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Leigh Ann Hussey

leighann_at_elfhill_dot_com

Experience

9/98-Present Sybase (Emeryville, CA): Developer, Web Services (Full-time).
Duties: Develop search scripts and other Web-based tools using Perl, JavaScript, and TCL/TK (StoryServer).
2/91-Present Elf Hill Music & Mayhem, Unltd. (Oakland, CA): Business Partner, Web Designer, Band member.
Duties: In addition to the usual musical responsibilities involved in being in a band, design and keep the band's website (http://www.elfhill.com) up to date; develop Web-based inventory applications built over Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (for Linux) using Sybperl; develop other applications (Groupie registry, etc) as needed.
1/97-9/98 Sybase: Information Developer, Support Publications / Information Products Group (Full-time).
Duties: Maintain internal website, with associated CGI scripts etc.; develop new methods of document delivery for the IPG department; streamline work for team by providing Web-based tools for status reporting, report generation, etc.
10/93-12/96 Sybase: Technical Writer, Support Publications (Full-time).
Duties: Write, compile, edit and deliver documents as part of a writing group under Technical Support, including Sybase Technical News, Connectivity Troubleshooting Guide, and various TechNotes.
1/93-10/93 Sybase: Tech Support Analyst (Full-time).
Duties: Answer customer questions about and solve customer problems with SQL Server, by phone and fax.
7/92-1/93 Sybase: Administrative Assistant, Tech Support (Temp).
Duties: Distribute printouts and faxes to Tech Support Analysts; assist analysts with customer call-backs; stack-trace translation, case reproduction and miscellaneous clerical tasks.
1/92-6/92 Pathology Institute (Berkeley, CA): Lab Assistant (On-Call).
Duties: Recieve, test-request, label, queue and route specimens for the Chiron Reference Project; return containers to their respective Red Cross branches via Federal Express (familiarity with PowerShip software); file completed request forms.
2/92-3/92 LucasArts Entertainment Company, Games Division (San Rafael, CA): Foreign Language Tester (Temp).
Duty: Test a Swedish language version of the Lucasfilm Games product Maniac Mansion for intelligibility in Swedish, on a variety of systems including IBM and NES.
3/91-1/92 Pathology Institute: Central Processor I  (On-Call).
Duties: Recieve, test-request, aliquot, label and route specimens for medical reference laboratory; required knowledge of the lab computer system (Cerner), knowledge of specimen collection requirements for tests, teamwork, organization, safety.
8/90-12/90 HeartDance Magazine (Berkeley, CA).
Design, copy-editing, layout, printing, and Mac-midwifery for local directory and monthly calendar of alternative spirituality.

Skills

Software, UNIX
vi; mail (various); csh; Frame, ArborText; Netscape Navigator/Communicator, Apache Server,Vignette StoryServer, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise. Can navigate various windowing systems (Motif, OpenWindows, CDE)
Software, Mac
System 8.x; Adobe PageMill; Adobe Texturemaker; Adobe PhotoShop; Netscape Navigator/Communicator; Quark XPress; DesignStudio; ReadySetGo!; WriteNow; MacWrite; RealProducer; MasterTracks Pro; StudioSession; MusicTime; Filemaker Plus; Pagemaker; MS Word; WingZ
Languages, Computer
Markup: HTML, SGML, XML
Scripting/Programming: TCL, Perl, JavaScript, HyperTalk, Pascal
Languages, Human (in order of fluency)
English, French, Latin, Swedish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Irish Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Hebrew, Classical Greek.
Misc
Desktop publishing, typing (80 w/m), proficiency on numerous musical instruments (acoustic and electronic), font design, doc design, teaching, CPR & First Aid, motorcycling

Education

9/79-6/83 B.A., University of California, Berkeley: Music (Performance)
9/75-6/70 Holy Names High School (Music, French)

Honors

Memberships

Hobbies

Anthropology/folklore, mythology & ritual, Celtic studies, brewing, ethnic and antique cookery, linguistics, embroidery, cabinetry, leatherworking, calligraphy, spinning/weaving, silkscreening