Eric M. Reed

47770 Hickory #22309
Wixom, MI 48393
(248) 624-1814 (home)
(248) 921-3814 (cellular)
ereed@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE: Web Developer or Consultant
PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATES:
Brainbench Certified Internet Professional, Web Designer
      Concentrations in Graphic Design, Multimedia, Page Layout
Brainbench Certified Internet Professional, Web Developer
      Concentrations in Client-Side, Database, Server-Side

Transcript of all certificates: http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=2961182
WEB
SKILLS:
Certified (master level) in Internet research and evaluation
Certified (master level) in HTML 4.0
Certified in DHTML, XML
Certified in Allaire ColdFusion 4.5, JavaScript
Certified in Adobe Photoshop 5.5, Dreamweaver 3.0, Flash 4
Certified in data modeling concepts, MS Access 2000, RDBMS concepts, SQL (ANSI)
Proficient in CSS
Proficient in Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), MS Paint, MS PhotoDraw, PaintShop Pro
Experience with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), VRML, XHTML, XSL
Experience with AIML and A.L.I.C.E. artificial intelligence implementation
Some knowledge of CGI, Perl
Some knowledge of Oracle 8i
Currently training in ASP, JSP, PHP
OTHER
COMPUTER
SKILLS:
Certified in Visual Basic 6.0
Certified in MS Excel 97, MS Word 97, MS PowerPoint 97
Certified in Windows 95/98
Experience with AMPL, BASIC, Java 2, Pascal, SIGMA
Experience with MS Project, Sun StarOffice
Experience with DOS, Linux, MacOS/7, UNIX, Windows 3.x, Windows NT
High aptitude for learning to use software and hardware
ENGINEERING
SKILLS:
Designing efficient manufacturing systems, troubleshooting inefficient manufacturing systems
Planning and scheduling production
Modeling and writing linear, integer, and dynamic programs
Experience with probability and statistics
Knowledge of mechanical systems and engineering concepts
Knowledge of general noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) concepts
Knowledge of design for squeak-and-rattle and wind-noise avoidance
MISC.
SKILLS:
Certified (master level) in spelling (United States), written English
Certified in business writing, interpersonal communications, technical writing
Certified in managing people (United States)
Certified in project management
Certified in training development, training delivery and evaluation
Experience with financial accounting
EXPERIENCE: General Motors Truck Group, Milford Proving Ground, Milford, MI
(Contracted through Rapid Design Service, Inc., Beverly Hills, MI)
•  Web Development Engineer, January 2001-Present
Responsible for web design and web development for Vehicle Integration organization. Developed multiple web applications to expedite move of all engineering work to the GM Intranet.
•  Technical Integration Center (TIC) Development Engineer, October 1998-January 2001
Similar job responsibilities as under Benchmarking Process Engineer. Responsibility in benchmarking reduced; responsibilities in web design, development of technical specifications, and programming/ technical support for Integration community increased. Was identified as an expert in web technologies and became member of several web-related teams (see Teamwork section below).
•  Benchmarking Process Engineer, May 1998-October 1998
Responsible for competitive assessment. Worked with test laboratories to schedule competitive vehicles for testing. Coordinated competitive assessment group events and test rides. Provided access to benchmark data for truck development community via internal web. Webmaster of GMTG Performance Integration website. Assisted in development of vehicle-level technical specifications.
TEAMWORK: Vehicle Integration Website Team, December 2000-Present
Developed Vehicle Performance, Vehicle Integration Center, Vehicle Chief Engineer and other websites to support General Motors’ move of all documents and engineering work to the web.
Performance Integration Website Team, November 2000-December 2000
Merged Car and Truck Performance Integration websites into one master website for GM North America. This site became the Vehicle Performance site.
Web Strategies Team, March 2000-December 2000
Set standards to make GM internal websites dynamic and efficient while maximizing available data.
Squeak & Rattle Quality Check Project Team, October 1999-December 2000
Developed web-based database system to ensure that design team adheres to design guides.
Integration Core Web Team, May 1999-December 2000
Set standards for GM Truck Integration websites. Made self available as teaching resource to other team members due to expertise in web-related technologies.
Y2K Contingency Planning Team, May 1999-December 2000
Provided GM Truck Integration department with plan of action to ensure business continuity in case of computer-related problems starting January 1, 2000. Personally developed specific contingency plan for Full-Size Truck team; no Y2K problems arose.
PROJECTS: Spiderchart, May 1999-Present
Visual Basic for Applications tool that plots data as radar chart with special formatting. Tool is quickly becoming standard template for visual status reports of Performance Integration data. Currently working on conversion to web-based application for global GM use.
GMTG Performance Integration Website, May 1998-December 2000
Developed website on GM Intranet. Reduced time needed to retrieve project-critical information from previous slow process of calling/emailing other employees for data.
EDUCATION: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
B.S., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, May 1996
Electives included several mechanical engineering classes such as statics, dynamics, and design and analysis.
AFFILIATIONS:

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), member since 2000
International Webmasters Association (IWA), member since 2000
Internet Society (ISOC), member since 2000
HTML Writers Guild (HWG), member since 1997

INTERESTS: Arts and crafts, bartending, computer building, European culture (medieval/Renaissance-period), gourmet cooking, Japanese language and culture, linguistics, martial arts, Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), Spanish language and culture, web server administration, writing.
A list of references is available on request.