Meryll Larkin
1620 NW 87th St
Seattle WA  98117
email:   contact.cgi
domain:  www.alwanza.com
cover letter:   www.alwanza.com/professional/cover.html
 

Objective:
Web Developer or Unix/Linux Administrator
 
Summary of Qualifications:
Languages:
OO-Perl, Perl/CGI, HTML including CSS (cascading stylesheets), SQL, JavaScript, XML, (Java, mod_perl, VB, C++ -- those from NSCC and UW).
Tools:
Text Editors, Adobe PhotoShop, CVS, (Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Dreamweaver - experience in those from 2 years ago).
Databases:
MySQL, DBI, DBD, RDBMS, Access, Filemaker Pro.
Platforms:
RedHat Linux (Apache Servers), Unix, Solaris, Macintosh, Windows XP, Windows2000, WindowsNT, Windows98
Web development:
Public/Web, Intranet, Extranets, large site architecture, site standards and organization, coding, scripting, design, technical writing, technical editing, testing and maintenance.
 
Projects:
 
Improvements to Public Web Sites:
  ¤   Communicated and negotiated with designer and design companies (ISē)
  ¤  Recommended edits to content for grammar, syntax, readability (ISē, freelancing)
  ¤   Provided text content (ISē, freelancing)
  ¤   Created images including buttons, backgrounds, animation, edited photos (ISē, freelancing)
  ¤   Coordinated navigation and architecture (ISē, freelancing)
  ¤   Coded all pages, in HTML, Perl, Javascript; improved loading speed (ISē, freelancing)
  ¤   On frame sites, coded a <noframes> page with links to all internal pages for search engines (ISē)
  ¤   Researched search engine requirements and created appropriate metatags (ISē, freelancing)
  ¤   Coded Web forms including flat file database (ISē, home projects)
  ¤   Coded Web forms with RDBMS including modules and MySQL (home projects, school)
 
Created and Maintained Company-wide Intranet (as team lead):
  ¤  Lead 7-person intranet team of department leads, administration (ISē)
  ¤   Coordinated meetings to assess needs, including: content, design, navigation, architecture (ISē)
  ¤  Established architectural, coding, and design standards (ISē)
  ¤  Coded (HTML, Perl, Javascript) & provided content for 100 of the 400 pages (ISē)
  ¤   Converted contents from other independent internal sites to centralized intranet (ISē)
  ¤  Coded site for tables, not frames, with 3 exceptions (ISē)
  ¤  Coded dynamically generated pages in Perl including:
  ¤  Self-updating Table of Contents pages (ISē)
  ¤  What's New page showing all recent updates (ISē)
  ¤  Web application that accessed a flat-file virtual database to return or update employee skills and years of experience, organized as either skill by employee or employee by skill (ISē)
 
Maintained Extranets (Sony Europe) (3COM -ITN):
  ¤   CVS back-ups (sites ranged from 200 to 800 files in size) (ISē)
  ¤   General maintenance (links, headers, titles, style uniformity) (ISē)
  ¤   Wrote Perl programs to compare live pages against back-ups, and to update back-ups (ISē)
  ¤   Programmed in Perl to create and update sitemaps (ISē, freelancing, home projects)
  ¤   Created/maintained site navigation frame (ISē)
 
Operations Projects:
  ¤   Configured 3 LANs (with static and dynamic addressing) (home projects)
  ¤   Configured 2 Apache Web Servers including CGI RBDMS MySQL (home projects)
  ¤   Network tape back-ups (environmental lab)
  ¤   Software installation (Linux, Windows, Macintosh) (everywhere)
 
Hardware Projects:
  ¤  Built 4 computers from components (home projects)
  ¤   Wired 3 LANs including routers, hubs, cat5 cable (home projects, environmental lab)
  ¤   Wired a 30-port Hub (environmental lab)
 
Teaching Projects:
  ¤   Instructed new employees in CVS commands and protocol (ISē)
  ¤   Tutored students in Unix, Access, Excel, FTP, SQL, office procedures, Quicken (NSCC, Eton)
  ¤   Created curriculums, developed courses (office procedures, Quicken) (Eton, Wedgewood)
 
Work Chronology:
Special Projects
Perl, Linux, Web
Freelancing and Contract, Seattle 2001 to present
Web Developer
Webmaster
ISē Inc, Lynnwood Washington 1999 to 2001
Unix, Access, Excel Tutor North Seattle Community College 1999
LAN Assistant Environmental Laboratory, Seattle 1997 to 1998
Office Skills Instructor Wedgewood College, Seattle 1996
Tax Accountant,
Full-charge Bookkeeper
Freelancing, small businesses, Seattle 1990 to 1995
 
Education:  
  • Linux/Unix Administration Certification, UW Extension (8/02)
  • Perl Programming Certification, UW Extension, (6/02)
  • Certificate in Computer Programming, North Seattle Community College, GPA 3.7 (6/99)
  • Supervisor's Certificate, Seattle Central Community College, GPA 3.7 (2/92)
  • B.S., Biology, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, GPA 3.2
  • B.A., English, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport Connecticut
 
Affiliations:
 
 
Last Update:  1/16/03