Curriculum Vitae – 2009
CONTACT INFORMATION
Name: William D. Harrel
Address:
262 Lantana St.
Camarillo, California 93010
Telephone: 805-322-0464
Email: bharrel@dock.net
Website: www.williamharrel.com
Blog: Communications Technology Watch – www.commtechwatch.com
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Position: Owner/Operator dock.net – June, 1996 – June, 2008
dock.net, a worldwide Internet Service Provider (ISP), offered all levels of Internet service, including dialup, broadband access (DSL, T1s, T3s, Ethernet over Fiber, and Fixed Wireless), Web Hosting, Web applications and Web design, Voice over IP (VoIP or Digital Telephone), and Hosted PBX. Company went from zero customers in June, 1996 to approximately ten thousand customers when sold in June, 2008, with annual recurring revenue in excess of four million dollars.
Owner/Operator in charge of all facets of management, including: technology purchase and implementation, hiring, firing and managing employees, marketing, sales, and day-to-day operations. Duties also included acquisition and assimilation of several competitors.
Position: Contributing Editor – Compute! Magazine May, 1992 – June, 1994
Wrote reviews, how-to’s, and round ups for magazine on a variety of subjects, including: software reviews and product comparisons of graphics, desktop publishing, word processing and presentation software; hardware reviews and product comparisons of personal computer systems, laptops, printers, scanners, and display adaptors.
Position: Owner/Operator – The WRITE Desktop Publisher April, 1986 – Present
A graphics design, copy editing, and writing firm concentrating on marketing and technical material, such as: product manuals, product brochures, flyers, press releases, mass mailings, Websites, Web applications, and slide and multimedia presentations.
EDUCATION
High School: Buena High School, Ventura, California - Graduated – 1969
College: Ventura College, Ventura, California - A.A. in English – 1984
University: UCSB, Santa Barbara, California – B.A. in English – 1987
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Certifications and Accreditations:
Writing to Sell Fiction – July 1, 1987 - Writer’s Digest School
Advanced Writer’s Workshop - July 28, 1987 - Writer’s Digest School
Computer and Internet Skills: Computer Operating Systems and Applications:
Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista and Windows Mobile. Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook. Sage Act!, Quickbooks Pro, WinZip. Windows Server, Windows Internet Information Server, Windows Remote Desktop server and client, WordPress, Premier.
Desktop Publishing, Graphics Design and Multimedia:
Adobe InDesign, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premier, prepress applications, Adobe Director, Adobe Flash, Microsoft PowerPoint., blogging.
Internet, Networking and Broadband Applications
DSL, T1, T3, Ethernet over Fiber and Fixed Wireless and Office Wireless equipment and provisioning. WAN, LAN, and VPN equipment, implementation and provisioning. Telephone Company and Cable (ILEC and CLEC) product negotiation, procuring and provisioning. Remote Desktop client and server applications.
VoIP and Digital Phone:
Asterisk, Hosted PBX design and implementation, Virtual Fax, VoIP phones, ATA adaptors and gateways, VoIP vendor negotiation, procuring and provisioning for origination and termination. VoIP quality of service (QoS) and connectivity troubleshooting
Web Design, Web Hosting and Email Applications:
Adobe DreamWeaver, Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat (including PDF creation and editing), Microsoft Web servers, MSSQL servers, FTP applications (client and server side), Linux Web servers. Email servers and clients.
PUBLICATIONS:
Compute Magazine Range: 1991 – 1994
Approximately 40 articles ranging from 700-word, one-page reviews of various software and hardware to several-thousand-word round-ups and how-to’s—including: desktop publishing, word processing, graphics creation and editing, programming, personal computers, notebooks, and printers.
PC World Range: 1990 – 1995
Approximately 45 articles ranging from 700-word, one-page reviews of various software and hardware to several-thousand-word round-ups and how-to’s—including: desktop publishing, word processing, graphics creation and editing, and presentations.
Publish Magazine Range: 1990 – 1995
Approximately 20 articles covering various desktop publishing and graphics topics, both Windows computers and Macintosh.
Windows Magazine Range: 1987 – 1995
Approximately 50 articles ranging from 700-word, one-page reviews of various software and hardware to several-thousand-word round-ups and how-to’s—including: desktop publishing, word processing, graphics creation and editing, programming, and personal computers.
Several other publications: Range: 1987 – 1996
Various articles on a wide range of topics in many other publications,
including Nation’s Business, Lear’s, Home PC, Home Office Computing,
ComputerEdge, and others.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
Introduction to Adobe Flash CS4 – Range: 2009 - Fully accredited 12-week Flash Web Design course at Ed2Go.com.
Web Design with DreamWeaver – Range: 2002 – 2005 - Fully accredited course at California State University at Northridge,
Introduction to Photoshop – Range: 2005 – 2007 - Learning Tree University, Thousand Oaks, CA
Page Layout with Adobe Indesign – Range: 2006 – 2008 - Graphic Traffic, Ventura, CA
BOOKS:
CorelDRAW 8 Secretss by William Harrel, Winston Steward, IDG Books, 1998
QuarkXPress 4 in Depth by William Harrel, Elaine Betts, Coriolis Group Books, 1998
Adobe Acrobat 3 for Dummies by William Harrel, IDG Books, 1998
CorelDRAW 7 Secrets by William Harrel, Winston Steward, IDG Books, 1997
Macworld PageMaker 6.5 Bible by William Harrel, IDG Books, 1997
The Multimedia Authoring Workshop by William D. Harrel, Sybex, Inc., 1996
Freelance Graphics 96 for Windows 95 for Dummies by William Harrel, Roger Parker, IDG Books, 1996
MacWorld PageMaker 6 Bible by Craig Danuloff, William Harrel,
IDG Books, 1995
CorelDRAW 5 Revealed by William Harrel, Prima Books, 1995
Using Photoshop 3, coauthor, Que, 1995
CorelDRAW 4 Revealed by William Harrel, Prima Books, 1994
CorelDRAW for Macintosh Revealed, by William Harrel, Prima Books, 1994
Using the Macintosh, coauthor, Que, 1994
Using QuarkXPress, Que, coauthor, 1994
101 Essential WordPerfect for Windows Tips by William Harrel, Compute Books, 1993
Illustrated CorelDRAW 3.0, by William Harrel, Wordware, 1993
Learn Ventura 4.0 in a Day by William Harrel, WordWare Publishing, 1992
Illustrated PageMaker 4 by William Harrel, Wordware Publishing, 1991
TECHNICAL WRITER - dock.net – Range: 1996 – 2008
Various websites and manuals covering the following topics: domain hosting, Web design, broadband deployment, Voice over IP end user installation and deployment, network management, deploying cell phones in VoIP environment.
WEB AND ADVERTISING COPY - Web Designer – Range: 1987 – Present
Advertising and informational Website copy for the following Websites: spinecenter.com, dock.net, NCISP.net, MyBKNow.com. williamharrel.com, rsi-save.com, militarypolicegroup.com, and many others.
BLOG ARTICLES - Communications Technology Watch Range: 2008 – 2009
Numerous reviews, articles and videos on all facets of communications with computers, including: VoIP, Web design, Flash, DreamWeaver, Photoshop, Adobe Master Collection CS4, networking and broadband, WordPress and blogging, Internet.
GHOST WRITER:
Four Weeks to a Better Back, 101 Ways to a Better Back, Martial Arts: A Path to a Better Mind and Body
