A position as TECHNICAL WRITER and/or INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER.

• PC, DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, MAC, UNIX
• Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Microsoft Project
• Web design for Internet - Microsoft Front Page and Image Composer, HTML, DHTML, GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, Macromedia Shockwave, CGI, Java, JavaScript, CSS, Macromedia Flash and Generator
• Authoring systems - Adobe Framemaker, Adobe PDF, Macromedia Director, Apple HyperCard, UNIX Authoring Instructional Materials System, company proprietary systems
• Interactive multimedia - Macromedia Director
• Graphics - Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Image Composer and PhotoDraw
• Video and sound editing
• Flowcharting - Inspiration (similar to Visio)
• WordPerfect, Adobe PageMaker
• eCommerce
• Streaming media - Real Producer and Publisher

Internet courses:
XML, xml.com, 2001.
Adobe Framemaker, adobe.com; eCommerce, Java, digitalthink.com, blackboard.com, 2000.

Seminars:
Macromedia Flash, San Diego, CA, 2001.

Master of Arts, Education (MAEd), Educational Technology (Instructional Design)
San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA, 1997.
Emphasis in analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating computer-based training (CBT), web-based training (WBT), distance learning, interactive multimedia, and classroom instruction. Experience in writing, needs analysis, learning theories, information mapping, working with subject-matter-experts (SMEs), project planning and management, and budgeting.

Courses:
Adobe Pagemaker, San Diego Community College District, 1992.

Guru/Writer/Webmaster/eCommerce/Internet Audio and Telephony (volunteer)
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Global Education, San Diego, CA, 2000.
Wrote, analyzed, and designed web pages on audio and telephony for Global Learning Day IV, round-the-world nonstop educational webcast, spotlighting exceptional providers of distance education and technology throughout the world. Linked from < http://www.bfranklin.edu/bfi > as "Experience the New Technology of Internet Audio and Telephony"; direct URL is < http://sites.netscape.net/stevenkossor1018/franklin >.

Instructional Designer/Web Development Consultant,
Distance Education using the Internet (student position)
San Diego State University, Interwork Institute, 1997.
Designed, developed, and wrote generic web site for Guam, Disability and Society. Developed extensive needs analysis including comprehensive online survey on short notice. Interviewed faculty and staff. Web site now being used in Grossmont College course.
< https://chuck77.tripod.com/interwork/home.htm >

Graduate Assistant/Web Development (student position)
San Diego State University, College of Health and Human Services, 1997.
Developed and wrote materials for college’s web pages. Converted newsletters and public relations materials to web format. Revised existing web pages for greater readability and graphic look.

Writer/Incorporator
MindStar, Inc., San Diego, CA, 1993-1994.
Developed nonprofit corporation, wrote Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, conducted meetings.

Grant Writer
The Meeting Place, San Diego, CA, 1992-1993.
Researched grant opportunities and wrote grant proposals for nonprofit corporation.

• Rohr Industries (Senior Technical Writer), Chula Vista, CA
• Cubic (Senior Engineering Writer), San Diego, CA
• Columbia Research Corp. (naval subcontractor, Lead Technical Writer), San Diego, CA
• Pertec Computer Corp., Los Angeles, CA
• Mattel Electronics (Technical Editor), Hawthorne, CA.

1 year as Instructional Designer for Naval Education & Training Support Center Pacific, San Diego, CA. Experience similar to listings above for SDSU MAEd program.

International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
Society for Technical Communication (STC), past Publicity Chair
Digital Design & Electronics Publishing SIG (DDSIG), San Diego Computer Society
HTML Writers' Guild (HWG)
International Webmasters' Association (IWA)
PC World Online Advisory Council
Real Networks Partner

(U.S.) President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, Designated Participant
San Diego County Mental Health Services, Community Award
Who’s Who of the Southwestern United States
American Educational Research Association (AERA), Reviewer-at-Large
Phi Delta Kappa (PDK), National Education Honorary Society
Kodak Teenage Movie Awards, Honorable Mention
Bank of America Achievement Award in Mathematics
California Scholarship Federation (CSF)

Founder, CEO, Instructional Designer, Webmaster
MindStar, Inc., nonprofit corporation for mental health education, San Diego, CA, 1992-2001.
Produced Macromedia Director interactive multimedia computer-based projects on health education - nutrition, drugs. Produced workshop about Internet.

Evaluator
Community Research Foundation's The Corner Clubhouse, San Diego, CA, 1997.
Conducted year-long evaluation project on vocational rehabilitation. Developed two beta instruments including focus group.

Assistant Digital Media Director
Student Association of Graduates in Educational Technology (SAGE)
San Diego State University, Dept. of Educational Technology, 1997.
Evaluated websites.