Work Experience
CompuServe Logo CompuServe Interactive Services
(June 2000 - June 2001)
  • Assisted in the rollout of various applications/upgrades, built Linux systems, created Win32/Unix security/system/information gathering scripts, and performed limited troubleshooting diagnostics. Tools used on the job include a large variety of Unix distributions, NT, Perl, and several miscellaneous system administration tools.

    Metatec Logo Metatec International
    (January 2000 - March 2000)
  • Worked extensively on in-house order management/inventory/manufacturing tracking system. Provided support, debugging, minor development, database correction, and query generation for the system and its users. Tools used on the job include ORACLE, Access, SQL, Unix, NT, C, PVCS, and the Visual C++ editor.

    Lexis Nexis Logo Lexis Nexis via ManPower
    (Summers 1998, 1999)
  • Sorted and delivered mail for approximately 450 Lexis Nexis employees. This experience provided a unique perspective on how a large information corporation's departments work together. Tools used on the job include Mail Mobiles, Delivery Equipment, and a corporate directory program.

    NCR Logo National Cash Register - Old River Park
    (Summers 1996, 1997)
  • Worked as a lifeguard at Old River, a private park of NCR. At the pool, duties included watching over customers, performing rescues, and pool maintenance tasks. At the boat dock, duties included assisting customers into and out of their canoes, giving brief boating tutorials, patrolling the lagoon, and performing rescues. Weekly training/team building excercises were also undertaken. Tools used on the job include canoes, motor boats, float tubes, backboard stretchers, and of course the whistle.

    L'Auberge Image L'Auberge Restaurant
    (August 1995 - October 1995)
  • Worked as a dishwasher in this four star french restaurant. Duties included scrubbing pots and pans, operating the industrial dish/glass washing machine, and peeling potatoes.

    Kroger's Logo Kroger's Grocery
    (May 1995 - July 1995)
  • Worked as a bagger at the local supermarket. Duties included bagging groceries, fetching carts from the parking lot, cleaning the store, and helping customers find things or get groceries to their car.

    KO Times Paper Kettering Oakwood Times
    (? Ages 12-14)
  • Delivered newspapers for a local community newspaper. A friend and I operated two routes in our neighborhood splitting the work equally between us.