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Resume of Karen K. Little

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1970s

  • One of the first women to use a PC. Leader in the newly formed PC User Group–Milwaukee.

  • Co-founded Words Unlimited, the first word processing service in the area. Featured CPT and Wang equipment. Provided medical transcription, writing, and document processing.

  • I was a moderator on ExecPC, the world’s largest bulletin board system at the time. Working alongside ExecPC founder Bob Mahoney, I helped shape early online communities and set the stage for what became today’s global digital networks.

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1980s

  • Moderator on ExecPC, the largest bulletin board system in the world (predecessor to modern platforms like Facebook).

  • Wrote training manual for PKZip.

  • Founded and ran Office Technology Academy, the highest-ranked nonprofit school of its type for the Milwaukee County Private Industry Council. President until 1991.

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1990s

  • Founded Clear Concepts, a freelance writing service.

  • Researched and wrote large manuals for the National Fire Protection Association and Northern Computers.

  • Co-authored the best-selling book Security, ID Systems, and Locks: The Book on Electronic Access Control.

  • Writer for best-selling books on CorelDraw, ColdFusion, and Photoshop.

  • Editor, writer, and illustrator for CorelDraw Magazine.

  • Feature writer for Security Management and Access Control Magazine, among others.

  • Officer and newsletter editor for the Society of Technical Communicators (STC) for ten years.

  • Served Fortune 500 clients based in Milwaukee, WI:

    • Northern Computers

    • Allen-Bradley

    • Johnson Controls

    • PI Electronics

    • Racine Hydraulics

    • Messers

    • Western Plow

    • Everbrite

    • Waste Management

  • Co-authored EZ Information Organization System app for document tracking.

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2000s through 2014

  • Relocated to New York City from Milwaukee, WI.

  • Developed one of the first major ColdFusion commerce websites that included a SQL data feed.

  • Writer, website developer, and trainer. Employee/consultant for:

    • Standard & Poor’s

    • CIT Group (commercial banking)

    • Mitsui OSK Lines

    • Nielsen Company

    • KPMG

    • USA Detergents

    • PaineWebber

    • Imagine Software

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Present

  • Retired in 2014.

  • Maintain skills through all phases of website development and management.

  • Continued sketching and commissioned work.

  • Authority on adult kick scooting; founded the group Let’s Kick Scoot.

  • Survived cancer.

  • Currently managing Tips4LovingLife website and YouTube channel.

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Special Skills

  • Midjourney animation.

  • Managed the development and implementation of data-centered websites for major corporations.

  • Web-based expertise: SQL (Oracle, Sybase, TSQL), Visual Basic, HTML (and related coding), ColdFusion.

  • Adobe products, with strength in vector graphics.

  • Reverse engineering of SQL code.

  • Develop materials for large group training sessions.

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