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yowangdu@yahoo.com
    _ Computer Programming Skills and Experience

eMerge Database Application on AS/400

  • Currently working as Software Anyalyst debugging a proprietary database management system running on an AS/400 database. (January 2003 - present)
Java
  • Concurrently preparing for exam for the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform. (December 2001 - present)
  • Completed Vista College Java course with training in all basic Java forms and functions, including Object Oriented Programming, exceptions, applets and GUI's. (August - December 2001)
  • Created Java Swing Applet which is a calculator and currency converter from Japanese Yen to US Dollars. Does not work on Macintosh. Calculator Applet (link at bottom of page)
    _ UNIX

  • Completed UC Berkeley Extension UNIX course with training in: visual editor, shell utilities, basic scripting, managing files and permissions, directory structures, UNIX processes, and shell interpretation of commands. (May - June, Summer 2001)
  • Employed UNIX as Technical Producer at ThirdAge Media in San Francisco for managing files, changing permissions, and conducting searches on strings and files (see more on ThirdAge position below).
C

  • Completed Vista College C Programming course with intensive practical training in writing programs employing: variables, arithmetic operations, loops, arrays, functions, strings, pointers, and data structures. (January - May, Spring 2001)

Web Design and Production Experience

Technical Producer ThirdAge Media    SF, CA   11/99 - 8/01

Co-Webmaster for www.tanc.org     Berkeley, CA   4/00 - present

  • Co-designed and built site for the Tibetan Association of Northern California, using CSS and Javascript: www.tanc.org/
Webmaster for www.tnp.org    Berkeley, CA   12/02 - present
  • Revised and maintain site for the Tibetan Nuns Project: www.tnp.org/
Co-Designer and Producer    mortonlevin.com    S.F., CA    6/01 - 1/02 Personal Web sites    Berkeley, CA
  • Inside Tibet: Summer 2002: Travelogue of journey to Tibet. www.tanc.org/trip_tibet/
  • My personal Web site, with published academic and travel articles, using CSS, Java and Javascript: Yolanda's site
Internet Skills
  • HTML: Hard-coded in BBedit and Homesite
  • Javascript: 6-week class at SFSU; see www.tanc.org/
  • CSS: see www.tanc.org/
  • FTP
  • Windows and Mac platforms
  • Photoshop v.5.5
Project Management
  • Co-founded and directed a nonprofit organization, Tibet Online, which provided computer training and job skills for Tibetan refugees in the Bay Area.
  • Developed and managed a $400,000 grants fund, researching and distributing grants to social justice groups throughout the US from the Milarepa Fund, a San Francisco-based nonprofit foundation.
Education

MA English Literature    University of California, Berkeley    1988
BA Honors Liberal Arts    University of Texas, Austin    1983

Work History

Software Anaylyst    Surplus Line Assoc.    SF,CA    2003-present
Technical Producer    ThirdAge Media    SF,CA    1999-2001
Co-Director    Tibet Online    Berkeley, CA    1998-2000
Grants Director    The Milarepa Fund    SF, CA    1996-1998
English Professor    Kyoto Foreign University    Kyoto, Japan    1991-1995
President    University Co-op Assoc.    Berkeley, CA    1987-1990

Volunteer Experience

Webmaster    Tibetan Association of N. California    Berkeley,CA    2000
Board Member    Committee of 100 for Tibet    Palo Alto, CA    1998-1999
English Instructor    Institute of Buddhist Dialectics    Dharamsala, India    1995-1996
Information Director    Japan Environmental Exchange    Kyoto, Japan    1990-1991

References

Available upon request.