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Successful healthcare professional with 15 years of progressive IT experience highly motivated to make career change to tech. Work well with diverse groups of people from different races, ages, genders, and sexual orientations. HTML, CSS, Javascript, Linux, GitHub, more...

WEB DEV - TECH EXPERIENCE

Highly Transferable Skills


  • Proven programming/coding aptitude (HTML, CSS, Javascript, WordPress, GitHub, Visual Studio, Bluefish, FTP, Linux, Ubuntu, cmd line, TCP/IP, ADA-compliant development)
  • Able to immerse in a new language and become operational in it within 2-3 weeks
  • Strong presentation skills for teaching and leading workshops
  • Created medical websites in WordPress; taught entrepreneurs to create their own websites
  • Experienced in MSOffice, GSuite, Adobe Acrobat
  • Dedicated to working with diverse stakeholders, using discretion, confidentiality, and tact
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills

Desktop and Network Support Consultant/Subcontractor

1993 - 2022
Contracts included Lockheed-Martin, Kaiser Permanente, and George Washington University
  • Performed software maintenance on desktop and laptop computers
  • Created custom tech curriculum for client companies and delivered training in classrooms to staff in allotted course timeframe
  • Provided world-wide support and coordination for the newly introduced Distance Learning Program in the School of Education at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
  • Designed websites for medical practices and dental offices, including ADA-compliance features

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, School of Education

1993 - 1995
George Washington University - Washington, D.C.
  • Adjunct professor for an undergraduate technology course at George Washington University’s School of Education
  • Technical expert to students in global Distance Learning Program

Corporate Trainer

1996 - 1997
Paragon - Columbia,MD
  • Contract corporate instructor for customized software programs and general office software

PROJECT MANAGEMENT and ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

2007 - 2010
Edgecombe County Rescue Squad (EMS) – Tarboro, NC
  • Performed all computer-related software and systems maintenance at multiple squad office locations, including purchasing and training

Contract Negotiation and Administration

1989 - 1993
Roxane Labs and Crown North Corp –Columbus, OH
  • Negotiated/administered pharmaceutical pricing contracts for ½ USA large hospitals and buying groups
  • Administered real estate property management contracts

ACUPUNCTURE EXPERIENCE

Licensed Acupuncturist

2021 - 2023
VAMC Lebanon, PA
  • Treat pain and internal medical conditions with Eastern medical methods
  • Skilled at puttign all ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientations of patients at ease, answering their questions, and gaining their confidence and trust
  • Subject-matter expert for Asian medicine-related questions

Owner/Licensed Acupuncturist

2013 - 2021
Infinity Acupuncture & Sports Medicine, LLC - Charleston, SC
  • Successful operation of own acupuncture private practice for 8 years, including all aspects of treatment plans and business matters
  • Featured speaker to groups from 10 to 150 persons

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