Web Strategist and IT/Web Consultant
Austin, Texas Area
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- Sr. Consultant at Kforce Technology Staffing
- Dev Analyst III/Knowledge Mgmt Consultant at TX HHSC
- Community Moderator at EmpowHer.com
- IT/Web Consultant at Independant Consultant
- Online Instructor, Adjunct Faculty at Austin Community College (ACC)
- Past
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- Web Strategist/Project Mgr at Dynamic Computing Services (DCS) - Austin Energy
- Sr. Consultant at Ciber, Inc.
- Web Developer/Technical Site Mgr at BMC Global e-Business - Ciber
- Web Developer/Consulting Team Lead at ERCOT - Ciber
- Web Developer at IBM/Tivoli/Global Services - Triangle Tech
- Community Moderator at iVillage.com
- Education
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- International Sommelier Guild
- University of Southern California
- University of Southern California
- American University of Beirut
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Alysia Korelc’s Summary
Web Strategist/Project Manager/Team Lead focused on new Web technologies (Web 2.0) and Knowledge Management, Open Source applications and content management systems to leverage social media; information architecture, usability and accessibility; best practices and governance. Experienced public speaker, trainer, and online instructor at local college.
Alysia Korelc’s Specialties:
IA, UI, supportive technical infrastructure. HTML/XHTML, XML, CSS, XSL, DHTML, Javascript, Actionscript, ASP/SQL, PHP/MySQL/XAMPP, AJAX, CGI, ColdFusion, DreamweaverMX/CS3, Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Pro (including Flash, Photoshop) FireworksMX/CS2, Homesite, others, Java Applets, VBscript/Visual Basic, Paint Shop Pro, MS Access and MS Office tools, Visio, MS Project, SharePoint, Basecamp, Serena Collage, Vignette and other CMS, WordPress/WPMU, Plone, Joomla, MediaWiki, validation tools, FTP
Alysia Korelc’s Experience
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Sr. Consultant
Kforce Technology Staffing
(Public Company; KFRC; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Web strategy, SharePoint, CMS, IA/UI, collaborative and interactive technology guru
Current project: IT/Enterprise Applications, Texas HHSC (Health & Human Services Commission) -
Dev Analyst III/Knowledge Mgmt Consultant
TX HHSC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Strategic planning for corporate Intranet and Extranet. Translate high-level initiatives and ideas into understandable and actionable projects and requirements for knowledge and record management. Define, document and communicate policies and processes and Governance model for use of social and collaborative web applications. Develop high-level business scope and requirements for information, site and technical architectures. Develop and lead IT initiatives for document management and internal web application Sec. 508 Accessibility compliance. Provide leadership to technical program managers, analysts, and management team. Serve as liaison with 3rd party vendors as needed. SharePoint server and site administrator/developer. Technologies: MS SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, SharePoint Designer 2007, InfoPath, MS Project, Mediawiki, others.
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Community Moderator
EmpowHer.com
(Internet industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Startup, new online community for women's healthcare advocacy and issues, building the first online medical encyclopedia.
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IT/Web Consultant
Independant Consultant
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Provide consulting service in web strategy, design and development issues including IA/UI, usability and accessibility issues.
Projects:
AMD.com - Flash/XML
SmartKidsHealthyFoods.com - Technical consulting: Joomla; online marketing consulting -
Online Instructor, Adjunct Faculty
Austin Community College (ACC)
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
2001 — Present (8 years)
Member, Adjunct Faculty and Online Instructor of courses in web technologies and concepts, including open source software, to candidates of ACC's Webmaster Certificate Program. First to propose and author course in Web 2.0 - Social Media & Networking (formerly Online Communities).
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Web Strategist/Project Mgr
Dynamic Computing Services (DCS) - Austin Energy
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2007 — August 2007 (5 months)
Web & Portal Services Team Supervisor/Project Lead/Project Manager (Interim, short-term) - Direct Web team and summer interns at public utility in front-end Web design and development and project deliverables. Lead on W3C Web Standards, Usability, Accessibility compliance and new technologies. Liaison to AE business units, stakeholders and PMO. Represent department at Enterprise Architecture Council, PMO and other meetings. Authored Web & Portal Services Operations Guide. Outlined website design patterns. Created method for collaborative project status updates. Audited and established improved workflow and process documentation. Recommended strategies for improving UI, site architecture and use of collaboration technologies. Applied knowledge of ITIL and Best Practices where appropriate for web management. Engaged in site metrics and search issues. Technologies: X/HTML, XML, XSL, Javascript, CSS, IBM Websphere Portal/WCM, MS Project, Visio, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, WebQA, others, SEO
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Sr. Consultant
Ciber, Inc.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CBR; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Consultant in Web Strategy/Architecture, Web Development, Content Management and Web Project Management for Enterprise, Non-Profits, and using open source technologies for Web 2.0/Social Media, communities, blogging, podcasting and other media delivery
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Web Developer/Technical Site Mgr
BMC Global e-Business - Ciber
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; BMC; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2006 — February 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Consultant: Web Strategy: analyzed dotcom technical infrastructure for proposed site redo; consulted in content management issues, site architecture. Technical Site Manager/Web Developer: TalkBMC: (social media/Web 2.0) blogging and podcasting. Project Lead/Technical and Site Architect: test development and customization of open source blogging/cms applications. Authored project scope requirements document. Trained India resources in HTML. Technologies: Plone/Zope, PHP/MySQL, HTML/XHTML, XML, CSS, RSS, mashups, Linksys, WordPress/WPMU, Vignette/CMS Explorer, Siebel CRM, Documentum, Sharepoint, Basecamp
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Web Developer/Consulting Team Lead
ERCOT - Ciber
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Utilities industry)
July 2005 — December 2005 (6 months)
Led consulting team in implementation, customization and mass migration to Serena Collage content management system from archaic databases, also involving technical and site architecture of new website, information architecture, taxonomy, metadata and tagging, Google Appliance as internal search engine; authored web patterns (governance model), user and developer guides; trained users. Technologies: Siebel CRM, Oracle, SQL, HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, RSS, VBscript, Sharepoint, Excel, MS Project. Also required working knowledge of Cold Fusion, database design and management.
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Web Developer
IBM/Tivoli/Global Services - Triangle Tech
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Managed IBM/Tivoli site, IBM Security site, developerWorks/Tivoli portal. Conducted monthly Usability and Sec. 508 Accessibility compliance audits. Authored or contributed to best practices documentation, governance models. Interfaced with Marketing Dept. to deliver to campaign and branding requirements. Led redevelopment of sites and portal through OneX re-branding and re-development project. Technologies: use of several proprietary CMS applications; HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, Altova SPY, IBM Home Page Reader and other accessibility and usability testing tools.
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Community Moderator
iVillage.com
(Public Company; IVIL; Internet industry)
May 2001 — July 2005 (4 years 3 months)
Paid channel moderator, working with Producers to provide content to membership (15Mil+); manage global, remote teams of 25-40 volunteer community leaders; tracked stats, messageboard and channel performance; maintained leader database for channel; developed a little reporting application in Cold Fusion with an Access database for deeper level management of leader data and tracking their activities and status (which boards they managed, co-teams, inactive/active/terminated/on-leave). Moderated protocol and auditorium chats with celebrity and guest experts. Vendor and Publisher liaison. Technical support, including troubleshooting user issues, database issues, migration of content from Vignette to Prospero. Enforcement of Terms Of Service (TOS).
Alysia Korelc’s Education
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International Sommelier Guild
Certificates , Wine Fundamentals , 2008 — 2009
Completed pre-requisites and accepted into internationally accredited Sommelier Diploma program.
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University of Southern California
BA , International Relations
Undergraduate grants and scholarships: University of Grenoble; University of Tunis, Faculte du Droit; Bourghiba Language Institute, Tunis
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University of Southern California
International Relations
Graduate Studies; fellowship grant and scholarships: American University at Beirut, Lebanon
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American University of Beirut
International Relations: Middle East Studies
Graduate Fellowship and grant (USC)
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Alysia Korelc’s Interests:
Web 2.0, open source technologies; adjunct faculty, ACC, High Technology-Continuing Education, Webmaster Certificate Program; Round Rock Fit (USA FIT) - Marathoner, Half Marathon coach; volunteer community leader, various online communities; sommelier in training: International Sommelier Guild (ISG) certificates Level I & II
Alysia Korelc’s Groups:
Charter Member, former Treasurer: World Organization of Webmasters (WOW), Austin Chapter; HTML Writers Guild; Founder, AustinPlone.org and AustinPlone User Group; USA Track & Field (USATF), Road Runners Club of America (RRCA); Coach, USAFit-Round Rock; International Travel Writers Alliance (ITWA); Certificates, International Sommeliers Guild
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Women 2.0 -
The Official USC Alumni Association Group -
Sharepoint Experts -
HerDomain -
"AUB Group" - American University of Beirut Alumni
Alysia Korelc’s Honors:
Star Consultant, Ciber, Inc. 2006
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