Just Think Mills (tm) Richard G. Mills
Chicago 815/937-0006 Bourbonnais
    Computer Training & Consulting Experience

richardgmills@ThinkMills.com 54 N. West Avenue   Bourbonnais, IL  60914-1018 (Updated: 022602)

Training
  • Kankakee Community College (February 1995-2001)
        Instructor: Computer Literacy classes and Software Orientation seminars
        •Taught IBM introductory courses, Windows, WordPerfect, and MS-Word
        •Taught Macintosh introductory courses, including use of MS-Word
        •Taught several 8-hour overview seminars, including DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95,
          word-processing features, spreadsheets, and data bases
     
  • JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) (Kankakee County, 1998-1999)
        Welfare-to-Work Trainer: Computer Orientation
        •Trained clients in Windows and MS Word, monthly two-week, 2-hour/day sessions
     
  • Computer Training Associates (Kankakee, 1996)
        Corporate Trainer: DOS, Windows, and Windows 95
        •Learned Windows 95 and MS-Word for Windows 95
        •Trained corporate classes in MS-Word for Windows 95
     
  • Individuals (1995-present)
        Personalized "computer lessons" (flier available)
        •Specializing in individualized assistance for computer setup and training for beginners
        •Trained clients in DOS, Windows, and special uses of WordPerfect
     
  • Parish Bank & Trust Company (Momence)
        Consultant (referral)
        •Introduced bank officer and staff to new computer and Windows usage
     
  • ManPower client companies (Bourbonnais)
        Temporary assignments
        •Assisted secretary-training in MicroSoft Word for Windows
        •Assisted secretary-training in WordPerfect for Windows
     
  • Rohm and Haas Chemical Company (Kankakee)
        Consultant
        •Trained staff on use of template and macros, as well as on other WordPerfect features
     
  • Law Office of Tina M. Olton (Momence)
        Consultant
        •Trained secretaries in new systems
    Consulting
  • Epilepsy Foundation South Central Wisconsin (Fall, 1998-present, off-site)
        •Designed, produced, and maintain the entire 45+ page EFSCW Web site
        •Created all graphics for the site
        •Wrote the EFSCWebNews intro article
        •Created a related Interactive EFSCW support and discussion group Web site
     
  • Global Steel Trading, Inc. (Bourbonnais, 1996-1999, off-site)
        •Restructured and reorganized broadcast-fax database using Symantec's "ACT!"
        •Created various queries by state, product type, etc.
        •Designed various fax-page graphics templates
        •Managed MediaTel broadcast faxing
     
  • Benevia (Equal) (Manteno, off-site)
        •Wrote a multileveled database program in Microsoft Access, with scanned-in employee
          timesheet storage and viewing capabilities
        •Maintained timesheet records in Excel and ran periodic reports
     
  • Individuals
        •Providing phone help on specialized problems with Windows, Word, ACT!, et al.
        •Helped client transfer data from proprietary DOS applications to Windows WordPerfect
          files for personalized modifications
        •Advised on upgrades, trouble-shot operational problems (on phone)
     
  • Parish Bank & Trust Company (Momence)
        •Consulted on purchase of new computer
        •Set up PS/1 computer and monitor
        •Backed up program files and installed mortgage program
        •Troubleshot and resolved program and hardware problems
     
  • Law Office of Tina M. Olton (Momence)
        •Wrote a six-panel integrated DataPerfect client-info/ file-info/ short-or-itemized-invoicing/
          end-of-month-billing database program with client-/file-info transfer to WordPerfect
          letters and forms ["Lawfiles™"]
        •Wrote on-line directions and help screens for Lawfiles program
        •Wrote primary and secondary merge programs for integrating DataPerfect program with WP
        •Wrote various batch-file loading programs to facilitate transferring between conflicting DOS and
          Windows programs
        •Installed mini-network hardware & software to 3 work stations
        •Assisted in upgrade from PS/2 system with MS-DOS to PC-486 system with MS-Windows
        •Assisted in upgrade from WordPerfect 5.0 to 5.2 (for Windows)
        •Installed, transferred programs; transferred, upgraded files
     
  • Rohm and Haas Chemical Company (Kankakee)
        •Created template and macros for converting operating, laboratory, and similar procedures into
          ISO-acceptable format
        •Reformatted tables into reusable templates
        •Created macros to change and combine tables and table formats