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Janice A Snyder

 

Author / Editor [September 1993 - Present]
              
Prentice Hall Business Publishing, Upper Saddle River, NJ. Macmillan Computer Publishing USA / Que Corporation / Sams, Indianapolis, IN. Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA. DDC Publishing, NY, NY. Free-lance authoring and editing. Titles on the following topics: Adobe InDesign, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Acrobat; Microsoft: Office, FrontPage, Expression Web, Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher; Sun OpenOffice: Writer, Calc, Impress, Base; Corel: WordPerfect, Paint Shop Pro, Quattro Pro; 1-2-3, dBASE, Intuit: Quicken, QuickBooks; WinFax Pro, Family Tree Maker, Microsoft Windows, HTML, Internet, computer concepts, and technology. See list of titles at jansnyder.net/bookproj.aspx.

Internet Web Site Designer and Publisher [December 1995 - Present]
  Web site development and publication for university and individual clients:
  • Dr. Alan Snyder's Web Site
  • SonRise Community Church
  • Potra Law Firm
  • Regent University: School of Government
  • Regent University: School of Law
  • Welfare Reform Resource Project
  • Regent University Computer Services

Computer Consultant [March 1993 - August 1994]

Independent, Marion, IN. Recommended microcomputer purchases for clients; installed and customized software; trained clients on software applications.

 Director of the Administrative Computer Center [July 1989 - June 1992]

Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN. System administrator for two minicomputer systems and all administrative microcomputers. Directed search, acquisition, conversion, and successful implementation of Informix relational database and UNIX operating system on Hewlett-Packard 9000/845. Supervised and trained analyst, programmer, and system operator; planned departmental budget. Directed Administrative Computer User Group.

 Technical Liaison and Programmer / Analyst [June 1988 - June 1989]

American Medical Laboratories, Inc., Fairfax, VA. Provided computer liaison support to lab technicians and department heads. Analyzed requirements for laboratory system enhancements. Programmed in TAL for Tandem VLX minicomputer. Wrote user documentation manuals; trained users on new applications.

 Systems Analyst [May 1986 - July 1988]

The Arlington Hospital, Arlington, VA. Analyzed user requirements for computer applications; wrote functional and design specifications and documentation. Guided implementation project team during conversion to Tandem-based administrative software. Tested and installed software modifications. Wrote Enform, Pathway, and COBOL programs for Tandem TXP minicomputer. Supervised and trained programmer/analyst. Provided on-call support.

 Computer Specialist [October 1985 - April 1986]

Internal Revenue Service, User Assistance Branch, Falls Church, VA. College cooperative position. Provided support to government agency users of Technical Information System. Assisted in redesign of major on-line system and in training off-site users. Used UNIX and Informix on Zilog minicomputer, plus PC applications.

 Programmer / Analyst [June 1984 - May 1986]

Americana Research Consultants, Inc., Burke, VA. Implemented Peachtree Accounting and MultiMate on an IBM PC. Designed/programmed Library Information System in dBASE II.


 Education:

A.A.S., Computer Information Systems, Northern Virginia Community College
A.A.S., Nursing, Purdue University