Here I am looking my scruffy best after a night on the town.

Origin
  • Johannesburg, South Africa
Residence
  • 10320 Woodridge Lane
    Omaha, Nebraska 68124
Computers
  • Able to accurately type 65 words per minute
  • Proficient in MacOS, DOS, Windows, and UNIX operating systems
  • Capable with most design, desktop publishing, multimedia authoring, and CAD software
  • Competent with a variety of cartography and GIS software packages
  • Familiar with Pascal, C, and Delphi programming languages as well as JavaScript
  • Experienced with HTML and Web database development tools
Interests
  • Mountain biking, cricket, tennis, and swimming
  • Reading, movies, war simulations, and college football


Curriculum Vitae:  Education
PrimaryCreighton Preparatory School
Omaha, Nebraska 68114
Achievements
  • Freshman World History Award National Honor Society, Service Chairman
  • Rev. Henry L. Sullivan, S.J. Outstanding
  • Achievement Award for Dedicated Service 1989
  • Awarded 3 Gold Keys and 4 Honorable Mentions for paintings
  • Yearbook art director, darkroom editor, staff photographer, and writer
  • Varsity letters: 4 swimming, 1 basketball, 1 yearbook
  • Dean's List all semesters
Activities
  • Varsity swimming and JV soccer
  • Varsity basketball statistician
  • Science Club
  • Yearbook
Service
  • UNO Outreach: athletic program for retarded kids
  • Operation Others: delivered meals to the less fortunate on holidays
  • St. Joseph's Hospital: ER Volunteer
SecondaryUniversity of Denver
Denver, Colorado 80208
Degree Bachelor of Arts, Honors Cum Laude
Major Urban Planning
Minors International Studies and Graphic Design
GPA 3.82
Achievements
  • Honors student and Hornbeck Scholar; on the university and National Dean's List
  • Awarded silver and bronze medals in poster design by the Art Directors' Club of Denver
  • National Council for Geographic Education and Association of American Geographers Award for Excellence of Scholarship to Senior Geography Major, 1993
  • Dr. Thomas Griffiths Memorial Award for Geographic Research, 1993
  • Dean of Sciences Award for Undergraduate Research in the Natural Sciences
Extracurriculars
  • Recording Secretary, Corresponding
    Secretary, and Choir Master for the Alpha Zeta chapter of Beta Theta Pi, a philanthropic social fraternity
  • Captain of Knowledge Bowl team
  • Pioneered multimedia tutorials for the
    Department of Biological Sciences
  • Member of the Denver Urban Design Forum
  • Masters Swimmer: 4 years
  • Intramural volleyball, soccer, swimming, and badminton
  • Production Manager for school newspaper
Service
  • Denver Community Action Program: effort to upgrade Denver housing projects
  • Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado: helped maintain public trails
Professional University of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska 68182
Attended Fall 1993 to Present
Degree Sought Master of Arts in Geography
Interest 3D Geographic Information Systems and visualization
GPA 4.00
Extracurriculars

 

  • UNO Cycling Team
  • Omaha Cricket Club
  • Bean! Magazine: Staff Artist and Writer
SupplementalUniversity of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska 68182
Attended Fall 1993 to Present
Degree Sought Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Certificate Geoprocessing
Other Harvard University
Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Attended Summer 1993
Program Urban Design Intensive


Curriculum Vitae:  Education
Omaha, NE AIM Institute
Employed January 1995 to May 1996
Position Multimedia Intern
Duties Included software development, corporate identity, WWW authoring and design, database management, research, and proposal writing
Highlights Personally developed Interactive TV application using proprietary software
Omaha, NE City of Omaha
Department Urban Planning
Employed August 1994 to January 1995
Position Planning Intern
Duties Included investigation of planning process as well as research and thematic mapping
Washington, DC National Geographic Society
Department Educational Multimedia
Employed August 1993 to December 1993
Position Geography Intern
Duties Included research and editing on educational CD-ROM software projects
Highlights Personally developed new method for communicating ideas to software developers
Denver, CO The Clarion
Employed November 1992 to June 1993
Position Production Manager
Duties Included newspaper layout, advertisement design, and paste-up as well as editing and ensuring deadlines
Omaha, NE Rockbrook Pool
Employed Summers 1990 through 1992
Position Senior Lifeguard
Duties Included maintaining the pool, surpervising swimmers, teaching lessons, coaching the swimteam, and putting myself at the service of pool members
Omaha, NE Omaha Auto Auction
Employed Summer 1994
Position Car Detailer
Omaha, NE Hitchin' Post & Wooden Nickel
Employed Summers & Holidays 1989 through 1992
Position Senior Sales Assistant
Omaha, NE The Limited
Employed Winter 1989
Position Stock Boy
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