Dana M Schutte

217 W German School Rd
Richmond, Virginia 23225
804-683-2028
Email: danyea at gmail.com

Employment History:

Ellwood Thompsons Local Market 4 N Thompson St, Richmond, Virginia 23221,
Prep Cook, Dec 2007 - Feb 2008
Meat Dept Manager, Feb 2008 - May 2008
Cheese Steward, June 2008 - current
Member of the Indulge Team, which includes Wine, Beer, Gourmet and Cheese, with a focus on Cheese production, merchandising and sales. Customer service, ordering, receiving, processing invoices, inventory. Primary lead on conducting classes for the public on a monthly basis, education, conducting tastings. Cross trained in selling and pairing of wine and beer for customers, receiving orders, putting stock away on the floor and in the cellar. Stocking and rotation of beer in the cooler.

Whole Foods Market 1765 California St, San Francisco, California,
Specialty Dept Team Member, Floor Supervisor, May 1999-Jan 9, 2000
Specialty Dept Team Member, Charcuterie Buyer, Sept 2001-Aug 2005
Speciality Dept Team Member, Floor Supervisor, Sept 2003-April 2005
Speciality Dept Cheese Specialist, April 2005- October 2007
Duties: Customer Service, Purchase and Selection of products in the dept, including cheese, chocolates, caviar, olives and crackers. Merchandising of the dept, large display work, setting of multi deck set, coffin case set. Cutting, tasting, rotation of cheeses, testing for ripeness, suggestive sales, growing knowledge in the different process in which cheese is made and ripened. Growing knowledge of wines, varietals and pairing of wines with types of foods. Receiving and rotation of stock and products in the cooler and storage areas of the store. Teaching and Education of staff and customers in the form of classes and seminars which are regularly scheduled. Former member of the American Cheese Society.

Inclusion, Inc. 4699 El Camino Real Suite 100, Los Altos, CA, 94022,
Engineering Team, CML Engineer, July 2000-August 2001
Independent Contractor, September 2001-December 2001
Duties: To implement our software into customer sites, using knowledge of properitary code to customize standard package to suit individual customer needs. Serving as backup developer in continuing to refine standard package, fixing bugs, assisting with QA. Responsible for maintaining code updates, as the standard package changes, implementing them into the customer sites. Software worked with in this position are BBEdit, Photoshop, CVS, Interarchy, every platform of browser on multiple operating systems, osX & 9, Win2000, WinNT, Linux, Solaris 7. Use of some Javascript. XML. DHTML.

Cyberfrog Designs Independent Web Designer, 1995-current
Duties: Freelanced design of Web sites for individuals and small business, providing a web presence, consulting about approaches to web presence and start up design. Usage of Dynamic as well as Static HTML Authoring. Currently coding sites in xhtml 1.1, using css 2.0 standards. Working mostly with nonprofit entities based in San Francisco.

WholePeople.com 690 Pennsylvania Ave Suite 110, San Francisco, California,
Web Development Office, Community Team, Event Producer, Jan 10, 2000-June 17, 2000
Event Producer is responsible for two of the three primary spectra of good community hosting: technical and logistical. "We are the force behind the action." The major technical responsibility involves getting to know and love the backend system we use for Forums and Live Chats. Event Producers use this knowledge to guide Hosts through their Forums, helping them to be effective, kind, and consistent in their presence on their Forums. We also manage production and logistics for live Event Chats relevant to their Forums, and support each other when needed for Events outside their Forums.

Central Market 4001 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, Texas
Deli Department, June 1997-1999
Duties: Customer service, direct customer relations in dealing with fulfilling orders for products at the counter. Extensive knowledge in specialty meats, including a broad range of Italian, German and Spanish imported products. Knowledge to including proper preparation of various products, correct slicing of products to be used in professional use and presentation by catering, restaurant and private chef uses. Working knowledge of ordering, receiving, storing, rotation of product to ensure exceptional quality of products to all customers.

Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept. of Housing & Community Development 501 N 2nd St, Richmond, Virginia 23219,
Administration Division, Fiscal Management Office, Fiscal Assistant 1993-1996
Duties: Verifying and processing vouchers for payment to vendors, employees; filing system; manage mail room, including incoming and outgoing US Mail, manage shipping process and handle accounts for FedEx and UPS; maintain and control agency motor pool, maintain scheduling and servicing, compiling use reports for the Dept of Transportation; site administrator for Xerox machines; courier for the administration, including pick up or payroll, delivery of bank daily deposit, pickup and delivery of various documents to and from other state agencies, state legislation and offices of the executive branches of the state government.

Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept of Housing & Community Development Administration Division, Computer Services, Computer Operator, 1992-1993
Duties: Installation and upgrade of software on office PCs; maintain inventory of all hardware and software usage in the agency; perform basic troubleshooting and printer conflict problems; assist in the maintenance of a HP 3000 mini, performing daily backs of 3000.

More work experience including retail can be furnished. Personal references are also available upon request.

Computer Skills:

Member of the International Guild of Gay Webmasters. Now defunct organization.
MUSHer, member of the MUSHing community since 1989.
Longtime member of AmberMUSH and former administrator of Shadowstorm MUSH. I have experience in both the shell needed to support a MUSH, as well as the softcoding that can be done inside the MUSH for building.
Experienced Internet user, has been online since '88 with extensive familiarity of the World Wide Web. OS platforms of Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and NT, MacIntosh os9 and osX, along with various flavors of unix. Currently a dedicated os X user.

Other Skills:

Useful understanding of computers in their use and operation, with a desire to expand specific knowledge in troubleshooting and design. Experience in procedures of office operations, including filing, record keeping, inventory maintenance, database entry, database administration, vouchering and fiscal operations. Timekeeping and employee supervision, purchasing and supply as well as retail security are also skills gained from previous employment.