6155 Seminary Avenue, Oakland, California 94605        tel  510.568.5254       e-mail: joesterle@earthlink.net

Resume Summary

• Designer, Educator, Web Site Architect, Researcher, Administrator, Photographer
• Highly educated, creative and adaptable.
• Skilled shifter between generalist and specific orientation.
• Adept at working with individuals and groups of diverse social, economic, ethnic/cultural, age, gender, and educational backgrounds in a congenial, compassionate, and skillful manner.
• Facile verbal, visual, and written communicator and listener.

Web Design, Content and Research; Photography; Computer Consulting
August 2000 to present

              Contract work including:

          Alameda County Library Contract   http://www.aclibrary.org
          Contract to design web component for targeted, low reading ability clientele.

Moison Investments, Inc.  http://www.moison.com
Photography for Real Estate Brokers and computer consulting. 

Oakland Police Department Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Web site
Posted at http://www.ncpcoakland.net . Last phase of design and editing. 

Project Gutenberg
Adminstrative on-going employment contract to fulfill legal and financial requirements of international publishing web site.  

Administrative Director and Web Designer, Oakland Sharing the Vision
1212 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA 94612  tel. 510.238-6707
[now relocated within the City of Oakland City Manager's Office, with same phone]
1999 to 2000

Administrator for nine year old long term strategic planning and advocacy non-profit for the City of Oakland.  Sole employee for seven months transition organization to a City of Oakland governmental organization.

Web design for US Justice Department grant funded Community Policing Web site, in cooperation with the Oakland Police Department and the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils.  Currently consulting with Oakland Police Department to refine web site and train staff.  http://www.ncpcoakland.net  

Administrative Director, Unicode, Inc. P.O. Box 700519, San Jose, CA 95170
(offices in Cupertino, CA) tel. 408.777.3720  http://www.unicode.org
1997 to 1999

• Administrator of international computer software industry consortium, developing, implementing, and promoting the international Unicode Standard, for encoding language scripts design.
• Co-webmaster and project launch team leader. Communications coordinator for half a dozen email lists, voice, and mail communications. Reported to CFO and officers committee.
• Business oversight for the $250,000 non-profit, including: budgeting; membership growth; communications; staff hiring, payroll and benefits; management of web site redesign project.

Administrative Services Supervisor & Daily Operations, Avenidas 450 Bryant Street,
Palo Alto, CA 94301 tel. 650.327.2811
1995 to 1997

• Oversight of daily operations for older adult social service agency with $1 million budget, 5000 clients, and a staff of 17; reporting to the director. One of four programs within Avenidas (formerly the Senior Coordinating Council of Palo Alto).

Multimedia Research Associate, Institute for Research on Learning 66 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 tel. 650.687.7900  http://www.irl.org
1993 to 1995

Team member on work place learning research project under contract with Xerox. Study finished in 1996 with publication of report (available).

Adjunct Professor/Instructor, Course designer
1978 to 1992

Designed and taught photography and/or anthropology courses at:
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN 1992; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1987-1992; University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO 1985; Ohio University, Athens, OH 1980-1982; and, Lafayette Museum of Art, IN 1978-1980.

Photographer, Office of Publications and University News Service, Purdue University
1986 to 1989

Marketing and publishing organ for 37,000 student university. Photography and design of books, brochures, press releases.

Art Museums: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC 1983; Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN 1978-1980

Newspapers: Lafayette Journal and Courier Newspaper , Lafayette, IN; Burlington Free Press Newspaper, Burlington, VT; Barre Times Argus Newspaper, Barre, VT; and Vermont Catholic Tribune Newspaper, Burlington VT

          ABD and MS in Anthropology, Purdue University
           MFA in Photography, Ohio University
           BS in Sociology, Purdue University
          Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Sigma Alpha Academic/Leadership Honorary Societies

Windows 95/97/2000, PC DOS, and MAC OS. ACT
Microsoft Office Professional - Word, Excel, Access, Power Point
Web Programming and Design:  HTML 4, Front Page 2000, FTP
Publication: PageMaker, Power Point, Paint, Photo Shop, Lumina, Super Paint, Canvas, Screen Play, Quick Time multi-media.
Statistical Programs: SPSS
Accounting: Quicken and Quick Books; Excel spreadsheet.