• designed and implemented two award-winning PR campaigns for the IT group at Applied Materials
• planned and in the process of implementing UT ECE's ECEntury campaign, a celebration of the department's 100 year anniversary
• totally redesigned ECE's website, including new interface and dynamically-driven content
• re-engineered the technical publications department at Sheshunoff
• overhauled the presentation SEMATECH used to raise funds

• planned and in the process of implementing UT ECE's ECEntury campaign, a celebration of the department's 100 year anniversary
• totally redesigned ECE's website, including new interface and dynamically-driven content using a MySQL database and PHP
• responsible for all departmental publicity, including
  • articles in newspapers, magazines, and on websites
  • promotional articles such as banners, shirts with logos, coffee mugs, pins, plaques, photos, CD cases, computer wallpaper, etc.
  • plasma screen PowerPoint slide show and signs
  • activities like the RoboGolf competition and other student demos, live webcasts of distinguished lecture series, LAN parties, seminars, alumni outreach, etc.
• all these activities require frequent contact and negotiation with faculty, staff, students, COE development personnel, alumni, and others
  Electrical & Computer Engineering, UT, Austin, TX 10/01 - currently
  

• designed, wire framed, coded, tested, and maintained two web sites
• developed two help systems for web-based financial services software
• developed online forms and information pages
• used in-house customer profiles, assessment of competition's products and support, the latest usability research, and WebTrends analysis to improve products
• defined our process, analyzed it, and streamlined it
• adopted better software and tools
• imposed consistent archiving and source control
• broadened QA monitoring of web sites
  Sheshunoff Information Services, Austin, TX 6/99 - 7/01

• publicized the merger of Applied's Santa Clara and Austin's Help Desks
• designed and launched a new Help Desk web site
• analyzed work flow and support requirements for different departments, then drafted and helped to negotiate new service-level agreements
  Applied Materials, Austin, TX 9/98 - 5/99

• set the schedule
• outlined a technical manual, user manual, and three quick starts from specs, and wrote much of the text
  Siemens, Austin, TX 4/98 - 8/98

• publicized a network upgrade for Applied Materials' Austin IT department using a number of methods including a screen saver, wallpaper, and splash screen during the boot sequence
• initiated a very successful telephone support audit
• revamped the move procedures
  Applied Materials, Austin, TX 9/97 - 3/98

• designed, coded, and maintained two web sites
• overhauled the presentation SEMATECH used to raise funds
• revised two hardware manuals for Samsung
• wrote numerous marketing articles, a style guide, four training manuals, and two reference guides
  COREComm, Austin, TX 9/96 - 9/97

• wrote ISO/SEI-compliant processes, procedures, and work instructions for software development, document control, QA, PWB board design, and source code repository tools
• created flow maps for all processes and procedures
• adapted existing documents and drafted from staff interviews
  Tandem, Austin, TX 2/95 - 4/96

• supervised UI usability tests for GUIs, icons, and help
• prepared task sequence presentations for design meetings
• wrote and edited scenarios, procedures, questionnaires, and test results
• trained lab assistants
• edited patent applications and design specs
• researched customer preferences and complaints
• initiated on-line questionnaires
• made test results more accessible, organized, complete, and compelling
  IBM, Austin, TX 11/92 - 12/93

I have been freelancing, on and off, for the last 10 years. I have created web sites, ads, brochures, resumes, bids, newsletters, flyers, business cards, and done marketing research for nonprofit groups, political organizations, individuals, and small businesses. I have also written numerous press releases and articles for both magazines and newspapers.

BA from University of Texas at Austin, 3.5 GPA

Continuing education:

• online SQL and PHP courses
• 2001 Seybold Boston Web convention
• Introduction to Marketing
• Tufte Elements of Design seminar
• Visual Basic
• seminars in time-management, team-building, and rapid development

Operating Systems: Windows (2000, NT, 9x), UNIX

Software:

• DreamWeaver
• Paint Shop Pro
• Adobe Acrobat
• Top Style
• WebTrends
• Source Integrity
• Project
• PowerPoint
• FrameMaker
• Visio

• Photoshop
• HomeSite
• FrontPage
• Lotus Notes
• Word
• Excel
• WinZip
• Track
• Outlook
• RoboHELP Office

Programming/Markup Languages:
HTML, JavaScript coding, CSS editing, VB, PHP, MySQL

Portfolio available at http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~speco/
References available by request