M. Elizabeth Fraser
3940 Pepperidge Ct.
Woodbridge VA 22192
703-590-0469
mfraser@gmu.edu or elizabeth.fraser@lycos.com

Skill Sets

· IT Project Management, Website Design and Analysis; Technical and Scientific Writing; Research, Public Relations

· Reports, Editing, Data Administration, Photo-collages, Website Management

· Content Management, Event Publications, Annual or Progress Reports

· Models or software: CMMI,^Ò SDLC (PMI), LiveLink,^Ò MS Project 2003, MS Office XP, MS FrontPage, HTML, Visio, Oracle 9i (PL SQL), Macromedia Dreamweaver/Fireworks/Flash

Employment and Experience

Intern, Systems and Process Engineering, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Information Technology, Defense Group, McLean VA
Summer 2006

Senior Writer and IT Associate, Institute for Law and Justice
2000-2006

Web Design / Editorial Associate / Technical Writer, Institute for Law and Justice
1992-2000, Alexandria VA

Database Editor/Proofreader, Biochemical and Geological databases, William Byrd Press, Springfield, VA
1990-1992

Senior Project Assistant, National Academy of Sciences, Medical Follow-Up Agency,
Washington D.C., 1988-1990

Public Safety Statistician (U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Berlin, Germany)

Corporate Credit Analyst (Jr. Lending Officer), Amexbank GmbH, Frankfurt, (ABA certified: balance sheet analysis)

Education

George Mason University, B.S. Information Technology with Minor in Chemistry (Senior, degree expected 2006-07)

· Awarded scholarship: Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), 2004-2005

· Awarded Dean’s scholarship, Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, 2003-2004

University of Maryland, 1986, A.S., Computer Sciences

College of William and Mary, Health Sciences – incomplete (left in good standing to go to work)

Summary of Relevant Experience

Elizabeth Fraser has over 15 years experience in technical and analytical writing, Web management and planning, reports, customer communications, and publications design. For Northrop Grumman Corporation, Elizabeth developed a training effectiveness questionnaire for workforce development and has been coordinating a trade study for software tools to support process improvement appraisals (for CMMI). Mrs. Fraser has worked on IT projects, criminal justice research, and publishing for the natural sciences. For the Institute for Law and Justice, she maintained and designed websites; edited publications for international conferences; and oversaw production of online and print presentations. At Mason, she has nearly completed a rigorous program in Information Technology with a minor in Chemistry (BS IT, GPA 3.75).

Elizabeth also has substantial experience in client relations. She understands IT requirements generation, has researched technical requirements, coordinated multi-media events, and trained federal grantees to use electronic meetings (listserv's). In addition, she has used, in professional settings, ArcSoft Pstudio (graphics development), ASP, Javascript, VBA-Excel, and other Internet tools. Mrs. Fraser has studied programming with PL SQL -- introductory level, Java --introductory level, and older languages --Pascal/Fortran/COBOL.

Previously, Mrs. Fraser maintained biochemical and geological databases for Byrd Press in Springfield, Virginia. For USAB Berlin Public Safety, she gathered, analyzed, and presented Military Police and Training Accident statistical information periodically with graphical illustrations for senior command staff. She has also worked for the banking industry and is fluent in German (competent in Spanish and French).

Professional Memberships

· ACM-SIGGRAPH (Association for Computing Machinery – Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques special interest section)

· AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) Student Branch, GMU