Chastity Blackwell

Current

• Freelance Content Developer at CCP
• Research Programmer at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Chastity Blackwell’s Summary

Professional IT specialist with experience supporting 24/7 services in an enterprise environment serving over 30,000 users; able to express complicated technical subjects clearly and concisely to audiences with a wide range of technical aptitude. Freelance fiction writer and game designer for both paid and volunteer projects.

Interested in transitioning to creative position in computer game development or other area where my technical and creative skills can both be utilized to their fullest.

Chastity Blackwell’s Specialties:

Solaris system administration, Sun hardware, world-building, science fiction writing, horror writing

Chastity Blackwell’s Experience

• Freelance Content Developer

  CCP

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

  Design missions and write accompanying fiction for CCP's flagship MMORPG, Eve Online.

• Research Programmer

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  March 1999 — Present (10 years 5 months)

  Administrator of Illinois Compass ELM cluster, serving over 30,000 users on the UIUC Campus and elsewhere. Responsible for working with service managers, database administrators, project managers and application developers as a technical advisor. Collaborate with other members of workgroup to determine policies and procedures to maintain highly reliable campus computing infrastructure. Serve on search committees for hiring new system administrators.

Chastity Blackwell’s Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Bachelor of Arts , Rhetoric and History (Double Major) , 1994 — 1998

  Specialized in Narrative Creative Writing and Military History

Additional Information

Chastity Blackwell’s Interests:

writing, roleplaying games, game design, creative writing, Eve Online, Cthulhu Rising, Heavy Gear, Shadowrun, NSDM

Chastity Blackwell’s Groups:

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