Jim Kropa

jim @ kropa.net

900 2ND ST SE UNIT 404
CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401-2222

319-270-5297

For more info, please view the longer version of my résumé.

Computer Skills

INTERNET & WORLD WIDE WEB. C#, Visual Basic 7.0, Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 & 2.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 & 2005, XML, XPath, XSL, JavaScript, DHTML, ASP, VBScript, CSS, HTML, PHP.

DATABASE & SPREADSHEET. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 & 2005, Microsoft Access, Claris FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Excel.

DESKTOP PUBLISHING. Quark XPress, Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Fireworks.

MULTIMEDIA. Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, DigiDesign Session 8, IQS SAW Plus.

Professional Experience

LEAD DEVELOPER. Geonetric Technologies, Cedar Rapids IA, April 2000-November '01 and January 2003-present. http://www.geonetric.com/

Built customized "Intranet" and "Extranet" applications for Geonetric's clients.
Developed databases, business logic, scripted and object-oriented programming code, and Web page interfaces for specified user tasks.
Continually learned and applied the latest Internet programming technologies.

WORLD WIDE WEB DESIGNER. Inlet, Cedar Rapids IA, 1995-'97 and summer '98.

Designed Web sites, graphics, and pages for Inlet's clients.
Assisted in commercial development of Inlet's Web design software.
After leaving Inlet full time, returned periodically to train new employees.
In summer 1998, refurbished Inlet's online project management & customer service system.

FM RADIO DISC JOCKEY. Part time in commercial music formats, 1995-2000, 2005-present.

For audio samples of me on the air, please listen to my airchecks.

ACTOR. Various roles in mainstage and touring productions and since 1997.

For more information, please look at my professional acting résumé.

Education