
Sarasota, Florida Area

Sarasota, Florida Area
Versatile technology professional with more than 10 years experience in the IT industry. Community manager, technology
journalist, and system administrator with extensive experience working with and advocating open source technologies and
developing communities. Effective communicator skilled at writing and speaking to diverse audiences.
Talented writer: more than 10 years experience writing content for publication. Project manager: planned and managed wide range of projects from editorial calendars to conference planning. Community builder: experienced building online community using forums, mailing lists, and social media tools.
System administrator: familiar with all major Linux distros. Adept at learning and deploying new technologies, troubleshooting, and solving problems.
(Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
(Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; LNUX; Writing and Editing industry)
August 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 1 month)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
September 2000 — August 2005 (5 years )
Freelance writer, wrote for Linux Magazine, UnixReview.com, Linux Weekly News, IBM developerWorks, ComputorEdge, and others.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 3 months)
(Writing and Editing industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years )
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1995 — 1998 (3 years )
BA , English, communications/journalism , 1995 — 1998
AA , Communications , 1993 — 1995