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STEFANO PAPALEO
Born in Trieste l'11/10/1971.
Strada Vecchia dell'Istria, 116 - 34148 Trieste
Tel. +39 040-813850
Cell. 3296916782
e-mail: info@pagineweb.biz; stefano_p@yahoo.com; stefano.papaleo@adriacom.it; webdesign6@tiscali.it
Education
> 1997: Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures at Università degli Studi di Trieste (cum laude);
> 1990: Diploma in Accounting at Istituto Tecnico Commerciale "Leonardo da Vinci" of Trieste (44/60);
> 1999: Certified Software Technician by Enaip di Trieste.
Foreign languages
> English (fluent)
> Spanish (proficient)
> German (scholastic)
Work experience
> Present: free lance teacher (English and Computer Science at several levels; from basic computer skills to office automation, to graphics and web design). I'm also a translator and a web designer. I offer translation, proofreading and localization services for businesses and individuals. This is my eighth year as web master of the Socrates Programme site at the University of Trieste, for which I've also translated the Student Guide. This is also my fourth year as designer of the web site of the University's Internationl Relations Office.
Database development:, developing dynamic websites and databases and web site for Smile Service for and Firma Marianne Zardini.
I have also been building web sites and translating/localizing software products and web sites, technical manuals, instruction manuals, certificates etc.
> 2001-2005: English courses: developed a database project for Illy Caffè S.p.A.I gave a few courses of web and e-business English for Area Science Park and ENAIP in Trieste.
VBA courses for Generali and Access courses for Istituto di Scienze Marine di Trieste.
> 1999-2001:
> Storechecking for Context European Computer Information Services in London;
> Worked with Cæsarnet developing web sites as a web project manager and web designer. I designed several web projects also in Flash® and took charge of the administration of the web werver on a FreeBSD platform.
> IT and English teacher at Orizzonti dell'Est e dell'Ovest, Enaip and Enenkel.
> Worked with Codex s.r.l. on advanced archiving projects.
> In the past few years I've engaged in many activities among which giving lesson of computer science and English at several levels, translations, assisting in bibliografic searches and interlibrary loans. I've also designed several web sites for the University of Trieste and for individuals. Besides, I was busy working with graphics and archiving, too. You can find further details here.
Training
> June 99: Master of Web,held at Alias in Udine. Issues (mostly in a Macintosh® environment) were: web authoring, web usability, web analysis, web server and web connectivity.
> October 98 - May 1999: Professional Training Course for Certified Software Technician at ENAIP in Trieste. Issues: developing small applications Visual Basic® and assisting and consulting customers in a Windows® environment, with a particular concern in MS Office.
> January - March 1998: Professional Training Course for Web Site Producer and Maintainer at ENAIP in Pasian di Prato (Udine)
> September - December 1997: Professional Training Course for Multimedia Designer at ENAIP in Pasian di Prato (Udine)
> April 1997: Advanced Internet Searching course at the Computer Centre of the University of Trieste.
> 1984-85: Course in Information Technology and Basic at "La Repubblica dei Ragazzi" di Trieste
> 1980-82: English courses at Università Popolare in Trieste
Computer skills
> Operating systems: MacOS®, MacOS X®, MS-DOS®, Windows 3.1®, 95/98/ME e NT/2000, Linux
> Office automation: MS Office®, Apple Works®.
> Networking: configuring EtherNet networks; installing & configuring browsing & e-mail clients on Windows®, Mac and Linux.
> Programming: HTML, JavaScript, SQL, ASP. Visual Basic® (currently trying to learn PHP and WML).
> Web authoring: Macromedia Dreamweaver®, Fireworks® and Flash®; MS Frontpage®, Macromedia Homesite®
> Graphic tools: Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Macromedia Fireworks® and Flash®, Corel Draw®. Caere Omnipage®, Kofax Ascent®
> Multimedia Authoring presentation tools : Macromedia Director®, Macromedia Flash®, Microsoft PowerPoint®
> Video Editing: Adobe Premiere®; learning Apple iMovie and Final Cut Pro.
> CAT: Trados®, Wordfast®