Nicholas George Aster
ngaster@hotmail.com
http://home.pacbell.net/junkpile
415-701-8277

Employment

  • Webmaster
    Moreover.com
    San Francisco, CA March 2000 - Present
    Provide creative and technical support for the marketing and product development wings of the company. Produce showcase pages, banner ads, CGI scripts, statistical analysis and general website maintenance.
  • Freelance Web Page and Logo Design

  • San Francisco, CA  Dec. 1999 - 2000
    Independantly working on enhancing graphic design skills and mastering a variety of web oriented software.  Current clients include two database oriented business software developers and a San Francisco grocery chain.
     
  • USF School of Law

  • San Francisco, CA  Jan. 1999 - 2000
    Additonal contracting work for the University of San Francisco School of Law.  Assisting Office of Alumni Development with Filemaker to Access rollover project and publishing of various departmental literature.
     
  • Consultant

  • Larsen Consulting and Sales Inc.
    Daly City, CA  Feb. 1999 - Dec. 1999
    Worked with 5 person team to coordinate "Y2K" compliance program for medical devices at Catholic Healthcare West, a network of over 50 hospitals. Helped create, maintain, and query Access database of all medical devices in the system. Dealt daily with vendors and hospital staff to arrange for testing and replacement of equipment.
     
  • Communications Officer

  • Citibank
    San Francisco, CA   Oct. 1997 - Sept. 1998. 
    Responsible for creation and management of marketplace intranet web site, weekly employee newsletter (both print and electronic), distribution of communications between high level executives and employees, employee training on internet use, general system troubleshooting.
     
  • Executive Coordinator, 

  • Corporate Communications
    Catholic Healthcare West,   
    San Francisco, CA   Aug. 1996 - Oct. 1997
    Member of four person communications team for largest non-profit health care network in California.  Participated in overhaul of company identity including development of new company logo.  Designed, published and distributed systemwide literature and played role in design and distribution of annual report.

Skills

  • Software:

  • Photoshop 6.0  *  Flash 5  *  Illustrator 9.0  *  Fireworks  *  PageMaker  *  NetObjects Fusion 5.0  *  MS Office * MS Access  *  Homesite  *  Kai's Power Tools 5.0
     
  • Programming:
    HTML  *  JavaScript  *  Beginning Visual Basic * CGI Scripting * Basic Perl
     
  • Platform experience:

  • Macintosh and Windows 95/98/NT environments.
     
  • Proficient in Spanish



Education

  • Travel Sabbatical,  Sept. 1998 - Feb. 1999

  • Journeyed overland from Peru to Tierra del Fuego, studying language, ancient and modern culture and documenting the experience with extensive journal keeping and photography.
     
  • Washington University in St. Louis 

  • Bachelor of Arts in History - May 1996
    Minor: Biology
    • Additional course work in Architecture, Mathematics, Spanish, Creative Writing
    • Achieved Deans List
    • Resident Advisor
    • National News Editor for Campus Newspaper on current events
    • Editor of the Eliot Review Literary Art Magazine
    • Community Radio DJ with weekly world music and blues show - KWUR 90.3fm
    • Designed web sites for various student groups

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