Presbyterian Church U.S.A.- 2009-present
Currently I work at the Presbyterian Church headquarters in Louisville as the Manager of OGA Web Services. My office is a few doors down from the Stated Clerk, Gradye Parsons. I love this job and am in the process of expanding my professional horizons more than I though possible. Our current projects involve setting up online training using Articulate and Moodle, redesigning the OGA section of pcusa.org targeted for Dec. 09, posting an online version of the Book of Order and doing some video production for our large events such as Big Tent and General Assembly.
What I learned: Get a job with a non-profit group. It's good for your soul.
Northrop Grumman - 2004-2009
Northrop Grumman is a dinosaur sized corporation that operates as civilian support for the U.S. military. They are best known for super cool stuff like satellites, large ships etc. Well, I didn't work on any of that. We created online courseware for soldiers in the Army, mostly. We also dabbled in work for the Marines, Air Force and others. We created work that served a range of Armed Forces members from enlisted men to officers. I supervised a team and/or teams of up to 18 and as small as 5. I wrote technical parts for contract proposals. I made suggestion for hiring/firing; unfortunately the latter comes with the former. I coordinated, scheduled, compiled, delivered/edited employee performance reviews, danced, sang, designed, templated and generally did whatever was necessary to get the job done. My strongest function seemed to be operating as a go-between for the technical staff and retired military facets of the internal team and meeting with the clients on-site or virtually to coordinate production of the courseware in agreeable terms for all involved. Don't be fooled; I did a lot of factory work as well. My track record with clients and projects was flawless. I contributed services on projects in the millions of dollars and I left confident that I had done a quality service for Northrop Grumman and the men and women of the U.S. Armed Services.
What I learned: Working with the military requires determination, toughness of skin and aggressive presentation of concrete results. Aesthetics are ALWAYS #2 to functionality when peoples lives are at stake. Below are some images of a small sampling of the work I either supervised creation of or created during that period of my work life.
Knight Orthodontics - 2003-2004
I traveled often with him over this year and my task was to develop a practice educational website, patient materials, lecture material handouts, lecture presentations, set up audio/video for continuing education presentations, lay sod, sweep, move HUGE dental chairs and whatever else came along. This is a period in my working career that many would call "paying dues". Dr. Knight was an excellent guy but had an unnatural work ethic so I assumed that role as well. We worked late every day. We worked on the plane. We worked in the car. We worked at lunch. Do you see where I'm going with this? I was learning and he was being provided with 24 hour support. It was a great opportunity for me and I also picked up quite a bit about Bioesthstic Orthodontics as well. I spent the first month or so reading textbook materials so that he could even carry on a conversation with me. View the web site here.
What I learned: An all Flash website is not compliant. You must work until you are sick for a couple of years and do work for nearly free and do it well to learn anything and gain any kind of respect at all. Below are some images of Flash project sites created during that period of my work life.
Humana - 1996-2003
After working at Humana in Louisville for 7 years converting contracts from an old mainframe based system and slowly suffocating I went to work with Dr. Doug Knight. Dr. Knight is a specialized Orthodontist that spends equal amounts of time traveling and lecturing to other dental professionals and practicing orthodontists.
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