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600 E. Indian Trail Road
Aurora, IL 60505
United States
1.630.892.5180
yamada@prairienet.org
www.prairienet.org/~yamada

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Business role
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Blending media communications, software applications, TCP/IP
Internet, intranet, and extranets, and mainframe superservers
into communications platforms for organizations committed to
quality Web and print information publishing.

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Tools
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Editing, journalism, analysis, programming... analysis and design
of publication systems... cryptography, security... TCP/IP, HTTP,
XML, CGI, CICS, TSO... DB2, VSAM... IIS, Apache... open source,
Java, C, Lisp, Cobol, SQL, JCL... Unix, Linux, GNU, Windows,
OS/390, MVS.

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Record
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En passant, Aurora, IL
January 1990 -- present
Variously: Web and print publishing consultant, editor, journalist.
    Analyze, design, and produce presentation-quality,
    information-rich Web and print publications and publication
    systems.

BlueCross BlueShield Association, Chicago, IL
November 1997 -- February 1999
Web technical executive/senior Web business analyst.
    Specified and built an Internet/Intranet collaborative work
    environment; set toolchain and development standards;
    introduced technology.

Montgomery Ward Signature Group, Schaumburg, IL
November 1996 -- September 1997
Senior Internet business analyst.
    Designed/evaluated object-oriented processes; designed and
    built OS/390 Internet distributed database applications (CICS
    TCP/IP socket code).

Caprel Consulting, Hinsdale, IL
February 1994 -- June 1995
Internet publishing consultant.
    Built and managed company Internet business, including
    Web/Net site (DNS, lines, stacks, security); designed
    and authored Web sites; wrote all corporate copy.

McDonald's Corporation, Oak Brook, IL
February 1993 -- February 1994
Network consultant.
    Administered mainframe/client-server network and user
    systems; knowledge covered MVS/ESA, UNIX, NT, OS/2,
    CICS, TSO/ISPF, TCP/IP, NFS, SNA/VTAM, JCL.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, IL
September 1987 -- November 1989
Editor.
    Managed book review and public relations departments
    (placements included CBS news, Wall Street Journal, Washington
    Post, and The New York Times); developed and edited articles.

The Progressive, Madison, WI
January 1987 -- June 1987
Publishing intern.

Daily Chronicle, DeKalb, IL
May 1984 -- December 1986
Reporter.

Valley Illustrators and Publishers, St. Charles, IL
July 1982 -- May 1984
Technical editor.

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Awards
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National Magazine Award, for outstanding journalism in the
national public interest (1988).

Olive Branch Award, for outstanding journalism advancing
international peace (1988, 1989).

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Affiliates
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Voting member, multiple SIGs, Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM; yamada@acm.org).

Voting member, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN).

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Education
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DePaul University, Chicago, IL (1999, 1996),
Certificates with distinction, Computer Science.

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (1984),
M.A. work, Journalism, with teaching assistantship.

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (1982),
B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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