Picture of Me Kelly Jo Garner
112 Windsor Circle
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516
(919) 969-7710 (home)
kelly@unc.edu



Vital Statistics


Came into the world on October 18th, 1974 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.


Relevant Work Experience

  • August 1998-present Back at SunSITE-USA working with the Cisco Educational Archives. See below.

  • June 1998-August 1998 Employee of the Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, North Carolina; duties included general maintenance of the computers, store, and inventory as well as book reviews and recommendations. Dealt extensively with the book-buying public.

  • February 1998 - June 1998 Technical and administrative support at FirstNet of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. Duties include adding and removing users, updating web pages, maintaining basic system performance, and assisting users on the phone.

  • October 1997: Instructor at Remington College, Lafayette, Louisiana. Responsible for instruction of 60 students in a 4-week intensive course on Windows 95.

  • January 1995 - August 1997: Work at SunSITE-USA developing and archiving the Cisco Educational Archives (CEARCH) (located at http://sunsite.unc.edu/cisco/), one of the world's leading resources for educators and administrators. Additional self- created projects are the Virtual North Carolina archives (http://sunsite.unc.edu/kelly/vnc/) and maintenance of other random pages on SunSITE (http://sunsite.unc.edu/wdg/ being one).

    Responsibilities include answering mail, setting up archival systems, and graphics creation and design. Over 5,000 people look at the Cisco Educational Archives daily. Additional experience of Nerf Weaponry Advisor in the SunSITE office at UNC-Chapel Hill.

  • April 1994 - September 1995: Work at the University of North Carolina Press developing and maintaining their World Wide Web and gopher spaces; duties include the indexing and retrieval of information and graphic design. (http://sunsite.unc.edu/uncpress/)

  • Spring 1995: Technical advisor for Ventana Press, formerly of Carrboro, North Carolina, on the book Windows Internet Tour Guide, second edition. Made technical editorial changes as well as testing software to accompany the final book.

  • Fall 1993-Summer 1994: SysOp for LaUNChpad, UNC's experimental Bulletin Board System with over 10,000 users. Non-paid position as a result of GIGO's (UNC student computing group) involvement with the administration of this machine, a Dec 5000/200 running Ultrix (!).

  • November 1992 - November 1994: Office of Information Technology (now known as ATN), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Informational Facilities - computer lab attendant; duties comprised of direct one on one contact with users and computer maintenance & troubleshooting


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    Education

    August 1997- May 1998: Student at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Classes taken in French and Louisiana folklore.

    August 1992 - May 1995; August 1998-present: Student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

    August 1989-May 1992: Pinecrest High School, Southern Pines, North Carolina.


    Extracurricular Activities

    St Anthony Hall -- Delta Psi Xi.

    North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholar, 1992-1996.

    Supercomputing volunteer, Washington D.C. Fall 1994.

    Founding member of GIGO