Résumé
Matt Bowen
Washington, DC
Software and Programming
Employment
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National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
, Washington, DC: October 2006 — February 2008Webmaster
- Designed pages and interactive components, using XHTML, CSS, and Javascript
- Developed software extensions and maintains NCPC’s Content Management System (CMS)
- Developed content for NCPC’s web properties, McGruff.org, NCPC.org, and NCPC’s blog
- Developed long-term strategy for NCPC's web presence
- Developed documentation for NCPC’s web technologies
- Led migration from NCPC’s aging, custom CMS to Plone (an open, standards-based CMS)
- Planed and tested user experience for NCPC web properties
- Managed NCPC’s search engine marking campaign
- Developed department policy
- Trained staff on software use and technological trends
- Represented web team to senior staff
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American Institutes for Research
, Washington, DC: July 2005 — September 2006Assistant Editor
- Copyedited assessment items, web-release items, and technical documents
- Trafficked documents and monitored work flow for department
- Substantively edited manuals
- Developed style guides for new projects
- Proofread assessment items, technical documents, blacklines, and bluelines
- Developed and documented processes for enhancing efficiency
- Wrote technical documents and tutorials
- Analyzed documents for coherence and logic
Education
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University of Maryland at College Park : August 2001 May 2005
- Bachelor of Arts: English (Honors)
- Bachelor of Arts: Economics
Honors
- English Undergraduate Departmental Honors
- College Park Scholars in the Arts, Alumnus and Student Leader
- University of Maryland Senior Summer Scholars, Grant Winner
- Economics Department Senior Scholar
- Dean's List: Fall 2002 to Spring 2005