P.O. Box 137 • 264 Quail Drive • Highgate, Vt 05459

Phone 802-868-3002 • E-mail newr@sover.net

 

   Nancy J. Rowell


SUMMARY

Experienced and skilled professional with current training in Information Science applications eager to apply computer skills and experience to educational, non- profit or business environment. Recognized as a highly effective manager, team player and self motivated goal oriented individual with extensive customer service experience.  Areas of expertise:

Business Operations                 •Customer Satisfaction                   •Web Design

•Sales & Marketing                   •Problem Solving                           •Database Applications

•Financial & Accounting            • Event Planning                             • HC Interaction


 

CORE COMPETENCIES

 

  • Extensive successful business experience with food service and retail grocery including all aspects of income production and growth

  • Application of information and communication technology for managing and organizing information and content while organizing the architecture of information to frame the context of users' needs 

  • Up to date Web design, computer and project management skills including experience with storage and retrieval systems, database systems

 

EDUCATION.

 

  • BS in Information Resources - May    2007  

  • Certificate in Information Science  & Library Science -May   2007                                                       

School of Information Science - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.

            Cumulative GPA 3.958/4.00, Major 4.00/4.00, School of Information Science Honors

            Graduated Summa cum Laude - Inducted in Golden Key Society    

TECHNICAL WEB BASED SKILLS. 

 HTML, DHTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSL, PHP, SQL, and JavaScript

TECHNICAL COMPUTER PROGRAM SKILLS

Adobe Acrobat Professional, Audacity, Browser Software, Corel Draw Graphics Suite, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Flash, Camtasia, Intuit QuickBooks, MS Access, MS Excel, MS FrontPage, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Publisher, MS Word, MySql, Notepad++, Open Office, PHP MyAdmin, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Smart Draw                                    

BUSINESS SKILLS..

 

  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accounts Payable
  • Bar Code Systems
  • Business communication procedures
  • Cash handling procedures
  • Corporate reporting
  • Database Maintenance
  • General Ledger
  • POS Systems
  • Strategic Planning
  • Systems Analysis

 

RELEVANT COURSES ..

 

  • Electronic Database Systems
  • Human Factors in Information Retrieval

  • Information Architecture I
  • Information Architecture II
  • Information Architecture III
  • Multimedia Web Applications
  • Networking
  • Organization of Information
  • XML for Libraries

EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW

  • 2004 – 2007    University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Full time student

  • 2006                St. Albans Free Library, Internship involving circulation, information

                            architecture, archival methods, Ill, cataloguing and website creation.   

  • 1986 - 2004     Desorcie’s Market, Highgate, VT - General Manager

                                  Responsible for systems, purchasing, inventory, hiring, training, 

                                  marketing, and sales systems. Upgraded business information systems

                                  with the owner. Populated and maintained the database system. 

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

  • Administrator of private genealogical web site
  • Freelance Genealogical Research
  • Freelance landscape painter
  • Gardening & Cooking
  • Web Designer & Webmaster for St. Albans Free Library

REFERENCES.

  • Multimedia Portfolio - http://www.nancyjrowell.com/multimedia_portfolio.htm

  • PHP Example - http://www.nancyjrowell.com/php/njrowell/final/

  • St. Albans Free Library Web site - http://www.stalbans.lib.vt.us

  • Research example - http://www.nancyjrowell.com/399.htm

  • XML Examples - http://www.nancyjrowell.com/691.htm

  • Personal & Professional References available upon request