Full Resume

Single-page resume: LorraineJohnsonResume-online.pdf

Summary

I am a technical editor with programming skills and experience in research and development settings. I have written and documented code for data analysis; contributed to scientific research papers and proposals; and developed K-12 scientific instructional materials. My interests are the effective communication of technical information and the presentation of information in a technological environment, such as online or mobile/handheld devices. I have significant experience with Microsoft Word and Excel, graphics programs, and Web development tools.

Strengths: organizing complex information; designing usable and pleasing visual layout

Interests: usability, interface design, and accessibility

Web Content Editing and Site Development

Remmy’s Catering: www.remmyscatering.com; development and maintenance; established a consistent editorial style to retain the client’s warm personality; developed style guide and word list; coded Box Lunch form handler in ASP

Seattle Composers Alliance: www.seattlecomposers.org; development and maintenance, edited client information to conform to site style, coded form handlers for membership and project listing forms; developed images for CafePress shop items; ongoing duties include editing content submissions and administration of email and mailing lists

Celia Chavez: www.celiachavez.com; development and early maintenance, transitioned to site owner

Athena, Earth and Space Science for K-12: www.k12.wa.us/EdTech/Athena/index.html; or vathena.arc.nasa.gov developed K-12 instructional materials in educator-scientist teams; as Webmaster, managed transition of materials from draft to staging server to production mirrors and analyzed site traffic logs

Computer Skills and Experience

Office Productivity Suites: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org

Computer Graphics: Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Creature House/Microsoft Expression, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Fontographer

Internet: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Apache and IIS Web servers, standard Internet tools

Web Development and Programming: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP in JavaScript, CGI in Perl

Data Analysis Programming: FORTRAN and MATLAB for analysis of space physics and physical oceanographic data

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (XP, 2000, NT 4, 98/95), Unix

Career Chronology

Freelance Web Developer: 2001–present

Senior Software Engineer: 2000–2001, Elektrobit Inc., Redmond, Washington

Research Physicist: 1989–2000, Science Applications International Corporation, Bothell, Washington

Education and Professional Development

Professional and Technical Editing Certificate; Information Design Certificate:
Bellevue Community College Continuing Education, Bellevue, Washington

M.S. Physics: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (thesis option)

B.S. Physics: Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

Continuing Education Classes

Most classes taken through the Technical Communications Program at Bellevue Community College. "Advanced Object Oriented Perl" taken through Consultix.

Technical Communications

• Professional Proofreading and Editing
• Professional Proofreading and Editing II
• Developmental Editing
• Substantive Editing
• Writing Style Guides
• Fundamentals of Document Design
• Web Content Design for Writers and Editors
• Designing for Usability
• Visual Thinking
• Design Principles: An Introduction

Web Development

• Dreamweaver Level 1
• Dreamweaver Level 2
• Active Server Pages Level 1
• Web Design Methodology and Technology

Productivity and Database

• Word 2000 Level 2
• Access 2000 Level 1
• Access 2000 Level 2
• Relational Database Design
• Structured Query Language

Operating Systems and Programming

• Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies
• C Programming Level 1
• C++ For C Programmers
• Visual Basic Level 1
• Visual Basic Level 2
• Advanced Object Oriented Perl (Damian Conway, instructor)