Work Experience:
- Board operator, WISU-FM, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana: January 1991-May 1995.
- Music Director, WISU-FM, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana: August 1993-May 1995.
- Bartender/Waiter, The Strathy Inn, Strathy by Thurso, Scotland: July-October 1995.
- Teaching Assistant (biology lab for non-majors), Indiana State University, Department of Life Sciences, Terre Haute, Indiana: January 1996-June 1998.
- Teaching Assistant (summer field course in entomology), Indiana State University, Department of Life Sciences, Terre Haute, Indiana: July-August 1996.
- Instructor, Science II, Upward Bound Project, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana: June 1997-May 1998.
- Teaching Assistant (vertebrate zoology), Indiana State University, Department of Life Sciences, Terre Haute, Indiana: August-December 1997.
- Teaching Assistant (biometry), Indiana State University, Department of Life Sciences, Terre Haute, Indiana: August-December 1997.
- Clerical Temp, Manpower, Urbana, Illinois: July 1998
- Technical Production Assistant, Publication Services, Inc., Champaign, Illinois: August 1998-April 1999.
- Technical Production Specialist, Publication Services, Inc., Champaign, Illinois: April 1999-July 1999. Use Adobe FrameMaker + SGML for typesetting books and journals; perform SGML and book setup for projects using F + SGML and Near and Far Designer 3.0; provide customer support in SGML and Adobe Acrobat; perform file conversions between many different formats; prepare internal training documents on SGML in various formats.
- Teaching Assistant, University of North Dakota, Department of Biology, August-December 1999 and 2000, Plant Systematics.
- Teaching Assistant, University of North Dakota, January-May 2000, Ornithology.
- Field Assistant for a project on Franklin's Gulls, Eared Grebes, and Black Terns, in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Devils Lake Water Management District,May-August 2001. Performed censuses, nest transects, nest searches and revisits to determine fate, became familiar with the use of a canoe/outboard combination, GPS unit (PLGR and Magellan), and compass. Biological Science Technician, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Devils Lake, ND, May-September 2001. Mostly same duties as above, plus headed duck banding crew.
- Wildlife Biologist, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA. Data acquisition and analysis for capture into the online Fish and Wildlife Information Service. Planning and carrying out WMA surveys for all vertebrates. Planning and carrying out colonial waterbird surveys statewide. Access database development and ArcView 3.2a/ArcGIS map development.
Other stuff I know how to do:
- I am very familiar with HTML.
- I am also very familiar with SGML, and have written DTDs and interfaces for FrameMaker+SGML 5.5 (EDDs and read-write rules).
- I can install motherboards, hard drives, and most other hardware upgrades for PCs. I have completely rebuilt a few computers, including two of my own.
- I am very familiar with Windows 95/98/ME/2000.
- I am familiar with the Linux operating system, although not thoroughly. I know basic text editing (PICO and VI) file and navigation commands, as well as web page maintenance on a Linux server.
- I am also familiar (the least) with the Macintosh OS, though I am told that their new version is straight UNIX behind that Mac front end...
- I am familiar with word processing software and spreadsheets (Corel and Microsoft Office), databases (Paradox and especially Access), Near and Far Designer, Adobe FrameMaker+SGML, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat (including Annotation), and I have some experience with PageMaker.
- I have excellent experience with ArcView GIS, and I am learning ArcGIS 8.2.
- I am familiar with the operation of most landscape tools and equipment, including Scag mowers, chainsaws, edgers, trimmers, etc. I am also familiar with some construction techniques, such as retaining walls and brick sidewalks.
- I am able to download data from a PLGR unit to arcView GIS.
- I am a good cook, excellent shotgunner, experienced birder, good pistol shot, and a decent shot with a rifle...and finally becoming a decent fisherman.
Here's me as bartender, Strathy Inn, Strathy, Scotland. Also in the picture is Georgie Mouse (laughing guy) and Big Tom (black shirt).
Here is Melissa and me at Dean Ricci's wedding...I have had a few Beck's dark at this point...
Me, way back in the day...one of my favourite photos of myself. By Angie Yelich.
More to come--until then, 
take me home!