Passionate Web Marketer. Mac Server Geek.
Dayton, Ohio Area
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- Owner at MacSnelson (Sole Proprietorship)
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- Interactive Marketing Director at TriComB2B
- Accounts Director at Communiqué Marketing Solutions (Sole Proprietorship)
- Part-time Faculty, Department of Technology Education at Brigham Young University
- Communication Manager at Flowserve Divisional Communication Group
- Communication Manager at Liberty Safe & Security
- Marketing Communications at Farley Enterprises, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)
- Volunteer Representative at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Education
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- Brigham Young University
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Dan K. Snelson’s Summary
Highly successful in the areas of identifying problems, conceptualizing solutions and deploying Mac- and Windows-based servers, Dan has nearly 10 years of experience in the design, setup, deployment and day-to-day maintenance of Apple Macintosh networks, operating in a mixed environment.
While a part-time university instructor, Dan taught upper-division students in advanced methods of electronic publishing at Brigham Young University.
Progressive responsibility and expertise in: Conceptualizing, publishing, editing, designing, communicating, developing, creating, educating and programming.
Dan K. Snelson’s Specialties:
PHP / MySQL; ASP (VBScript/JavaScript) / Microsoft SQL; AJAX; Mac OS X Server
Proficient with the following interactive media applications: Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Director, Adobe Contribute, Microsoft FrontPage.
Proficient with the following print media applications: QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Acrobat.
Proficient with the following general applications: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, FileMaker Pro.
Dan K. Snelson’s Experience
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Owner
MacSnelson (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Computer Hardware industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Start-up Apple Mac OS X server installation and maintenance limited liability company.
Comprehensive responsibility for Apple Macintosh OS X 10.5 server design, setup, deployment and day-to-day maintenance.
Server provides: Web, database, mail, print, file sharing (Windows, Mac, Unix), firewall, FTP, DNS and VPN services. Additional responsibility for on- and off-site backup storage and disaster recovery.
Proficient with server software and technologies: Unix CLI, Server Admin, Workgroup Manager, MySQL Admin, phpMyAdmin, MediaBeacon Digital Asset Management, EMC Retrospect, Adobe Version Cue. -
Interactive Marketing Director
TriComB2B
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2001 — May 2009 (7 years 8 months)
Supervision of and contribution to clients’ interactive marketing needs for leading business-to-business advertising agency:
Managed day-to-day operations and decisions regarding scheduling and workload for department of up to three Web developers
Held discovery meetings with and authored detailed statements of work for clients, providing clients with tightly defined project scope, including costs, project goals and delivery time lines
Provided both department- and company-wide thought leadership, spearheading company’s technological entrance into search marketing, Web analytics, social media, email marketing and Web 2.0 technologies -
Accounts Director
Communiqué Marketing Solutions (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 1999 — October 2001 (1 year 11 months)
Responsible for agency’s largest accounts, representing more than 70 percent of total billings.
Managed day-to-day agency operations and decisions regarding scheduling and workload. Managed activites of graphic and production artists.
Interfaced and coordinated with a number of vendors (pre-press houses, printers and order-fulfillment vendors). -
Part-time Faculty, Department of Technology Education
Brigham Young University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 1995 — December 1999 (5 years)
Instructed more than 40 upper-division students in a three-credit-hour course about electronic publishing using QuarkXPress on Apple Macintosh and Windows platforms.
Authored and presented 28 hour-length multimedia lectures. Topics included: Hands-on computer skills with QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, typography, publication design and layout principles; color theory and color separations; scanning and photo retouching. -
Communication Manager
Flowserve Divisional Communication Group
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FLS; Industrial Automation industry)
April 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 8 months)
Responsible for all marketing and business communications for four control valve product lines.
Promoted product lines through printed and electronic media (sales literature, installation instructions, Internet, multi-media and promotional items). Conceptualized and created advertising and literature for product lines. Ensured marketing communication materials complied with corporate standards. Managed activites of technical communicators.
Managed all day-to-day decisions regarding product line’s marketing communications.
Coordinated printed and electronic liteature creation and revisions with multiple marketing product managers, representeing 32 different products. Interfaced with customers during special projects and with a number of vendors (pre-press houses, printers and order-fulfillment vendors). Handled a variety of assignments simultaneously. -
Communication Manager
Liberty Safe & Security
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
February 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 3 months)
Wrote, edited, designed and managed written and electronic sales tools to help company achieve its five-year sales goal.
Created comprehensive national advertising campaign and portfolio designed to increase dealer store traffic. Defined and maintained regional sales territories and local dealer sales territories. Created and maintained five-year sales-goal worksheets for regional sales managers.
Wrote, edited, designed and managed company’s stategic communications, including: Annual full-line product catalog and mailer, weekly national internal newsletter and bi-monthly national dealer newsletter and competitive industry analysis. -
Marketing Communications
Farley Enterprises, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 1995 — February 1997 (2 years 2 months)
Wrote, edited, designed and managed implementation of company’s strategic communication tools.
Published industry’s first bilingual, vintage clothing guide. Established and managed company’s domestic subscription sales. -
Volunteer Representative
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Religious Institutions industry)
December 1986 — December 1988 (2 years 1 month)
Identify and teach individuals interested in learning religious principles and family values.
Alaska Anchorage Mission
Dan K. Snelson’s Education
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Brigham Young University
B.A. , Communications , 1989 — 1994
Supporting courses included: electronic media writing (wrote and produced a VNR), public relations writing, case analysis and reporting
Outstanding Senior in Public Relations, 1993–1994. Recognized by the Department of Communications’ faculty for personal contributions of time and talents to local chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America- Activities and Societies:
- Public Relations Student Society of America
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Dan K. Snelson’s Interests:
Apple Macintosh server and client, Web technologies, family
Dan K. Snelson’s Groups:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Boy Scouts of America
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Ohio Web Leaders (OWL) -
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MediaBeacon DAM -
New Media Dayton
Dan K. Snelson’s Honors:
Distinguished Technical Communication, 2007. Recognized by the Society for Technical Communication, International Online Communication Competition, User Support Tools.
Outstanding Senior in Public Relations, 1993–1994. Recognized by the Department of Communications’ faculty for personal contributions of time and talents to local chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America
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