Specializing in sharing information on technology and topics related to online genealogical research, via social media and www.RelativelyCurious.comPreviously developed a hugely popular downloadable browser extension for online genealogy research. The Relatively Curious Internet Genealogy Toolbar was a free downloadable toolbar loaded with hundreds of hand-picked, free genealogical research websites, organized by type, with over 5,000 downloads. The original owners of the platform sold, and the new owners filled the download with ad and malware, and I can no longer in good conscience promote this once- wonderful tool. I continue to look for an adequate and equally useful replacement and way to share useful genealogy websites for free.

Freelance Typesetting & Graphic Design; California and Texas, 1996 to presentDesign and typeset Nutrition News, a monthly newsletter sold both as a subscription and in bulk quantities as a sales aid to health food stores, with a monthly print run of approximately 50,000 copies. Other design projects have included a quarterly 12-page newsletter, flyers, brochures, and various event advertising posters and other promotional pieces for the University of California Botanical Gardens, and currently responsible for the complete re-design and layout of the Texas State Genealogical Society's 40page quarterly journal, STIRPES. Editorial and proofreading projects have varied from reports and promotional pieces to published books.

Research, develop, and submit lecture proposals, prepare clear and concise handouts, create engaging PowerPoint presentations, and confidentially articulate lectures to groups of then hundreds of individuals at all day workshops and national conferences, specializing in teaching online genealogical research strategies. • Author of two genealogy blogs, guest author of a third, and author of several magazine articles • Co-authored book “The Great-Grandmother Lode – Guide to FamilySearch Centers” Family Tree Magazine• Developed and maintain the Relatively Curious Genealogy Toolbar, a genealogy-specific browser toolbar extension. (Currently 4,500 users) Featured in the March 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine

Instrumental in the development and organization of the first virtual chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. The Second Life chapter of the APG meets in the virtual world Second Life, providing an opportunity for any APG member anywhere in the world with internet access to be able to attend meetings and share ideas with fellow professionals without leaving their own homes.

Re-created ConferenceKeeper.org, a free online genealogy calendar of events both online and around the world, including conferences, seminars, workshops, webinars, calls for papers, contests, volunteer opportunities, and more. ConferenceKeeper offers free promotion of genealogy events for societies, libraries and individuals. My mission is to support genealogy education.

Grammar review of engineering reports; new project entry; engineering inspection scheduling; final review and report distribution to clients.

Administrative assistant and grammar specialist for a forensic engineering firm. Duties include proofreading technical documents and reports and processing incoming projects. Initially allowed to develop processes to improve workflow and efficiency, but with department reorganization became just a call-center rep with no duties other than to follow instructions without question.

Primary responsibilities include project entry into Deltek Vision, assigning to project managers based on location and workload allocation, editing and proofreading engineering reports using Microsoft Word, submitting expense reports and reviewing final invoicing for projects, and working with clients to resolve needs and issues. • At the request of the Atlantic Coast Regional Manager, I coordinated project assignment for the newly opened Philadelphia office, which received the huge numbers of inspection requests for the New Jersey coastline following Storm Sandy. I developed a geographic mapping system to efficiently assign project managers based on location. Project status was tracked through completion using an Excel spreadsheet, allowing everyone involved to easily see project status and assignment for this area. Received the Donan Pinnacle Award for excellence for the efficient handling of the Storm Sandy projects.• Independently developed a triage database to streamline project handling per specific client request, eliminating the need to refer to three or four separate information sources, now used company-wide, accessible through Sharepoint. • Regularly accept additional responsibilities as needed to assure all offices and project managers receive adequate support and coverage. • Partner with management to perform quality review audits on completed engineering reports, to help identify possible grammar and spelling training opportunities within the Client Services Department.• Regularly identify process improvement opportunities to improve efficiency within the Client Services Department. • Maintain highest ranking in both quality and productivity.

Part of the small beta test team for this crazy awesome new smartphone app and website platform called JoyFlips . The development team behind JoyFlips is incredibly talented, not only in their vision, but in implementation as well. My original role has been to support the team by putting the app through its paces after each change or upgrade, consider and suggest improvements and even 'wish list' items, and make thoughtful contributions based on knowledge of one of the target audiences, the genealogy community. Currently, I create and manage the social media channels.JoyFlips is a completely free platform that allows users to easily scan print photographs; import digital photos; edit; tag; add audio stories; create and share both private and collaborative albums; and export to various online channels (i.e., Facebook, email, and more). Scanned photographs are stored in the cloud, with only thumbnails stored on your phone -- 10,000 photos in JoyFlips on your iphone takes up less than half the space of the Facebook app! The JoyFlips.com website supports nearly all of the features of the app as well.

Social media manager responsible for creating online social media presence and promoting brand awareness, utilizing various platform-specific tools for content curation, brand identity, and site analytics. Provide project management team and marketing department support using Deltek Vision to create and produce reports, manage project and opportunities.

Bid agent, project admin for the Water department; Deltek Vision, social media, conference arrangements, expense reports, Marketing assistance.

Manage customer service and all email for WikiTree.com, a free genealogy website with current user base of 150,000+ individuals. Responsible for user interaction via email and online forums• Mediate conflicts between users• Attend to privacy concerns and copyright issues.• Implement issue resolution.• Assist individuals who are not quite computer savvy. • Assist with file processing. • Represent company at conferences.

Index court documents pertaining to land transactions, mortgages, releases, liens and others, to assist with the creation of a title plant. Previously contracted from May 2010 to March 2011.

As Assistant to the Editor, my responsibilities included editing, creating and managing a research database, sorting and replying to correspondence, and other typical office duties.

Recognizing a need for quality prepress services in the area, I opened, managed and operated a typesetting business. Working with primarily printers and graphic designers, managed a staff of up to 5 employees and annual sales to $200k.