Now Playing

• Pays the bills: Web Site Coordinator – Southern Arkansas University
• Pays my soul: Applications & Standards Track Co-Chair – HighEdWeb
• Pays back the community: Arkansas Regional HighEdWeb Conference: Conference Committee Co-Chair

Presentations

• Penn State Web Conference, June 2012 – Presenting
  • Presentation: “Going Mobile with WordPress”
• HighEdWeb Conference 2011 – Austin, TX (Program Committee)/Presented
  • Workshop: “The WordPress University“
• WordCamp Fayetteville, July 2011 – Presented
  • Presentation: “Win Friends and Influence People with BuddyPress”
• HighEdWeb Arkansas Regional – Conference Co-Chair & Presenter
  • Workshop: “Building your minion infrastructure: Training your content contributors to help, not hinder” with Susan Ragland of Tarrant County Community College
• Penn State Web Conference, June 2011 – Presented
  • Workshop: “WordPress 3.0 for Fun & Profit the Sake of Your Sanity”
  • Presentation: “Win Friends and Influence People with BuddyPress”
• HighEdWeb Conference 2010: PreConference Workshop “WordPress 3.0 for Fun & Profit the Sake of Your Sanity”
• 2010 Arkansas Regional HighEdWeb Conference: Conference Committee Co-Chair (Little Rock, Arkansas – July 23, 2010)
• WordCamp Fayetteville, May 29, 2010 – Attendee
• Technical Reviewer for Beginning WordPress 3.0 by Stephanie Leary – Apress
• HigherEdExperts Webinar: Open Source CMS Fair, WordPress MU session presenter (recordings available)

Tools and Skills

• Web: HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Photoshop, WordPress
• Specialties: Project management, content strategy, training, technical support, technical writing, writing for the web, usability, accessibility, web applications

Community and Professional Involvement

• Arkansas Higher Education Web Conference Committee Co-Chair (2009-present)
• Higher Education Web Professionals Conference Program Committee (2007-present)
• Arkansas Community of Excellence, Knowledge Based Companies Committee – Magnolia, AR (2007)
• Project Management Institute
• Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
• Women Designers Group
• University Web Developers

Experience

• Technical Reviewer – Beginning WordPress 3.0 at Apress, January 2010 – April 2010
  • Reviewed, tested, and edited code samples, screenshots, and instructions
• Track Co-Chair – Applications & Standards at HighEdWeb Association, March 2007 – Present
  • Solicit, review, and establish track sessions. Serve as a point of contact for presenters and attendees. Run like a maniac for a few days in October.
• Web Site Coordinator at Southern Arkansas University, August 2004 – Present
  • Implement and manage a University-wide open-source content management system, including the continuous training of more than 400 internal users
  • Develop web initiatives to support University marketing and retention efforts
  • Work with other University officials to develop University web policies on accessibility and departmental content requirements
  • Establish and maintain the University’s social media presence, currently including Facebook,Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Flickr
• Partner at Jannoo, 2003 – 2007
  • Project management and long term client site maintenance for web development projects.
• Development Director at I.E. LLC., June 1994 – November 2003
  • Responsible for overseeing both internal and external development projects
  • Coordinated communication efforts between clients, consultants and internal staff
  • Oversaw client services including web assessment, creation and implementation
  • Provided customer service, support and training to clients

Education

• Southern Arkansas University (December 2011)
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude – 3.76 GPA)
    • Minor in Management Information Systems
  • Invited and inducted into Alpha Chi and Beta Gamma Sigma academic honor societies
  • Phi Beta Lambda top awards in marketing, management, e-business, project management, microeconomics, and information management
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock – Donahey College of Engineering and Information Technology (currently attending)
  • Master’s of Science in Information Quality (MSIQ)

Honors and Awards

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude – December 2011
• Beta Gamma Sigma – Inducted April 2010
• Speaker: Higher Ed Experts Webinar, April 2010
• Alphi Chi National Honor Society – Inducted February 2010
• CASE District IV Achievement Award – World Wide Web Site – 2009
• State of Louisiana Post Office Project of the Year – Recruiting Brochure – 2008
• CASE District IV Award of Excellence – World Wide Web Site – 2006, 2008
• CASE District IV Award of Excellence – eNewsletter – 2007
• Admissions Marketing Report Merit Award – eNewsletter – 2007
• Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference
  • Grand Prize – E-Business – 2007
  • First Place – Marketing Concepts – 2009
  • Second Place – Computer Concepts – 2009
  • First Place – Management Concepts – 2010
  • First Place – Information Management – 2010
  • First Place – Microeconomics – 2011
  • First Place – Project Management – 2011

Interests

project management, web development, accessibility, web standards, usability, continuous improvement, shopping, travel, education, fiction, client relationships, CMS, CRM, software, process management. mentoring, technical writing, writing for the web, social media, social networking, WordPress, Buddypress, application development