the phone and office network, including Active Directory and Exchange 2003 accounts.

Computer Technician (Work Study Assistant): 2005 – 2009
Technology Services Department, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
Fixed student computers, maintained campus printers, provided technical support, and helped to maintain the campus network. Operated Covenant’s phone switch board. Gained limited experience in Active Directory.

Sole Proprietor: 2002 – Present
Smooth Stone Services, Dorchester, MA
Providing a variety of services including technical support, IT consulting, and web hosting solutions. (www.smoothstoneservices.com).

Southeast Office Manager: 2005 – 2006 (summers)
eCamp Messaging Services (now owned by Thriva, LLC), Bothell, WA
Supervised staff and provided phone & email technical support to website clients for hundreds of camps nationwide.

Kitchen Staff: 2003 (summer)
Camp Greystone, Tuxedo, NC

General Laborer: 2001 – 2002 (summers)
Young Life Pinnacle Point Camp, Sunset, SC
Part of the initial construction crew for 320 acre camp project that has become the newest eastern camp for Young Life. Participated in materials handling and inventory as well as property maintenance and construction.

Computer & IT Experience
Software:

  • Operating Systems including Microsoft Windows (7, Vista, XP, 2000, 98, 95), Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS), and some Mac OS X
  • Microsoft Office 2007, 2003, and 97
  • Some Experience in Active Directory and Exchange 2003

Web Development & Web Server Administration:
Installation and maintenance of Apache, PHP, & MySQL Software (as well as making sure the Unix OS packages are up-to-date).

  • Use of cPanel, WHM, and Fantastico De Luxe
  • Some coding, including HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, & MySQL

Video Production:
Live video mixing (and feed), with analog video mixer and TriCaster Pro software using S-Video on two to three cameras at once for five separate events at Covenant College, including twice for the annual Mountain Affair production during Campus Preview Weekend.

Volunteering
Children’s Church Volunteer: 2009 – Present
Quincy Street Missional Church, Ma Siss’s Place, Dorchester, MA
Running children’s church and building relationships with the kids, attending Quincy Street Missional Church at Ma Siss’s Place (www.quincystreet.org), and living in the Dudley Street area of Boston intentionally to build relationships with my housemates and neighbors.

Education
Bachelor of Arts in Community Development (International Economic Development track): May 2009
Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
Student Activities: Worked for Technology Services department and was entrusted with network maintenance tasks and fixing campus computers & printers; Co-founder & President of student-led club (Student Service Coalition); Member of Orientation Team Fall 2006 to aid Freshman in their adjustment to college life; Member of COR Team Fall 2007 to hire, train, and lead Orientation team as well as supervise Freshman Orientation week.
Community Development Classes including: Theory of Community Development, Living and Working in a Multicultural Context, Community Development Principles & Issues, International Microenterprise Development, Third World Economic Development, History of the Developing World, Cross-Cultural Social Science Research Methods, Quantitative Research for Field Settings, Principles of Management.

International Community Development Internship: 2008 (summer)
Food for the Hungry, Phoenix, AZ
Participated in a research internship for 3 months in the Philippines. Researched positive cases of impact of the Microenterprise Development programs that FH conducted which were compiled in a final research project. Lived with indigenous residents in two separate communities. Also briefly consulted with the local FH office in addressing some of their IT needs.

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