JAMES D. FREY
1631 W. Canal Ct.
Littleton, CO 80120
(720) 261-4973 / jamesfrey@yahoo.com

·          Specialist in PC-to-person communication issues (requirements analysis, translation of technical concepts, training, and support). 

·          Webmaster/editor, ASP and ASP.NET web developer, database administrator, and content and knowledge management facilitator.

·          Product and project management with emphasis on Web development and delivery.

·          Marketing and communications veteran, with over a decade in various communications roles, including writing, editing, and campaign development.

EXEMPLARY PROJECTS

·          Served as webmaster for the Education Commission of the States from 1998 to present.

·          Defined and developed ECS web site (http://www.ecs.org) and related site for the Community College Policy Center (http://www.communitycollegepolicy.org), growing their presence and versatility from original design and data structure through several marketing-based upgrades. ECS.org is now rated as the top education policy site by more than half of its customers.

·          Consulted on every major information technology initiative for ECS for the past seven years.

·          Experience in leadership roles, including project team leader and in previous job (Bookpeople) high-level management as Board Director.

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

Programming/Development

HTML, VBscript, ASP, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Javascript, XML, SQL, T-SQL, Lotus Notes, FoxPro/SQL, PHP, Coldfusion, SEO

Operating Systems

Windows 2003, 2000, NT, 98, 95. Some UNIX, some Linux.

Editors

Dreamweaver MX, Visual Studio.NET, MS Office, HomeSite, MS Interdev, MS Frontpage

Graphics

Fireworks MX, Photoshop, Flash MX, Quark, Illustrator, FreeHand, Visio

Databases

SQL Server 2000, Sharepoint 2002, Lotus Notes, MS Project, FoxPro, MS Access, Abra HRIS, MySQL

Website Tools

MS IIS, Live Stats, Webtrends

EXPERIENCE

1998-present Education Commission of the States -- Denver, CO
Webmaster

1987-1997 Bookpeople -- Oakland, CA
PC Support Specialist, 1993-1997; Board of Directors / Board Chairman, 1993-1995; Advertising Copy Editor, 1987-1992

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, 1986.

PROFESSIONAL CLASSES

Microsoft certified classes

2559 Introduction to Microsoft Visual Basic.NET Programming
2310 Developing Web Applications using Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
2389 Programming ADO.NET,  Transact-SQL

Other classes

XML development, Integration of Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks, Lotus Notes database development, Lotus Notes database administration, Lotus Notes Web site development.

PERSONAL

Functional Spanish, some German. Poet. Land Yachter.