David A. Mason's Resume

EXPERIENCE | SKILLS | EDUCATION

RESUME

DAVID ALEXANDER MASON

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a responsible overseas position in Computer or Network Support or in Desktop Production, where I can use to the best advantage my computer and interpersonal skills and experience, and which provides opportunity for growth.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies
September, 1995 - Present
425 Van Buren Street, Monterey, California 93940
(408) 647-3580
PC Support and Publishing
Provide software and hardware support to a database development center. Maintain and update an extensive web site, and realize HTML implementation of new projects. Offer personal and group instruction in DOS and Windows Software, as well as composing instructional materials. Install hardware components and software, troubleshoot software and network for workstations.

On The Beach Surf Shop
November, 1994 March, 1995
652 Redwood Drive, Sand City, California 93952
(408) 899-9283
Art Director
Selected and arranged for purchase of a production system for composition of ads and in-store displays and forms. Cooperated with owner and mail-order manager in composition of advertising materials. Directed development of world-wide-web catalog and point of sale. Proposed, ordered, and installed and maintained all production equipment.

Biztech Shipping and Copies
November, 1994 March, 1995
26540 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Carmel, California 93923
(408) 622-9024
Desktop Publishing Coordinator
Established a full- and self-service Desktop Publishing center, including four self-serve Macintoshes, one DOS machine, and one full-serve production machine, as well as black-and-white and color PostScript printers. Installed, streamlined, and maintained the network and software. Developed forms, displays, and service procedures. Developed and maintained a mailing database. Assisted in other services of BizTech.

CTB MacMillan/McGraw-Hill
July, 1994 Present
20 Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey, California 93940
(408) 393-0700
Desktop Publisher
Serving on a temporary basis performing a number of different computer- and typesetting-related tasks involved in the production of elementary- and high-school tests, hired during the early part of the Indiana project.

Kinko's the Copy Center
November, 1992 November, 1994
799 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey, California 93940
(408) 373-2298 / Fax (408) 373-8975
Desktop Publishing Consultant
Production, assisting and instructing of customers in publishing on self-serve machines, taking customers' orders and advising on particulars, trouble-shooting system errors, maintaining the Kinko's software packages. Assisting of copy personnel in trouble-shooting in the absence of DTP personnel and training new DTP personnel in techniques and job requirements.
Taking of orders, advising, production, and preparation of orders to be offset printed at the Kinko's Custom Printing Center in Ventura, California.
Maintained expertise in the latest publishing and graphics software and system requirements.

CompuLaserType
May, June and September, 1993
799 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey, California 93940
(408) 646-1626
Assistant in Print Preparation and Typesetting
Assisted owner Ed Cho in typesetting, all phases of Linotronic printing, color printing.
Gained broader knowledge of software used widely in the publishing and design industries.

Ongoing Freelance Consulting Work
doing business as David Mason Consultation
(408) 899-9528
System set-up and diagnosis as well as instruction in use of publishing, graphics, database, and maintenance software.

U.S. Army
August 1989 August 1992
Signals Intelligence Analyst
Analysis of Iraqi communications. Underwent in-depth background and personality investigations to be awarded Top-Secret Security Clearance. Excelled in Arabic language training.

SKILLS:

Highly proficient in standard publishing software; highly skilled in maintenance of systems - avoidance of and rapid recovery from errors and potentially disabling occurrences.
Conversational, professional, and academic level in French.
Conversational level reading, writing, and speaking Arabic, with military, social, and business vocabulary.
Basic conversational level in Spanish.
Key English and French at 75 w.p.m. Good spelling and grammar.
Key Spanish, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese with accuracy and ease.

EDUCATION:

Kinko's Techtronix Color Printer Training
August, 1994
Kinko's Northwest Training Center, Santa Cruz, California
Technical training in color printing, color matching, general printing techniques, and specific features and oddities of the Techtronix line of color printers.

Kinko's Northwest IBM Desktop Publishing Training
November, 1993
Kinko's Northwest Regional Training Center, Palo Alto, California
Intensive training in use of IBM publishing software.

Red Train (On-the-Job Signals Analysis Training)
March 1992
Military Intelligence Center, Fort Meade, Maryland
High-end analysis work, involving advanced computer technologies. Began work with minimum supervision in three days, instead of usual two weeks. Upgraded security clearance in order to learn these new techniques.

Military Signals Intelligence Training
September 1991
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo Texas
Training for Signals-Intelligence Analysis. Thorough understanding of strategic intelligence work, analytical and organizational skills, database skills, and conscientious regard for sensitive materials.

School of Middle Eastern Languages
May 1991
Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, California
Graduated with 3.8 G.P.A. from 64-week intensive Arabic Language course with a focus during the last four months on the dialect of the Arabian/Persian Gulf.

U.S. Army Basic Training
October 1989
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Basic military skills and discipline, basic leadership, accountability for peers.

Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus
May, 1989
State College, Pennsylvania
Studied German and French, and Composition. Participated in French, Spanish, and German Language Interest Houses.

Muncy High School
June, 1988
Muncy, Pennsylvania
Diploma. Studied French and Spanish and Basic computer in addition to normal academic curriculum. Participated in Spanish and French extracurricular clubs.

Lycée Hélène Boucher
June, 1987
Thionville, France
Completed one year of Letters Curriculum, all courses in French, acquiring vocabulary in Biology, Chemistry, Language and Grammar, Physics, Mathematics, Geometry, and Literature.

A list of references will be provided upon request.

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