LEANNE YANABU: Website Design and Development
2710 San Joaquin SE     Albuquerque, NM 87106     (505) 255-7794     leanne@olopua.com

WEB SITES
Specializing in small business and non-profit organizations' website design and maintenance
Long Term Ecological Resource Network   Long Term Ecological Resource Network
April 2010 - present

I'm learning the open source content management system Drupal and updating content on the websites with the LTER staff.

Psychic Impressions   Psychic Impressions
March 2010

I helped this afterlife communications company optimize their search engine results with one-on-one training and technical advice. 

PresNet   TEK Systems
August 2009 - March 2010

I was a TEK Systems contractor on assignment with Presbyterian Healthcare Services (see below). I also trained Presbyterian's new Web Designer.

 "This looks great, I'm really impressed and happy with how you laid it out and the text you drafted gives us a good start. I really like the graphic, too...Great work Leanne!"

-- Ms. Pam Mason, Presbyterian Human Resource Coordinator

Dynamic Phonics  

Morgan's Dynamic Phonics
1998 - 2009

This local company produces workbooks and textbooks on learning to read. I do occasional site content maintenance for the owner, Ken Morgan. In 2009 I redesigned the website from this to this.

PHS   Presbyterian Healthcare Services
October 1998 - April 2009

Presbyterian is the largest non-profit healthcare organization in New Mexico, with more than 9,000 employees operating numerous facilities statewide. I updated content on the intranet on a team with web administrators and programmers, and served as a Oracle Web Content Management software resource for other employees to keep the internet site current.

 "Delighted with your work and the fast turn around -- greatly impacts and contributes to the development of our Presbyterian employees and the health of our patients!""

-- Ms. Johanna Stiesmeyer, Presbyterian Clinical Education and Nursing Research Director

CLARO  

Center for Latin American Resources and Outreach
May 2005 - September 2005

Aimed at a grade school teaching audience, this site features colorful photographs drawn from the Resources for Teaching About the Americas database.
  

PhatStudent  

PhatStudent
July 2005 - September 2005

This New York program taught entrepreneurialism to economically disadvantaged high school students. They wanted a look that was clean and business-like, with very few graphics. This site had a blog, e-commerce links, and lesson plans.
  

LAII

Latin American Institute
December 1999 - December 2003

I redesigned the Latin American Institute website in 2002. With the redesign, students and staff can update news, events, and bios. The LAII web admin also built a new searchable staff and faculty directory, and website search.
  

SWHCR  

Southwest Health Care Recruiters
March 2000 - present

I designed and developed this simple, fast-loading site for Southwest Health Care Recruiters, including the logo. 
  

LARR  

Latin American Research Review
November 1998 - December 2001

Edited at UNM. Archived back issues on-line. This academic journal is now a full-text on-line journal. I designed the lively, attractive interface and converted eight years of back issues into searchable on-line articles.

  "The (web pages) look GREAT. Thank you for your speedy good work. I appreciate you every day."

-- Rebecca Bannister, former Latin American Data Base Director

Retanet

Resources for Teaching About the Americas
2002-2003

This site redesign was a collaborative effort between the department director, the education facilitator, the web administrator, and myself. I designed the graphics, layout, and color scheme, with feedback from the team. The difference between the old site (first designed around 1996) and the redesign was striking.
  

BDA  

Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
March 1999 - March 2000

A national non-profit organization for people interested in natural farming methods. I redesigned and reorganized the website, which features a Rudolf Steiner biography, excerpts from their quarterly publication, and a database of U.S. and Canadian community supported farms.

BRASA  

Brazilian Studies Association
September 1999

An international, interdisciplinary group of Brazilian humanities and social science interests. This website had been designed but not uploaded. I cleaned up the code, verified the links, organized the navigation, edited the text, and selected images.  

AIDS Walk  

1998 and 1999 AIDS Walk Albuquerque
July 1998 - July 1999

The Eighth Annual 1999 AIDS Walk Albuquerque was sponsored by New Mexico AIDS services and benefited New Mexico AIDS service providers. This pro-bono website featured an on-line signup form and many photos.

  "You were able to help us join the 20th century with a professionally designed site. We heard many wonderful comments. People felt it was a very valuable resource."

-- Laura Kesselman-Jones, Albuquerque AIDS Walk Director

BBMSL  

Bainbridge Bunting Memorial Slide Library
December 1998 - June 1999

The BBMSL is a research library within the Fine Arts Department at UNM. The updated, professional website with improved navigation that I made helped them apply for foundation and government grants.

PRO  

Parents Reaching Out (PRO) of New Mexico
June 1998 - June 1999

This site helps parents of disabled children connect and communicate throughout the state of New Mexico. Lots of pictures of cute children, but with a serious purpose.
 

Ceram  

Center for Radioactive Waste Management
June 1998 - Oct 1998

The Center for Radioactive Waste Management conducted radioactive waste management research in conjunction with UNM and outside contractors. This website featured an interactive form and animated gif logos.  

Tamarind  

Tamarind Institute
March 1988 - May 1998

Tamarind Institute is a lithography workshop, gallery, and educational entity affiliated with the University of New Mexico. This website has about twenty major pages and numerous illustrations. Special features include: a searchable research abstracts database and order forms for their books, videos, and gift items. I expanded and maintained the web site, adding pages on the  history, gallery, and special editions such as the Word suite.  

Cannon's  

Cannon's SweetHots
1998

This is a commercial website for a family-owned and operated company in New Mexico. It was a very simple, five-page site, but it covered the basics and I was able to build it for a very reasonable cost.

Where?  

Where Are You From?
1997

This website was created in conjunction with my Master's of Fine Arts thesis at the University of Southern Illinois. I explored issues of belonging, community, and spirituality. I created all photographs, graphics and text on the site. Special features include Quick Time and Quick Time Virtual Reality animations.

EMPLOYMENT

Web Content Manager, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998 - 2009
Assisted site owners charged with maintaining the +700 page external website and responsible for the design and maintenance of the +900 page internal website.

  "I really want to thank...you and your web team for your work on our web site and your willingness to respond to what we thought our needs were concerning the layout and location of this site. Exactly what we needed. Thank you again!"

-- Bill Norris, South Central Colfax County Special Hospital District, Presbyterian Healthcare Services


HTML editor
, Latin American Database, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998
Converted articles from print to HTML for a searchable database of whole-text journals. Formatted large tables and optimized web graphics.

Web site developer, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998
Expanded and maintained web site. Created t-shirt and apron logos.

Graphic Designer, Net21st and Ski Rio, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997
Created design, layout and logos for several commercial website proposals. Created business cards, advertisements, brochures, rack cards, and updated two major ski resort trail maps. Designed, illustrated, and photographed graphic pieces for a multimedia proposal.

  Successfully met all deadlines for Ski Rio and Cuchara Ski Resort

Graduate Assistant, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1994 - 1997
Initiated webpage design, development, and maintenance. Photographed extensively in color and black and white. Created graphic design for books, posters, fliers, and postcards.

  "Leanne was very dedicated...She put more time in than almost everyone else ever...one of the exceptional students."

-- Matt McCrimmon, Apple Center Manager


OTHER EXPERIENCE

Agriculture/Gardening Extension Agent, United States Peace Corps, Mali, West Africa, 1991 - 1993

Gallery Exhibit Researcher, Installer, and Monitor, Haverford College, PA, 1985 - 1990

Bookbinder, Haverford College, Pennsylvania 1987 - 1990

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Capable in the following applications and techniques:

  Adobe Photoshop   Oracle Universal Content Management   Usability Testing
  Adobe Dreamweaver   Excellent editing and writing skills   Link checking and Google Analytics
  HTML/XML/CSS   Presentation and Training experience   Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn user
  Microsoft Office, including Frontpage   Search Engine Optimization   Award-winning Black & White and Color Photography

EDUCATION

M.F.A. Photography, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale, Illinois, 1997

B.A. Philosophy, HAVERFORD COLLEGE, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1989

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Last updated: March 19, 2012