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Chicago, Illinois, United States

∙ Manage a team of 3 developers and electronic publishing specialists responsible for software used for journal peer review, copyediting, production, and online publication∙ Manage vendor relationships for licensed software and services∙ Design, code, and maintain a journals production database (MySQL) and web interface (PHP, Apache)∙ Design, code, and maintain command-line scripts for journals production tasks including data conversion (Omnimark, XSLT, Perl) and file management∙ Configure and support licensed software for peer review (Editorial Manager) and copyediting (Arbortext Editor)

∙ Designed and built a web-based, PHP/MySQL-driven database of book and publisher data to facilitate book reviews in scholarly journals∙ Technical lead for implementation of Editorial Manager peer review system in 30 journal offices; wrote Perl programs for legacy data conversion; visited off-site editorial offices for system configuration and staff training∙ Team lead for development of web-based, Perl/MySQL-driven peer review system, coordinating development, testing, and release of new features in Windows desktop and web client∙ Designed, coded, and supported public Web client for peer review system, comprising 30,000+ lines of Embperl and HTML, integrated with Apache, MySQL, Zmailer, LaTeX, Adobe Distiller, and in-house production systems∙ Designed HTML markup, CSS stylesheet, and JavaScript utilities for The Chicago Manual of Style Online∙ Devised and conducted usability tests for The Chicago Manual of Style Online∙ Designed, coded, and supported a system to generate PDF files for journal preprints, integrating commercial PDF-editing software with in-house software∙ Designed, coded, and supported Web clients and Unix command-line applications to feed a MySQL database of journal metadata and generate XML files to feed a search engine

∙ Wrote software for conversion of SGML to HTML for online journal publishing∙ Wrote software for analysis of PostScript graphics and conversion to web formats (GIF, JPEG)∙ Built web sites for online journals∙ Wrote software for generation of WN web server access control files from MySQL database∙ Built web-based membership directories for publishing clients and wrote software to process updates

∙ Acquired and developed electronic publishing projects. Solicited expert evaluations and proposed projects to publications board. Designed project content and interface. ∙ Designed and implemented interdepartmental database for acquisition, production, and marketing. ∙ Typeset book interiors and jacket copy on a desktop publishing system, produced proofs and camera copy, generated PostScript and application files for printers, archived files, and kept typesetting statistics. ∙ Copyedited and proofread manuscripts on paper and online.

∙ Designed and taught undergraduate courses in rhetoric, literature, business and technical writing, and desktop publishing. ∙ Supervised new teaching assistants teaching university level classes in business and technical writing. ∙ Set up and maintained Macintosh classroom for UIUC English department; installed hardware and software; trained teachers and lab monitors; wrote lab manuals.∙ Maintained IBM classroom for UIUC English department; installed hardware and software; trained teachers and lab monitors; wrote lab manuals.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), English

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa