David Gillaspey
4057 NE 6th Ave.
Portland, OR 97212-1128
Cell phone: (503) 341-1026
david.gillaspey@davidgillaspey.com
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Skills (Top)
Education (Top)
(in generally reverse chronological order)
College: The Art Institute Online (degree not completed)
Date: March 2007–Fall 2009
Program: A.S. in web and interactive media design
I already have earned a master's degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1984 plus I've pursued post-graduate studies at other colleges. Further, I already possess a number of years experience as a graphic designer and web designer (see the "Work experience" section below). The reason that I enrolled in The Art Institute Online was to upgrade my job skills.
Coursework (36 hours) taken at AI Online to date includes:
College: The Art Institute of Portland, Oregon (degree not completed)
Date: January 2006–March 2007
Program: B.S. in web & interactive media design
I started as a graphic design major, then switched to web & interactive media design, then transferred to the fully online program described above.
Coursework (30 hours) taken at AI Portland included:
College: Department of Educational Technology, San Diego State University (diploma not completed)
Date: Fall 2007
Program: Certificate in Instructional Design.
The certificate consists of five courses covering instructional design, web-based multimedia development, educational technology, distance education, and teaching with technology.
To date, I've completed one course in the certificate program, a (very thorough) introduction to instructional design. GPA: 4.0.
University: Boise State University Department of Engineering (degree not completed)
Date: Fall 2001–Summer 2002
Program: Graduate work in instructional & performance technology (fully online program).
Program covers instructional design as well as performance technology, i.e., how to help employees to work more effectively. I successfully completed 12 hours of introductory courses in performance technology, learning theories, “personality types” (e.g., MBTI), and the e-learning software Toolbook Instructor 8.
University: Portland State University Professional Development Center, Portland, Oregon
Certificates earned: Macromedia Authorized Training Director I & II Certificate, December 1997; Certificate in Multimedia, July 1999 (included a class on the e-learning software Macromedia [now Adobe] Authorware).
University: University of Memphis (degree not completed)
Date: 1989–90 school year
Program: Full-time post-graduate studies (see below). Total of 28.5 credits completed. GPA: 3.89.
Studied music as an undergraduate student and counseling as a graduate student.
University: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, Columbia, Missouri (degree earned)
Degree: M.A., May 1984
Earned a master’s degree in photojournalism. Also studied copy editing, publication design, and news reporting. 64 credits. GPA: 3.51.
University: Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa (degree earned)
Degree: B.A., May 1980
Major: social sciences. 122 credits. GPA: 3.60.
Work experience (Top)
(in reverse chronological order)
Company: Siemens I.T. Solutions & Services
Date: June 2008–present
Client: Daimler Trucks North America (manufacturer of Freightliner and Western Star trucks and other transportation-related products)
Job title: Deskside and phone tech support technician
I am on a team performing deskside tech support of hardware and software issues for the client's local and (occasionally) offsite employees. For six months in the middle of this period, I worked in a different position in which I provided phone tech support for Freightliner and Western Star brand truck dealers.
Skill set at a glance:
Company: Great Church Websites
Date: April 2004–present
Location: Portland, Oregon
Title: Founder and president (non-paid)
This is an educational website about website design, for church and parish webmasters. (It is not a religious website, despite the domain name, nor a commercial business.)
I provide resources for three audiences:
1) Churches and parishes that employ a staff web designer or that rely upon volunteers to design and maintain their website.
2) Churches or parishes that hire outside help to design and (in some cases) maintain their website.
3) Churches or parishes that use a proprietary (or an open-source) web Content Management System (CMS).
Skill set at a glance:
Client: Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA)
Date: October 1995–October 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Title: Filemaker Pro database programmer & consultant
Job responsibilities included Filemaker Pro database development and scripting as well as dynamic publishing development for this not-for-profit member association. OMPA is publisher of Oregon's annual film, video, and multimedia production directory, titled The Source.
Skill set at a glance:
Client: Kaiser Permanente Northwest region
Date: November 2005–July 2006
Location: Portland, Oregon
Title: Trainer / tech support
Job responsibilities included phone tech support for 2,000 Lotus Notes 6.5 users over the course of my contract. Callers were employees of this large healthcare organization who had been upgraded from an MS-DOS email program to Notes during a region-wide upgrade project.
Skill set at a glance:
Company: Oregon Catholic Press (OCP)
Date: February 2003–April 2004
Location: Portland, Oregon
Title: Missal/database assistant
This company is a leading publisher of worship resources ("missals") and hymnals for the Catholic Church in the United States. My job responsibilities included laying out and proofing various publications using Quark Xpress (two-thirds of the job) and Filemaker Pro database development (one-third of the job).
I used Xdata, Xcatalog, and Xtags — all Quark extensions from Em Software — as well as Filemaker's own extensive text manipulation capabilities, to "dynamically publish" (defined above) all or portions of seven OCP publications.
Skill set at a glance:
Company: MEDIAmerica, Inc.
Date: June 2000–February 2003
Location: Portland, Oregon
Title: Media production associate
MEDIAmerica is a publisher of magazines (Oregon Business and Oregon Home), tourism guides, and (at the time) real estate directories. My job responsibilities included laying out and proofing various publications (primarily tourism or real estate related), Filemaker Pro database development and scripting, dynamic publishing development, I.T. support including MS Outlook and voice communications, and deskside tech support.
Skill set at a glance:
Company: Varied
Date: July 1995–July 2000
Location: Varied
Title: Varied
During this period, I worked at a variety of short-term contract jobs, typically involving graphic design and/or Filemaker Pro database programming.
Skill set at a glance:
Company: Worship Leader (magazine)
Date: October 1991–October 1994
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, and Orange County, California
Title: Managing editor and designer
I was the founding managing editor and graphic designer of this now nationally circulated magazine.
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Company: Middle Tennessee State University
Date: August 1988–May 1989
Location: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Title: Instructor
I taught publications design and graphics of advertising (typography, printing processes, etc.) in the journalism department of this large university.
Skill set at a glance:
Company: Fort Lauderdale News & Sun-Sentinel
Date: September 1985–March 1988
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Title: Copy editor and page designer
For this citywide newspaper, I was a designer of page one of feature sections, as well as a copy editor. (This was a standard arrangement on many citywide newspapers at the time.)
Skill set at a glance:
Company: The Ledger (newspaper)
Date: January 1984–September 1985
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Title: Copy editor and page designer
For this citywide newspaper, I was a designer of page one of feature sections, as well as a copy editor. (This was a standard arrangement on many citywide newspapers at the time.)
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Volunteer work experience (Top)
(in reverse chronological order)
Organization: Estates at North Riverwood Homeowners' Association
Date: April 2007–April 2010
Location: Wood Village, Oregon
What I did: Chairman of the board
I served as volunteer chairman of the board of directors of this homeowners' association.
Ministry: Freedom Foursquare Church
Date: April 2002–October 2003
Location: Portland, Oregon
What I did: Ministry leader overseeing audio production
I trained the soundboard operators and sometimes operated the soundboard myself for this new church. Also edited sermons before compressing them into RealAudio files for the church’s website.
Ministry: Woodhaven Community Church (affiliated with the General Baptist Conference)
Date: October 2000–December 2001
Location: Sherwood, Oregon
What I did: Ministry leader overseeing audio production
This church met in a school. I was the volunteer ministry leader who oversaw the setup and takedown for this church. I also trained the soundboard operators, as well as operated the soundboard myself from time to time.
Ministry: Young Life
Date: July 1999, May 2000
Location: Oregon
What I did: Volunteer digital video production
Videotaped activities at a camp for junior high students (summer 1999) run by this Christian youth organization, using my own digital video camera. Using Adobe Premiere and my computer (transported to the camp for this purpose), I edited each day’s footage into a three-minute video shown to the campers at night. Later I re-edited my footage and compiled it into a long-form videotape given to each camper.
Over the Memorial Day weekend 2000, I videotaped a similar Young Life camp (for adult leaders this time), again editing my video footage on-site.
Ministry: Tualatin Valley Baptist Church (affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention; now defunct)
Date: September 1996–June 1998
Location: Tualatin, Oregon
What I did: Ministry leader
This church met in a school. I was the ministry leader who oversaw setup and takedown of chairs, video projector and screen, musical instruments, etc. I also trained the soundboard operators, as well as operated the soundboard myself from time to time.
Personal (Top)
Marital status: Married but separated
Interests: Christian ministry, starting a church some day (see www.networkedchurch.com) but currently attending and serving PDX | Bridges Church in Portland, Bible study, walking/hiking, photography, web design, songwriting, digital video production, gardening, spending time with my children Joshua, 5 1/2, and Julia, 3 1/2 (see photo below).
