Education

1973                 Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Master of Science  in Education 

1971                  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

25+ years of computing experience in industry and higher education in U.S. and Germany. Computer center management, project management, needs assessment, web design, systems development, computer programming, staff supervision and training. Conducted professional seminars and taught workshops in U.S. Training in Thai culture and personal exposure to Thai village life. Practice teaching of ESL in Thailand. Teaching management courses to ethnic minorities in Thailand. Native German, U.S. citizen since 1968, completed 13 years of education in Germany.

2003 - 2007      Chiangmai University            Thailand

Instructor

Teaching management courses to ethnic minorities in AEIOU program.

2001 - now     Bluemarble Consulting   Ft. Collins, CO/Thailand

Consultant

Web design, Oracle and Access data base, AS/400 application programming and systems administration, application programming for PC and networks.

2001                        U.S. Peace Corps                             Thailand

Peace Corps Volunteer

  Intensive training in student centered teaching, Thai language and culture. Classroom practice teaching of ESL. Prepared and conducted workshop for Thai teachers in ESL and student centered teaching. Lived and trained in rural village with Thai family for three months

1989 – 2000  (retired)           St. Olaf College               Northfield, MN

Director Administrative Computing

  Responsible for all administrative computing services including development of project teams and supervision of three programmer/analysts.

  Extensive hands-on experience on IBM AS/400, Digital Alpha Server, NT Server, ILE RPG and CL programming, UNIX, ORACLE, systems administration.

  Installed and administered AS/400, DEC Alpha, NT server.

  Conducted needs analysis and programmed web applications for student and faculty access to student transcripts, registration, degree audit, and financial accounts.

  Wrote and implemented media services and counseling center systems.

  Other experiences include Visual Basic programming, Microsoft Access database, bar coding, networking, and Internet applications.

  Conducted training workshops and presented at professional conference.

1981–1989                    Hilti Inc.                                         Tulsa, OK

Project Leader/Systems Manager

  Responsible for finance and HR/PR on IBM S/3081 and cost accounting and manufacturing systems on IBM S/38. 

  Member of international team piloting project to create and implement cost accounting system.

  Supervised two systems analysts, three programmer/analysts and one programmer.

1979–1981              Rieder Int’l Shipping             Nürnberg, Germany

Director Data Processing  

  Established and managed computer center.

  Implemented order entry and billing systems.

  Supervised one programmer and one operator.

1973–1978                Shaw University                               Raleigh, NC

Registrar/Director Computer Center

  Responsible for all administrative computing services and student registration.

  Converted manual student registration and record keeping to automated system.

  Supervised one systems analyst.

 1961–1973              Trans World Airlines               Pittsburgh, Pa.

Shift Supervisor

  Maintenance of computerized passenger database.

  Training instructor on new reservations system.

  Supervised 3 –15 agents on different shifts.

German-American Society, Tulsa, OK               

  Vice President

  Director German Language School

  Co-Leader and co-teacher of German folk dance group

Boy Scouts, Northfield, MN

  Computer merit badge teacher

    Interests &         Hobbies  

Camping, international folk dancing, Asian culture, growing medicinal herbs, reading, classical and folk music, biology, science.