Resume

Anthony G. Thomas

truetone at gmail.com

SUMMARY

  • A highly organized and self-motivated person with experience in a wide variety of office settings.
  • An excellent communicator with outstanding writing skills.
  • A proficient designer and developer.
  • An organized and efficient project manager, skilled in seeing the big picture and identifying tasks to facilitate on-time and cost-efficient completion.

SKILLS

Mac, Linux and Windows Operating Systems; Firefox; Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, & Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash; Filemaker Pro, Access & MySQL; HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, XML, RSS, Pro Tools.

EDUCATION

1996 – Bachelor’s Degree, English Literature – University of Minnesota
2001-02 JavaScript and Principles of Programming courses – MCTC

TRAINING

2005 – Frontier Science Introductory Workshop – Frontier Science DMC
2005 – Microsoft Access Training – University of Minnesota

EMPLOYMENT

May 2005 – Present IT Professional, Clinical Virology Programs, University of Minnesota

Database administrator for several clinical trials. Collaborate on writing protocols, consent forms and departmental communications for web site and print literature. Develop web-based applications for gathering data from study participants. Responsible for design and maintenance of department website. Post new information to department website. Develop and implement strategies for reaching potential study participants. Make decisions for computer hardware and software purchases. Develop and implement new strategies to improve department systems. Responsible for the accurate entry of study-related data, correcting errors and managing quality assurance of patient charts in University
of Minnesota, HCMC, University of Iowa and University of Nebraska sites. Provide computer support for Clinical Virology Programs staff.

November 2004 – May 2005 Senior Office Specialist, Health Studies, University of Minnesota

Oversaw mailings for several studies. Scanned in weekly clinic data for the Pulminary, Lung Colorectal and Ovarian cancer study. Ran monthly reports to find possible discrepancies in data. Checked source documents to find correct information and corrected database accordingly. Supervised student workers.

2000-May 2005 – Truetone Enterprises /Green Pumpkin Design

Managed projects involving HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, PHP and MySQL database administration for a number of projects. Designed and coded web sites for various clients. Managed a team of designers on numerous projects.

1998-2000 - Student Services Support – University of Minnesota

Assisted directors. Maintained English department databases. Maintained Undergraduate Studies web site. Customer service. Supervised student workers.