Daniel A. Turner

E-mail: silk@noc.rutgers.edu; URL: http://remus.rutgers.edu/~silk/

Smart, hardworking Computer Science/English double major seeks longtime and gainful employment with an organization interested in cutting-edge technology. Purpose: to use my skills in computing and personal communications - including writing and speaking - to promote the computing atmosphere integral to a smooth-running workplace.

References available upon request.

Education

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - September, 1990 to present; Rutgers College, General Honors Program. Degree: BA, Dual Major: Computer Science and English. Held down two jobs plus activities.Expected graduation date: December, 1994.

Work Experience

Dormitory Networking Project, Rutgers University Computing Service/Network Services, Rutgers University , NJ, January 1991 - present 


Manager and Telecommunications Analyst - Establish network connection for students in dormitory andtrain users to take advantage of Internet resources. Administer Unix accounts and connection services.Manage the time and resources of four to six students working on the DNP. Effectively do maintenance andgeneral troubleshooting for 130 students, while maintaining my schoolwork.



R.O.W. Sciences, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease contract, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, May 1993 - August 1993



Networking Assistant - Aided in maintaining NIAID's LAN and WAN, laid cable and did general problem-solving, helped set up and move two new labs, wrote manual for in-house purchasing program.



Rutgers University Computing Services/User Services, Rutgers University, NJ, September 1992 - September 1993



Consultant - Handle problem-solving in a general-access Graphics Lab, employing approximately 150 programs on five platforms, and serving approximately fifty students per day.



National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, May 1992 - August 1992



Networking Assistant - Aided in maintaining NIAID's LAN and WAN, laid cable and did general problem-solving, helped set up new lab, worked with multiple programs on more than 5 platforms.



Chronicle Information Services, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, DC, December 1990 - January 1991 & December 1991 - January 1992



Atex Programmer - Designed a program to modify Chronicle stories for inclusion into a searchable text database for a project at the University of Southern California, and eventually for a commercial product.



Newman and Herman, Hightstown, NJ, December 1990 - May 1991



Consultant - Administrator, Altos-based Unix and IBM-based MS-DOS systems; consultant on office automation products. Handled problem-solving and serial connections, and advised on purchasing wordprocessing, database, and office management software.



Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom, Data Applications Group, Washington, DC, June 1989 - August 1989 & May 1990 - August 1990



PC Clerk and Database Programmer - Created databases in DataEase and did massive data entry and datacorruption checking. Advised on Atex system operation. Worked on user support and on the help line.



Display Advertising Department, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, DC, July 1988 - January 1990



Advertising Assistant - Database management, mass mailings, photocopying, checking copies, tear cheets,storeroom management.



McDonalds, Washington, DC, June 1988 - August 1988



Cook - Deep fry and grill.





Awards and Honors





Leadership




Hall Government, September 1993 - May 1994.



Representative - Responsibilities included overseeing several committees designed to serve the needs of an extremely diverse academic community, and creating methods of unifying the community such as a coffeehouse.



Rutgers University Glee Club, January 1993 - January 1994.



Business Manager - Responsibilities included creating and maintaining a concert and performance schedulefor an all-male chorus of 40 with a 120-year history; managing the work of four officers; working with Rutgers administrators to promote the name of Rutgers inside and outside New Jersey; coordinating tours and concerts with other schools; and engaging in the business correspondence necessary to maintain theGlee Club's stature in the community. The job averaged 25 to 30 hours per week.



Rutgers University New Student Orientation, 1992-1994.



Building Leader and Member - Member responsibilities included working with incoming freshmen to orient them to the atmosphere of Rutgers College and New Jersey, and to explain the difficulties and responsibilities for which they would be responsible as a student at Rutgers College. Building Leader responsibilities included managing orientation for one building (about 80 freshmen) and overseeing the activities of three other New Student Orientation members.









Applicable Coursework





Computer Knowledge




Platforms/Operating Systems: 

BSD Unix, X Windows (Specifically, TWM), Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, MS-DOS, MacOS, Atex, Altos, and other less-common flavors of Operating Systems.

Networking Software: 

Novell, TCP/IP, Appletalk, and 3Com.

Networking Hardware: 

Twisted-Pair, Thin Ethernet, Thick Ethernet, and PhoneNet.

Programming Languages: 

C, Pascal, Unix, MS-DOS, APT, SQL, HTML, 4DOS, and Basic.

Software: 



Word Processors: 

Word Perfect 5.2 for Windows; Word Perfect 4.0, 4.2, 5.0, and 5.1 for MS-DOS; Word Perfect 4.2 and 5.0 for Unix; Word Perfect 2.1 and 3.0 for Macintosh; Microsoft Works for Windows and for Macintosh; Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh; ClarisWorks for Macintosh; Atex; Professional Write; MacWrite II, WriteNow, and others.

Databases: 

Sybase, File Maker Pro, File Maker, Claris Works, Microsoft Works, and FoxPro.

Desktop Publishing: 

Pagemaker for Windows and for Macintosh, and Aldus Freehand

Spreadsheets: 

Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Excel for Macintosh and for Windows, and Quattro Pro.

Graphing Programs: 

CricketGraph, and Harvard Graphics.

Communications Programs: 

CUTCP's suite, NCSA's suite, Mosaic, Minuet, PopMail, Eudora, WinQVTNet, Procomm +, and Crosstalk.

Utilities: 

Norton for Macintosh and for MS-DOS, PC Tools, and First Aid.