Resume
 
Dirk Bayer
writedirk@bigfoot.com
301-330-7752
 
Web Dev, Help Desk, Info Sys, Database,
Foreign Language Technology, Translation,
Editing, Technical Writing
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EXPERIENCE
 
 
8/2001 - 2/1/2002
GXS (via Staffing Alternatives, Inc.)
Gaithersburg, MD

__Rail Marketplace Admin__
Registered new accounts, verified account
status, tested system integrity, and prepared
e-commerce trading events.
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2/2001 - 8/2001
TPN Register/GXS (via Staffing Alternatives)
Gaithersburg, MD

__Content Analyst, Translator__
Transformed content, edited the German
translation of the data dictionary and
synonym pairs, and remapped both.
Wrote and remapped synonym guidelines.
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4/1998 - 10/1999
Strategic Resources Inc.
Falls Church, VA
 
__Web Developer__
Created and maintained new sites, and cleaned
up/maintained old sites for a section of NASA
HQ and the FDA. Designed interactive systems,
and ran on-line surveys.
Mostly used: HTML, graphics, Javascript,
some PERL. Software: Allaire HomeSite (code
editor), Symantec Visual Page (WYSIWYG tool),
Adobe PhotoShop, GIF Animator, MS Office, 
Webforms(tm), ftp clients, and others.
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9/1997 - 4/1998
General Electric Information Services (GEIS)
Rockville, MD
(Now GXS in Gaithersburg, MD)
 
__Help Desk Analyst__
Provided telephonic help desk support for
hardware, software, network, mainframe, and
ESD problems to Philip Morris' sales
representatives and administrators, a
nationwide work force of about 3000.
Tiers 1 and 2. Job tracking, escalation,
followup, etc. with Vantive.
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8/1993 - 8/1997
Translingua, Inc.
Columbia, Maryland
 
__Information Systems Specialist__
Provided tech support for the company,
including but not limited to: Installing,
configuring and maintaining hardware,
software, LAN, and Internet services.
Converting documents and data. Building and
maintaining databases. Management of and tech
support for software localization projects.
Developed a terminology database able to
handle all written human languages with
font control, formatted data export, and 
auto-translation.
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EDUCATION
 
1998 Masters Degree
     Medical College of GA - Augusta, Georgia
 
1984 Bachelors Degree
     University of Karlsruhe - Germany
 
 
TECHNOLOGY
 
Mac, PC, mainframe terminals / LAN / Internet
/ programming, scripting, user interface
design (Javascript, HTML, Hypercard,
FutureBASIC, MS Word Macros, etc.) / database
(Hypercard, MultiTerm, IBM Translation
Manager) / BBS / applications (MS Office,
QuarkXPress, PhotoShop, Symantec Visual Page,
Allaire HomeSite, many others) / job tracking
(Vantive)
 
 
LANGUAGES
 
English, German, Spanish