SKILLS

Programming:

• XHTML, CSS, Cross-Browser Compatibility: excellent knowledge
• PHP, Javascript, XML, ASP: good knowledge
• XSL, MySQL (with phpMyAdmin), VBScript, Perl: basic knowledge

Content Management Systems:

• CBSi CMS used worldwide for CBSinteractive websites (CNET.de, ZDNet.de, silicon.de in Germany)
• RedDot 4.5. 5.0. 6.0 as well as InfoOffice 3.0: excellent knowledge, including templating and administration
• Livelink 9.5: good knowledge
• Invision Power Board (Forum Software): excellent knowledge, including modifying templates and administration
• TYPO3, Movable Type: basic knowledge

Software:

• Eclipse, Dreamweaver, Fireworks: excellent knowledge
• Photoshop: good knowledge
• Flash: basic knowledge

Teaching: Software Programs, HTML, Internet use, German (trained German teacher)
Writing: German, English; handbooks, instructions
Translating: German to English (native speaker); technical documentation, letters, websites, presentations

POSITIONS HELD

Web Developer, Teacher, Translator (freelance), Munich

January 2004-current

Selected Projects and Customers:

• SinnerSchraderStudios: created RedDot Templates for the Deutsche Bank relaunch.
• STATTAUTO-München CarSharing: relaunched and maintain the website (http://stattauto-muenchen.de/).
• YAML.de (Yet Another Multicolumn Layout): translated from German to English (http://yaml.de/).
• Hanns Seidel Foundation: teach "Seniors at the PC and Online" and "Seniors Online II" (http://www.hss.de).

Web Developer, CBS Interactive GmbH, Munich

May 2008-December 2010

• Redesigned all ZDNet newsletters, created and documented a web-based tool for the editorial production and display of the newsletters in Outlook, Googlemail, GMX, and WebMail.
• Planned and created mobile versions of ZDNet.de, CNET.de, and silicon.de.
• Created a product review feed for Google SEO
• Relaunched the intranet wiki based on Linux, MySQL, PHP, and MediaWiki.
• Programmed an importer of external content (XML feed) in the CBSi-CMS, using PHP and MySQL (Whitepapers, Teleschau).

Web Developer, esolut, Munich

October 2006-October 2007
(http://esolut.de/)

• Migrated static pages to WCM Livelink 9.5 for OSRAM (http://osram.com/).

Web Developer, elephant seven AG, Munich

January 2001-December 2003
(http://www.e-7.com/)

• Created and maintained several RedDot Projects for various customers.
• Planned the technical realization of various internet projects.
• Prepared and gave seminars for customers and colleagues.
• Created technical documentation as well as user handbooks.
• Optimized internal processes for Development: coding conventions, Intranet.
• Managed smaller projects.
• Translated German-English: customer websites, company presentations, marketing materials, technical documentation, styleguides, pitch documents.
• Provided direct customer support on the telephone and in person on location.
• Optimized websites for usability and accessibility (screen readers).

Web Designer, Heindl-Internet, Tübingen

January 1998-August 2000
(http://www.heindl.de/)

• Supervised and performed final editing on all pages published during my tenure, German and English.
• Built an Intershop online store for full-service Internet commerce for an international company.
• Translated German into English for international websites.
• Optimized websites for faster loading and user-friendliness.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

August 1994-July 1997
(http://artsci.wustl.edu/~german/)

• Taught elementary webmastering to fellow graduate students and local German teachers.
• Worked with video, listservs, and webmastering for Washington University’s first Distance Education experience. Spring 1997.
• Developed website for the Washington University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Summer 1996.
• Researched and wrote Distance Learning Manual for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Spring 1997.
• Presented papers and moderated sessions at conferences.
• Taught first three semesters of German.
• Served as Graduate Student Representative to the Graduate Council and the Graduate Student Senate.
• Conceived, built, and maintained the original websites and listservs for the Graduate Student Senate, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and the German Graduate Students.
• Edited and revised articles in the GDR Bulletin, 1993-1994, 1997.
• Served on university-wide Email Committee, Spring 1996.
• Served on Graduate Council Library Committee, 1995-97.
• Served on and chaired Graduate Student Senate Publicity Committee, 1995-97.
• Secretary of the Graduate Student Senate, 1996-1997.

EDUCATION

Washington University in St. Louis, M.A., German, May 1995.
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, B.A., German, magna cum laude, May 1993.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

• Presentation Skills: Hanns Seidel Foundation, 2005
• Rhetoric for Teachers: Hanns Seidel Foundation, 2005
• Presentation with PowerPoint: Hanns Seidel Foundation, 2005
• Presentation Techniques: Chamber of Commerce Munich-Westerham, February 2003.
• Introduction to Flash: Internal Training, November 2002.
• Time and Self-Management: Chamber of Commerce Munich-Westerham, October 2001.
• Fast Track to RedDot Professional: RedDot Cologne, April 2001.

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING

• Seminar in the Teaching of German: Brigitte Rossbacher, Fall 1994.
• Conference: Foreign Language Education and Technology III in Victoria, British Columbia, August 1997.
• Workshop: "Conversation as Cultural Performance" and "Program, Performance and Proficiency Testing," Washington University, 1997.
• Workshop: Teachable Texts: "Rural German-Americans and their lives" (Goethe Institute), 1996.
• Workshop: Intensive Training in Teaching of German for Teaching Assistants, Washington University, 1994, 1995, 1996.
• Workshop: "Teaching Writing in a Second Language." Sally Sieloff Magnan, 1994.

References available upon request.