Writing Samples:
"Build it AndWill
They Come?"
N'Digo Magapaper
July 2005
The Future is In Your Face
Book
"Sweatshops or No Sweat"
N'Digo Magapaper
October 2004
"It Won't Be Easy To Be Green"
The Council To Save The Planet Blog
"Crossing The Digital Divide"
N'Digo Magapaper
November, 2004
Shirley, This'll Piss
Someone off
(Blog Commentary)
Conrad Lawrence
(CV/Work Resume)
Creative Narrative
Resume
N'Digo Magapaper
July 2005
The Future is In Your Face
Book
"Sweatshops or No Sweat"
N'Digo Magapaper
October 2004
"It Won't Be Easy To Be Green"
The Council To Save The Planet Blog
"Crossing The Digital Divide"
N'Digo Magapaper
November, 2004
Shirley, This'll Piss
Someone off
(Blog Commentary)
Conrad Lawrence
(CV/Work Resume)
Creative Narrative
Resume
CONRAD LAWRENCE
1707 W. Division,Chicago, IL 60622
773.772.2348
storytel@WELL.com
EXPERIENCE
Career Summary:
COMMUNICATIONS/WRITING/JOURNALISMVISUAL FINE ART/GRAPHIC ART/WEB CREATION
FILMMAKER/PHOTOGRAPHER
DEVELOPMENT/PROJECT MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS ANALYST
PROGRAMMING/APPLICATION MANAGMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE
SOCIAL SERVICES/COUNSELING
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN
DEVELOPMENT/PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 1980 - Present
PYRAMID CAREER INSTITUTE, Chicago, IL 1/06 -- Present
- Developed curriculums and lesson plans in both paper and web based formats
- Assessed purchasable curriculums
- Implemented curriculums and taught lesson plans as staff teacher/developer
- Developed, implemented curriculum and lesson plans as independent contractor to women's health agency.
- Created processes for expediting Work First client job placement
- Developed and implemented assignment tracking database/process for high school program.
BANK ONE CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL BANK, Chicago, IL 6/00-- 10/03
- Project Manager/Analyst on $24mil project to create a unified customer service platform for five merged banking entities.
- Project Manager/Analyst on $30mil project to replace existing remittance banking system
- Analyst/Project Manager on $750,000 project to upgrade front end for middle markets remittance banking
- Project Manager for $700,000 project to replace front end for Large Corporate Customer Service
- Project Manager/Analyst on a sundry of smaller upgrade projects
- Implemented installation of new WAN & Internet network connections to five remote sites
- Oversaw tasks lists generated from weekly meetings and focus groups for remittance image scanning development group
FIRST CHICAGO CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL BANK, Chicago, IL 9/95 --6/00
- Developed, documented and implemented Business Resumption/Disaster Recovery plan and testing for Large Corporate Customer Service that included facility and system component failure recovery/resumption
INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO PRODUCER 6/85 - 6/90
Produced Corporate Image/Industrial/Training/Recruitment films for clients including Kraft Foods, Amoco Oil.Produced Directed Music Videos, including And Band "Marshmallow Song" for MTV.
Produced and Directed Educational Video for Madison General Hospital Social Services department
RUSTAD/WICKHEM FILM & VIDEO 5/83 - 5/85
- Produced Corporate Image/Industrial/Training/Recruitment films for clients including Miller Brewing.
- Produced television commercials
CINÉMON, A FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY 8/80 - 5/83
- Assistant Producer on various television commercials, industrial and corporate films and video.
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, B.A. Communications ArtsPROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Independent Writers of Chicago (Board Member)
- National Writers Union
- National Association of Work Force Developers
- Chicago Dramatists (Network Playwright)
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Chicago Artist Coalition
CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER EXPERIENCE/INTERESTS
- Project Management Lifecycle methodologies:
- o PMP
- o Delivery Process (Bank One proprietary)
- o Summit D.
- CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster)
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Project
- Highly proficient in Visio.
- Trained in Improv at 2nd City
- PADI certified diver
The Council to Save The Planet
andWhimsical Surreality
