Cedar Mesa Consulting Web Design - Resume of Laura Kriho

Resume of Laura Kriho

Laura Kriho

Laura Kriho
Phone: (303) 258-7746
Email: lkriho@cedarmesa.net

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

Web Design, Marketing, and Ecommerce Specialist
Cedar Mesa Consulting, Boulder, CO (July 2005 to present)

Design, update and promote websites and online stores
Design, implement and analyze online marketing campaigns, including targeted email campaigns, search engine optimization, and pay-per-click advertising
Design printed marketing materials, including logos, print ads, banner ads, brochures, newsletters, business cards, and signs
Write and edit marketing copy, including press releases, brochures, newsletters, manuals, email marketing, advertisements, public service announcements, and sales letters
Create and edit audio and video promotions, including testimonials and tutorials
Edit and promote digital downloads of ebooks and teleclasses
Increase search engine rankings through content improvement, metatags, search engine submission, link exchange, affiliate advertising, blogs and other means
Design and maintain customer databases
Design and manage affiliate programs
Work with clients to determine their goals and visions for their website
Analyze success of marketing campaigns and produce reports to monitor trends
Develop advertising campaigns for businesses using Internet, newspaper and broadcast media

Systems Administrator
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (August 2001 to December 2005)

Provided computer support as part of a team for over 120 users
Installed, configured, upgraded and maintained laptops, desktops and servers running Windows, Linux, Solaris and MacOS
Diagnosed and repaired hardware, software, printer and network problems
Answered help desk questions through phone and email
Designed and maintained websites and databases
Performed data backups and restores
Researched and installed OS patches and upgrades
Created and managed user accounts
Trained users in hardware and software use
Wrote documentation for procedures, policies, and usage manuals
Wrote scripts to automate tasks
Compiled and installed new software

Administrative Assistant
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (August 1999 to August 2001)

Professional Research Assistant (Lab Manager)
University of Colorado, Boulder - Institute for Behavioral Genetics (January 1987 to June 1999)

Managed a research project studying computer-based remedial reading programs for dyslexic children in the Boulder public schools
Responsible for all aspects of maintenance for over 30 personal computers, including hardware diagnosis and repair, software installation, data backups, data transfer, and equipment inventory
Transported and re-assembled computers systems at field research locations
Assisted with purchase of hardware, software, and other equipment
Assisted in software design and testing
Trained and supervised employees on use of computer hardware and software
Wrote manuals on software use and subject testing procedures
Compiled data and performed statistical analyses

WEB DESIGN SKILLS

OTHER SOFTWARE SKILLS

Database: MS Access, MySQL
Email: Thunderbird, Netscape Messenger, Outlook, Eudora, Pine, Elm, Mutt
Graphics: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, XNView
Miscellaneous: Symantec Ghost, various anti-virus and anti-spyware applications
Operating Systems: Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Mac OSX, Unix (Solaris), Linux (RedHat, Fedora), MS-DOS
Presentation: MS PowerPoint, Impress
Scripting: Unix shell scripts, basic Perl and PHP, JavaScript
Spreadsheet/Financial/Statistics: MS Excel, QuickBooks, SPSS
Text editing: Notepad, Wordpad, vi, pico, edt
Web editing: Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Netscape Composer, HTML coding
Word-processing: MS Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice

HARDWARE SKILLS

MARKETING SKILLS