GABE ANDERSON
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OBJECTIVE	To obtain a position as engineering/content/production/site manager, Web applications developer, e-learning technical specialist, or jack-of-all-trades, using my wide range of technical skills, leadership strength, and tremendous enthusiasm.

SKILLS	• Web technologies: HTML, TCL, JavaScript, XML
	• Databases & tools: SQL Server 7.0, Query Analyzer, Visual InterDev, Access
	• Web applications: Vignette StoryServer 4.0
	• Web servers: NT, IIS 4.0
	• Desktop applications: Photoshop, Excel, Quark, PageMaker, PowerPoint, etc.
	• Writing: impeccable grasp of the English language; strength in all styles
	• Management/leadership: proven team leader; motivating and enthusiastic

EXPERIENCE	Autodesk (www.autodesk.com)					March '01
	San Rafael, Calif.
  
	Technical Consultant
Provided feedback and recommendations on solutions for company's e-learning initiative. Maintained e-learning site and ran database reports on royalties, customer data, and course data.
• Advised executive team of Autodesk Learning & Training on e-learning strategies
• Recommended potential solutions to meet e-learning needs
• Ran queries to export & format nearly 100,000 rows of data
• Joined complex database tables via queries to produce desired report presentation format

	Headlight (www.headlight.com) 					June ’99 - March ’01
	San Francisco, Calif.

	Product Manager
Leading member of team responsible for development and deployment of next-generation e-learning application. Dubbed the “Open Architecture” technology platform, new product called for a total redesign of existing database and supporting code.
• Defined attributes of e-learning product necessary to support needs of corporate customers
• Contributed to data model definition as active member of team
• Created business processes at core of new architecture

	Manager of Content Engineering
Oversaw many technical aspects of Headlight's corporate site and e-learning solution, from front-end Web application and page design to linking of course content to back-end database. Managed three-member staff and variety of projects, including SQL-based reporting, partner support, and 3rd-party content integration with Headlight Learner Management System (LMS).
• Developed Web-based application for calculating e-learning implementation savings over cost of instructor-led training (www.headlight.com/roi)
	• Designed & developed database-dependent Web applications
	• Created Web-based reporting tools based on SQL queries
	• Implemented Web site designs, converted mock-ups to StoryServer templates
	• Managed technical relationships with partners, including Autodesk, NETg, SkillSoft, Frontline Group
	• Oversaw functional integrity of (and modification, as necessary) of internal, home-grown content 
	   management system
	• Led technical implementation of Headlight’s current corporate Web site (from ground-up)

	Senior Content Producer
Led team of producers and writers in growing content library from fewer than 100 Web-deployable training courses to more than 2,000. Ensured that course content in place and functional on content servers and that metadata about each course present in database and accurately represented on Headlight's e-commerce Web site.
	• Wrote, edited, and implemented marketing copy for training courses
	• Created & implemented processes for managing all aspects of robust content library

	Content Producer
Executed entire production process, from screening calls with potential content providers to managing receipt of data and content. Imported course data into database and prepared course content for launch on Headlight e-commerce site. 
	• Implemented and managed 1.5 million-file, 35+ GB content library
	• Wrote specifications for version 2.0 of in-house content management system

	Capitol Action Weekly (www.capenq.com/newsletter)			July ’97 - March ’01

	Founder, Editor, Publisher
	Conceived idea for weekly e-mail newsletter containing reports on California government activity.
	• Edited political commentary (written by professional political journalist) on weekly basis (all archives
	   available online)
	• Managed all aspects of mailing list with nearly 2,000 subscribers

	Capitol Enquiry, Inc. (www.capenq.com)				Sept. ’95 - June ’99
	Sacramento, Calif.

	Webmaster
	Managed all computing and Internet needs for publishing company.
	• Developed Web site from ground-up and solely maintained for four years
	• Implemented secure server, Web-based order form, online brochure

	Vassar Computer Store						Sept. ’95 - May ’99
	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

	Technical Assistant
	• Provided technical support for customers and assisted with repairs

	Poughkeepsie Journal (www.poughkeepsiejournal.com)			Sept. ’98 - Nov. ’98
	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

	Business Section Intern
	Researched stories and worked closely with editors of Poughkeepsie’s only daily newspaper.
	• Wrote in-depth business- and technology-related stories following extensive interviews
	• Wrote more than a dozen feature stories, including top story on front page of 11/23/98 issue

	ZDNet (www.zdnet.com)						summer ’98
San Francisco, Calif.

Editorial Intern
	• Searched for articles, input into database, converted to HTML
	• Wrote articles on mailing list basics and how to set up and maintain a mailing list

	The Miscellany News	(misc.vassar.edu)					Nov. ’97 - April ’98
	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

	Editor-in-Chief
	Managed all aspects of Vassar’s only student-run newspaper, both as an organization and publication.
	• Managed staff of more than 100, ran weekly editorial board meetings, and served as liaison to public
	• Edited entire paper for layout, content, and grammar; ultimately accountable for all content
	• Chosen for position by editorial board after serving as Senior Editor, Information Technology Editor, 
	   staff writer

EDUCATION	Vassar College (www.vassar.edu)					Aug. ’95 - May ’99
	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

	Bachelor of Arts, English
	• Recipient, Vassar's Jane Dealy Wirsig Memorial Prize
	   in recognition of outstanding promise and accomplishment in journalism

ACTIVITIES	• President, San Francisco Bay Area Vassar Alumnae/i Club (www.sfvassarclub.org)
	• Interviewer, Vassar College Admission Office (admissions.vassar.edu)
	• Volunteer, Hands on San Francisco (www.hosf.org)

STATEMENT	My strength is in my diversity of skills and my ability to learn quickly. I can put my nose to the grindstone to crank out code for a database-driven Web application, or I can stand before a large audience to deliver a PowerPoint presentation on the intricacies of designing and deploying Web-based training content. I am a passionate technologist and a dedicated leader, a writer at heart and a team player by nature.