To apply and expand my analytical and technical skills and knowledge within an information technology organization.

EDUCATION :
 

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies, May 1998

GPA in major 3.7/4.0

Minor: Computer Science

Valedictorian, Surrattsville HS, Clinton MD, 1994

RELEVANT COURSES :
 

Computer Graphics, Ethnography of a Japanese Corporation, Japanese Culture, Japanese Film as Anthropology, Modern Japanese History, Japanese I-III

RELEVANT SKILLS :
 

• Computer Platforms: IBM, Macintosh, and Sun Sparcstation computers.  Windows, DOS, Mac OS, UNIX, and Linux operating systems.
• Programming Experience: C++, Pascal, Basic, HTML, Java
• Software Familiarity: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint; Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects; Media 100; Boris FX; Magic & CBOSS database software; Various Internet related software
• Troubleshooting: Basic to advanced issues affecting dial-up and cable modem internet connections
• Video Production: Professional and consumer camera operation; Linear and digital video editing system operation
• Translation: Intermediate skills in written and spoken Japanese, including translations of Japanese into English.

EMPLOYMENT :

Customer Support Resource	RCN Internet, Springfield, VA	1999-present

• Universal Agent assistance/Advanced Macintosh technical reference.

• Internet Universal Agent/Advanced Macintosh technical support.

• Video editing, scripting, and camera operation, composition, and direction.
• Video portfolio available upon request.

• Research of contemporary American playwright Sam Shepard; Creation and maintenance of the Sam Shepard Web Site: http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/theatre_dance/Shepard/shepard.html

• Data processing.

ACTIVITIES AND HONORS :
 

Bucknell Presidential Fellow, aka Dana Intern, 1994-1998

Recipient of Knight Foundation research grant, summer 1996

Bucknell Japan Society, 1996-1998

C.A.L.V.I.N. & H.O.B.B.E.S., a Bucknell alcohol and drug awareness group, 1995-1998

Recipient of The CBS/SONY Prize in Japanese Studies, 1998

References Available Upon Request