summary
Heather has over 9 years of success in Information Technology, significantly contributing on projects using a myriad of technologies in all aspects software development activities, including management and educational responsibilities. Heather has a passion for using technology to effectively communicate information and create elegant user experiences. Heather wishes to join a small to midsize organization as a technically creative contributor where she can leverage her extensive experience, technical knowledge, strong communication skills and natural leadership abilities to contribute to the creation of life positive technical products.

experience

• Select, manipulate, and place images in new and existing content on www.burningman.com. Develop image-related HTML coding standards and documentation. Manage volunteer efforts for projects requiring a high volume of image processing.
  
• Perform requirements gathering, project leadership, user experience consulting, and HTML development as image lead on senior web team. Initiate and manage enhancements to the site's image gallery tool. Coordinate design efforts for planned multi-media gallery.
  
• Lead documentation and technology efforts for the Business Services organization. Responsible for content development, imaging, and HTML coding of related pages on website. Coordinate worldwide team of photographers and videographers contributing to annual documentation project. Design and build groundbreaking "webumentaries" with photos, videos, audio, statistics and written copy showcasing the production and operation of the Center Camp Café and Camp Arctica as a gift to global arts community.

• Website design, development, electronic order processing, and fulfillment of bohemianmasquerade.com.
• Live life as art through creation of art masks, visual storytelling using digital photography, and radical fashion and costume design.

• Technical consultant on 20 different projects for a dozen major corporations over the span of 8.5 years. Detailed project and technology history available in attachment or at bohemianmasquerade.com/resume/heathergallagher_projecthistory.html.
• Early focus in support of the telecommunications industry, with later concentration in web development, user interface design, integration technologies, and corporate portal implementations.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to learn quickly led to recognized contributions in a variety of technical environments and client relationships. Leveraged strong skills in communication, documentation, knowledge transfer, and education with technical competence and natural leadership.

• Managed large database used for promotional mailings by popular East Coast music group.
• Provided desktop publishing services and served as a public relations agent.

• Maintained promotional database, queried northern Virginia's real estate database service, and managed financial spreadsheets.
• Provided desktop publishing services for creation of promotional materials.

Adobe PhotoShop 7.0
Adobe Illustrator 8.0
Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4
Paint Shop Pro
WinCVS 1.2
Visual Source Safe

• SeeBeyond e*Gate Certified Developer.
• Certified facilitator for Price Pritchett's Change Management Workshop.
• Lead knowledge transfer efforts through creation and instruction of CMLS and WATS/SOP Universities for Visa and AT&T.
• Facilitated Communications Industry Training on the Future of Telecommunications.
• Served as Assistant Instructor for the Herndon pilot class of EDS Technical Training: Procedural Programming Using C.