Résumé

Matt Bowen
Washington, DC

Employment

  • National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)

    , Washington, DC: October 2006 — February 2008
    Webmaster
    • 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

  • American Institutes for Research

    , Washington, DC: July 2005 — September 2006
    Assistant 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

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