Adobe Illustrator
I’ve been using Illustrator to create great business materials for four years. Though I’m more experienced with Photoshop, I can put Illustrator’s unmatched vector design capabilities to work.
Adobe Photoshop
It’s been a great eight years, Photoshop. We make a terrific team.
Microsoft Excel
I am expert in using Excel to analyze and display actionable information drawn from raw data. For example, I created a revenue tracker to drive sales at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and it was soon adopted as a daily training tool at 40 branches in three states.
Microsoft Outlook
I can use Outlook like a pro.
Microsoft PowerPoint
I’ve created professional presentations for organizations like Green Ride Colorado, DataSplice, and ASCSU. The first step to an effective slideshow: make the words spare and the pictures large.
Microsoft Publisher
Crayons are to Oil Paints as Microsoft Publisher is to Adobe Illustrator. But there’s a time for crayons.
Microsoft Word
I know Microsoft Word inside and out because I’ve been testing its limits for 15 years. When publishing professional documents, this makes a difference.
Sugar CRM
Sugar CRM is an impressive Salesforce.com alternative. I’ve used it’s lead management tools, along with its campaign monitor. It’s open-source, free, and extensible.
TechSmith Camtasia
Though rather counter-intuitively designed, TechSmith Camtasia is an indispensable tool for creating screencasts and software demos, like I did at DataSplice, LLC. It does a noble job of tackling the essentials, like basic editing capabilities, callouts and transitions. It’s also useful for recording videocasts that you’d like to archive on your website.
Techsmith SnagIt
There are plenty of screenshot programs, but SnagIt is the best of the bunch. It has a versatile field of view, and it doesn’t struggle with Flash or JavaScript.
Wordpress
Wordpress is my favorite Content Management System for good reason.
Ubuntu Linux
I prefer to work with Windows 7 or Mac OS X, but if you need someone to work with Linux, I’ll be on familiar terrain.
UNIX
I worked with UNIX while interning at Sun Microsystems, developing documentation for the OpenSolaris project. When I showed up with a copy of the Visual Quickstart Guide for UNIX, a colleague informed me that one of its co-authors, Eric Ray, worked just down the hall. I’m a novice with UNIX, but am comfortable with the command structure and vi Editor.