My History & Profile

How did I get here? From being on the road with some unheard of rock n roll bands to being a librarian. Libraries and technology have always fascinated me. I have over 10 years of experience working in and around libraries.

My current work as a corporate trainer uses multiple training options based on adult learning principles, instructional design and essentially engaging my audience.

Work Experience

ProQuest.com | Customer Education and Training | 08 2008 – Present

Provide customized on-site and online product training on a wide range of resources for academic, public and corporate libraries in a nine state territory. Provide client retention and marketing support services. Create training materials in English and Spanish.

Rocket Science Realty | Real Estate Technologist | 07 2007 – Present

Created technology plan and maintained company online website presence.

WebFeat | Client Services Manager | 01 2007 – 12 2007

Provided clients with training, technical and sales support for federated search solutions. Primary functions included customer retention, internal training materials, and wireframe design solutions.

Texas State Library & Archives | Library Technology Consultant | 03 2006 – 12 2006

Co-coordinated the Texas Plinkit Project to customize and deploy open source software for public library websites around the state of Texas. Managed technology requests and technology grants.

Portland State University | e-resources/virtual online coordinator | 01 2004 – 03 2006

Coordinated activities and initiatives relating to distributed-learning.
Initiated the first virtual reference service at the institution.
Participated in reference work, university-wide committees and honors college liaison.
Represented the institution in state level negotiations.

Education

University of North Texas | Masters of Information Science

Courses included: Information Architecture, Information Organization, Information Retrieval Design, System Analysis & Design and Web Programming Languages.

Texas Tech University | Sam Houston State University | Bachelors of Arts