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 |
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. |