Kelly Jo Horton

Current

Print Modeling Representation at Option Model Management
Technical Support Engineer, DBA at Ensequence
Film and Commercial Representation at Arthouse

Fledgling Improv Comedian at Comedy Sportz

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Past

Technical Marketing Professional (Contractor) at SignaCert
Technology Marketing Professional (Contractor) at RNA Networks
PR/Marketing Specialist at Proteus Creative

Corporate Applications Engineer, TME (Customer Engineer) at Mentor Graphics
Owner/Consultant at Visionaries (Sole Proprietorship)
Contract Technical Instructor at SQLSoft
Technical Instructor and Course Developer at Atlas Telecom
Software Support Engineer, TME at Mentor Graphics
Technical Support Engineer at Frame Technology (startup)
Technical Support Engineer at Sun Microsystems (startup phase)

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Education

San Diego State University-California State University
University of New Hampshire

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Kelly Jo Horton’s Summary

Kelly Jo Horton’s Specialties:

• Working knowledge of Java, JBoss, C, C++, Pascal, HTML, PL/SQL, SED, Awk, Perl, various shell languages and AMPLE (Mentor Graphics proprietary extension language).

• In depth knowledge of UNIX, Solaris, Linux, HPUX, SQL, SQL Server, and Oracle database administration (7, 8, 9i, 10G).

• Development and delivery of training.

• FrameMaker power user.

B.A. in Journalism with an emphasis in Advertising. Minors in Television and Film, and Spanish.

Kelly Jo Horton’s Experience

Print Modeling Representation

Option Model Management

(Apparel & Fashion industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Technical Support Engineer, DBA

Ensequence

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

Supporting the coolest interactive TV applications on the planet with style and flair.

Currently supporting the SQL Server and Firebird databases, and the apps that run on them.

Solutions architect.
Film and Commercial Representation

Arthouse

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)

Partial list of credits:

To the Point TV show: co-producer, writer, host (2005-present)

Print Work: T-Mobile, NARAL, Truitt Brothers, Mentor Graphics, "Not Dead Yet" movie poster (foot model), Best Buy "Mrs. Miller" Stay Connected ad campaign.

Film : 35 film credits.

Commercials: Metabolize 2000, Columbia Credit Union, Spray 'N Wash, AIA Insurance, Clackamas Aquatic Park

Industrials: Tektronix, HP

Infomercials: Brookstone, NJoy, Rejuvabeeds (Europe), Reclaim
Fledgling Improv Comedian

Comedy Sportz

(Entertainment industry)

September 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)

Have been attending improv comedy workshops since 2002. Just started to perform regularly again.

We minor league players are paid in audience laughs not cash. :^) And we love it.
Technical Marketing Professional (Contractor)

SignaCert

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

November 2007 — October 2008 (1 year )

Privately held startup in the Trusted Computing software industry.

Gather product information and customer use cases to be used in the development of training documents, technical marketing collateral, and web content.
Technology Marketing Professional (Contractor)

RNA Networks

(Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2008 — July 2008 (3 months)

Created basic collateral: datasheet, company profile, user's guide, quick start guide, reference manual, and diagrams.
PR/Marketing Specialist

Proteus Creative

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

January 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Co-founder. Privately held startup that developed theme parks and destination resorts worldwide. Headquarters in Las Vegas and L.A. www.lasvegaswet.com.

Voted "Best Future Resort in Las Vegas" by VegasTripping.com in 2008.

• Successfully produced PR that thrust a proposed Las Vegas resort into the forefront of the waterpark/theme park industry.

• Garnered international publicity and nationwide TV news coverage from well-crafted press releases.

• Landed a deal for a reality TV show based on the Las Vegas project, and brought in a 5-year exclusivity contract for a minimum of four TV shows to be produced by a very successful, well-known reality TV show producer.

• Lead concept designer and primary contact for proposed joint venture with Virgin in Macau.
Corporate Applications Engineer, TME (Customer Engineer)

Mentor Graphics

(Public Company; MENT; Computer Software industry)

February 2001 — January 2006 (5 years )

Publicly held company in the EDA Software industry.

Well-respected member of a professional services team that provided award-winning complex pre and post-sales support for a number of EDA tools.

* Speaker at user's groups.

* Evaluated and made recommendations on new support center in Hyderabad, India.

* Developed and Delivered specialized Oracle training to field and sales engineers worldwide.
Owner/Consultant
Visionaries (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Publishing industry)

January 1990 — January 2000 (10 years 1 month)

* Recommended and contracted by Frame Technology to provide training worldwide to the following companies: Hewlett-Packard, Data General, Pyramid, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Fred Meyer, Motorola, and others.

* Designed layout for all HP printer manuals produced in Camas, WA.

* Successfully managed large localization and translation projects for HP and local translation companies in more than 20 languages.
Contract Technical Instructor

SQLSoft

(Computer Software industry)

May 1997 — April 1998 (1 year )

Privately held company specializing in Oracle Certification and Microsoft Certification training.

* Delivered the following courses for ARIS (now SQLSOft): Relational Database Design, UNIX System Administration, Intro to SQL and PL/SQL, Oracle Architecture & Administration, and Oracle 7, 8 and 9i Application Tuning.

* Created a custom database tuning class for Tektronix.
Technical Instructor and Course Developer

Atlas Telecom

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

October 1996 — April 1997 (7 months)

* Developed and delivered a variety of course modules in the Atlas PCS Messenger voicemail system. All modules included material on voicemail software, system hardware, and telephony interfaces.

* Spearheaded a project to build a sample voicemail system to be on display at the company headquarters. Built, installed and configured an entire voicemail system from the ground up, including: building the hard drives, installing hardware into industrial-grade racks, and installing all software (OS and applications).
Software Support Engineer, TME

Mentor Graphics

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MENT; Computer Software industry)

February 1994 — October 1996 (2 years 9 months)

Publicly held company in the EDA Software industry.

Well-respected member of a professional services team that provided award-winning complex pre and post-sales support for a number of EDA tools.
Technical Support Engineer

Frame Technology (startup)

(Computer Software industry)

1988 — 1990 (2 years )

Privately held startup in the Desktop Publishing software industry. Purchased by Adobe.

* First full-time technical support engineer for Frame Technology.

* Implemented first call tracking system and first training courses.

* Editor and staff writer for internal company newsletter.
Technical Support Engineer

Sun Microsystems (startup phase)

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1985 — March 1988 (2 years 5 months)

Privately held (now publicly held) startup in the computer hardware industry and software industry.

* First line of contact for all internal software engineers when reporting defects to the BugTraq database (Unify) system.

* Proactively created and implemented training system, including all presentation materials and the BugTraq Users Guide.

Kelly Jo Horton’s Education

San Diego State University-California State University

BA , Journalism with an emphasis in Advertising , 1980 — 1984

Minors is Spanish, and Television & Film
University of New Hampshire

Journalism: Law of Mass Media 1983 — 1983

Activities and Societies:

One of 10 students at SDSU chosen to do a semester exchange to UNH for Fall semester.

Additional Information

Kelly Jo Horton’s Websites:

Kelly Jo Horton’s Interests:

I'm an avid runner and prefer a 10k or half marathon to a marathon. I enjoy spending time doing improv comedy at Comedy Sportz.

Kelly Jo Horton’s Groups:

Breakfast Club, Six Degrees, OEN, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, SAO, Software Association of Oregon.

Currently writing features and weekly Scene in Portland column, a look into the film, commercial and modeling industry in Portland, Oregon.

Sun Alumni
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
Software Association of Oregon
Writing Mafia
LinuxChix
Startup Specialists
PASS Professional Association for SQL Server
Mentor Graphics
PDX Technology Professionals - Portland Oregon
Silicon Valley SQL Server User Group
Social TV - next generation media (Web 2.0, mobile, digital video broadcast, DTV, STB, MHEG, IPTV)