Senior Information Specialist
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Program Coordinator, Senior Information Specialist, Junior Technical Writer, Graduate Research Assistant Designed and maintained Molecular Biology Program home pages, produced technical brochures, flyers, posters, and advertisements, and edited bi-monthly newsletter. Led team to redesign and implement the new Information and Access Technology Services (IATS) home page and worked across teams to implement the new look and feel. Responsible for significant computing publications such as a… Show more Program Coordinator, Senior Information Specialist, Junior Technical Writer, Graduate Research Assistant Designed and maintained Molecular Biology Program home pages, produced technical brochures, flyers, posters, and advertisements, and edited bi-monthly newsletter. Led team to redesign and implement the new Information and Access Technology Services (IATS) home page and worked across teams to implement the new look and feel. Responsible for significant computing publications such as a guide to computing and telecommunications, all advertising, brochures, flyers, and the IATS newsletter. Developed web curriculum for medical school professors and trained professors to develop their own web pages. Developed training materials and conducted training courses, rewrote and redesigned the computing site standard operating procedures manual, worked with a team of six people answering computer-related questions at a helpdesk, and assisted students in using various software packages and operating systems, including Unix. System administrator for a Novell network, assisted in the production of the quarterly Special Education Dissemination Center Newsletter, redesigned the newsletter mailing list database, and assisted co-workers with any computer problems that arose. Highlights: I worked extensively with scientific faculty and successfully managed all publications leading up to and supporting the Molecular Biology Week event that draws top students and scientists from around the country, including the director of the National Science Foundation. Crossed organizational boundaries to produce the first-ever guide to computing and telecommunications after the two organizations merged. Streamlined and redesigned the IATS home page after the reorganization was complete. Show less