Professional Experience and Education

Experience

Objective	To work freelance on challenging and exciting projects that will continue to test and develop my skills as a designer and writer.
02/97 - 07/01	Company Name Available upon Request Lotus Notes System Administrator & Office IT Manager Full Time :: Installed NT servers and mixed Windows network :: Designed and installed an International Lotus Notes Network (R4.1/4.5/4.6) :: Travelled to the American (Seattle) office of the company, and was trained in the running of the NOC :: Liased with the Seattle office over the International Notes Network :: Installed a test Notes environment using Lotus Notes R5.x :: Troubleshoot Notes problems for over 50 customers' Notes Installations :: Travelled on-site to customers to oversee software upgrades :: Maintain and upgrade the Office equipment - PCs, laptops and servers :: Review and upgrade software for the Office as necessary :: Make all decisions regarding purchasing of equipment and software :: Travelled to Lotus Notes conferences to keep up-to-date on current technologies :: Regular training in Lotus Notes and other technical and managerial skills
06/96 - 01/97	Company Name Available upon Request Lotus Notes System Administrator & Office IT Manager Full Time :: Designed and established the Office Notes Network using Lotus Notes 4.1 :: Upgraded the Lotus Notes clients from 3.5 to 4.1 :: Installed the MCIMAIL Gateway to integrate internet mail access with Lotus Notes :: Administered over 20 users, several of whom were remote or laptop users :: Co-ordinated the planning of a global Lotus Notes network with Germany & USA :: Oversaw the development of the New York & New Jersey offices, which had two servers and over eighty users :: Trained the Notes Administrator in the New York office :: Designed and implemented training for the Users in the office :: Supervised buying of equipment as well as maintaining current hardware
01/93 - 07/96	Company Name Available upon Request Lotus Notes Developer & Administrative Assistant Part Time :: From June 1995 was trained to help develop databases for the company :: Designed several databases using Lotus Notes 3.5 :: Helped keep the information current in the Notes Databases :: Used Excel to analyse data and to produce graphs and charts :: Designed flow-charts and presentations in CorelDRAW! and Access :: Helped out in most areas of office administration (word-processing, filing, answering phones, and making appointments)