Todd Jordan Michael Peacock
mecha@gate.net
2565 Brampton Ct.
Orlando, FL 32817
(407) 682-2975

Computer programmer and technical support representative with experience in customer support, hardware troubleshooting, desktop publishing, web design and illustration. Flexible, quick learner, able to adapt to a wide range of tasks as need be, with a "can do" attitude.
 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Temporary Office Assistant, April 2003 to Present
OfficeTeam, 301 E. Pine St. #200, Orlando, FL 32801
(407) 422-0843

Miscellaneous office duties, including dictation (Word 2002), entering expenses (Excel 2000), filing, data entry, mail merging, creating charts (PowerPoint 2000), illustration, scanning, and image touch-up (Adobe Photoshop 7.0).  
Freelance Illustrator/Writer, June 2001 to Present
Sanguine Productions, Ltd., 2692 Madison Road, 1-PMB-279, Cincinnati, OH 45208-1320
(312) 803-1961
Freelance illustrator and writer for game supplements, using Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Word. Created custom symbol fonts (using Corel Suite, Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Fontographer), Adobe Acrobat paper model sheets, and Flash banner animation.
Illustration Samples
Flash animation - still frame sample
Jadeclaw Stairs
Jadeclaw Lake #1
Jadeclaw Lake #2
Jadeclaw Lake #3
 
Customer Support Programmer, August 1997 to November 2002
Kirchman Corporation, 711 Altamonte Dr., Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
(407) 831-3001
Mainframe programmer and technical support specialist on MVS/VSE (CICS), AS/400 and Unix (NCR and Sun Solaris) systems for a banking software company. Converted bank databases to Kirchman Bankway software, answered technical questions of customers, covered night and weekend shifts in customer support. Maintained test regions and program libraries on NCR and Sun Solaris. Ported code to multiple platforms and performed black box testing on AS/400 modules and Windows interface.

Documented internal procedures in Microsoft Word; created and maintained a local network web page to provide access to them (using Macromedia Xtreme 3D and Photoshop for graphics and animation). Updated project worksheets in Microsoft Excel.

 
Typesetter, May 1997 to July 1997
IWANNA, Inc., 84 Coxe Ave., Asheville, NC 28805
(704) 255-0754
Typeset display ads on Macintosh with PageMaker 5.0 for a classified advertisement circular.  
I.S. Department Assistant, October 1995 to May 1997
God's World Publications, 85 Tunnel Rd., Asheville, NC 28805
(704) 253-8063
On-site troubleshooter for Macintosh and PC systems for a publisher of materials for private schools. Worked with an Alpha AXP VAX/OpenVMS server. Installed, configured, operated and provided training for MailManager 2000; generated barcodes for pre-sorting. Created an employee database using Microsoft Access. Worked with Novell PC network, VAX DECNET network, Localtalk, and AppleTalk. Made icons and illustrations for internal use and for a children's activity page, using QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop and some Adobe Illustrator.  
Design Department Assistant, June 1994 to December 1994
Delta Industries, 114 E. Kenwood, Reinbeck, IA 50669
(319) 345-6476
Sculptor, illustrator and mold-maker for a manufacturer of archery and police training targets. Created detailed illustrations for packaging, and made templates for lettering on product masters, using Pagemaker 5.0 and CorelDraw. Sculpted and molded life-sized models of wildlife and people, using plasticene, foam, industrial resins and fiberglass.
Packaging Illustration Samples
Delta Turkey Target Delta Hen Decoy Bobbing Decoy Reinforced 'Super Center' Archery Target Core
 

SKILLS

  • Programming: Cobol II, Visual C++, BASIC, QBASIC, Pascal, MVS JCL, and Unix scripting; some experience in Forth, VAX Assembly, Scheme, Ada, Visual Basic, and Java.

  • Database Programming: Dbase IV and SQL; some experience in FoxPro and Microsoft Access.

  • Web Page Design / Programming: HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX, Adobe PageMill, XML/XSL, Javascript; some experience in Flash MX, Perl and PHP (Apache server).

  • Desktop Publishing, Office Applications: Pagemaker, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Word (6.0, 97, 2000, 2002), Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

  • Data Entry: (tested as of 11 Apr 2003) - typing: 114 wpm, 100% accuracy; alphanumeric: 12,000+ kph, 100% accuracy.

  • Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft PhotoDraw, CorelDraw, Macromedia Freehand Graphics Studio (Freehand, XRes, Xtreme 3D, Fontographer), and Painter; some experience in Adobe Illustrator. Freelance illustrator and font designer for Cumberland Games & Diversions, and Sanguine Productions Ltd. [Sample fonts: Cairo Moon Pulp Adventure, Justice City Superheroes, Legend of Winter Forest.]

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    EDUCATION

    University of Northern Iowa: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Art. Graduated in May of 1995.
     

    REFERENCES

    Available upon request.