Mara Williams

Mara Williams

530-219-5851

Current Education

Associate of Applied Science

Computer Programming

Lane Community College Eugene, OR Expected June 2023 Front End Web Development Career Pathway Certificate Database Specialist Career Pathway Certificate

Scholarships and Awards

Robert and Bernice Ingalls Staton Scholarship for Technical Career Degree Students Lane County Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Grant Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Software Skills

Design
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Procreate
Microsoft Business
Office 365
SharePoint
PowerQuery
PowerApps
PowerAutomate
Skills and Languages
Intermediate level C#
JavaScript
SQL
CSS
HTML
Bootstrap 5
Development Environments
Visual Studio
Visual Studio Code
MySql
Sql Server 2019

Experience

Student Tutor Computer Information Technology Lab Lane Community College Eugene, OR September 2022 - Present
  • Provide one on one tutoring in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Adobe Creative Cloud applications
  • Listen to students to set learning goals that meet their needs
  • Employ multiple strategies to explain technical concepts
Equity in Contracting Program Coordinator City of Eugene Eugene, OR March 2020 - June 2021
  • Collected, organized, presented data on supplier diversity purchasing trends to show how the City of Eugene spent money on Women-Owned, Veteran-Owned, Minority-Owned, and Emerging Small Businesses
  • Produced custom tools using MS Excel, SharePoint, PowerApps to streamline data collection and share insights more easily
  • Partially automated a manual process to transfer data from editable pdfs to Excel, reducing the time it took to create monthly reports on sub-contractor use

  • Created data visualizations for slide decks, newsletter articles, and reports to council. Designed a single-page infographic version of City Public Contracting rules using a branching decision tree model for use in Finance trainings

Deputy Operations Chief, Immunization Branch Covid-19 Emergency Operations Center City of Eugene Eugene, OR February 2021 - June 2021
  • Managed all incoming requests for City staff to work at COVID-19 immunization clinics put on by Lane County, Bethel School District, University of Oregon
  • Initiated standard forms required for billing and reimbursement from state and federal agencies
  • Tracked clinic request details using SharePoint Lists to support ad hoc data requests from Operations Chief
  • Eliminated need for three part-time administrative staff to email appointment confirmations manually for Personal Protective Equipment distribution program. Developed a powerAutomate flow with ISD staff to automatically generate appointment confirmations.
  • Cleaned first round PPE program data using Excel PowerQuery in order to report accurate data in EOC official documents
Library Assistant III Sheldon Branch Library City of Eugene Eugene, OR September 2018 - September 2019
  • Worked one day per week at branch circulation desk
  • Provided technical support and digital literacy training to patrons on library computers and personal devices
  • Demonstrated online search strategies to empower patrons to use library resources more confidently
  • Hosted activities where patrons could try Virtual Reality devices, taught first-time users how to navigate an unfamiliar user interface
Library Assistant I Sheldon and Bethel Branch Libraries City of Eugene Eugene, OR May 2017 - March 2020
  • Independently manage workflow of returned materials and daily deliveries from other library branches
  • Led two staff development book group discussions on homelessness and addressing racism
  • Perform routine manual tasks throughout the workday precisely and consistently
Educational Technology Graduate Teaching Fellow Center for Media and Educational Technology University of Oregon Eugene, OR July 2015 to June 2016
  • Conducted in-person workshops for users during rollout of new cloud-based Learning Management Software (LMS)
  • Wrote and edited help topics and step by step user interface guides for embedding videos using Kanopy, connecting anti-plagiarism software, changing global course visibility settings
  • Assisted faculty by troubleshooting course file import errors and adapted course material to available tools in new LMS
  • Tested new UI features and plug-ins according to the monthly department testing schedule. Documented bugs thoroughly and researched solutions on LMS forums

Previous Education and Training

Master of Arts, Media Studies
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Bachelor of Arts, Medieval Studies
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
IS-100: Introduction to ICS
IS-700: Introduction to NIMS
IS-200: Basic ICS
IS-520: Introduction to Continuity of Operations Planning for Pandemic Influenzas
Conflict Resolution and De-escalation
Verbal Judo
Homelessness 201: A Deeper Understanding of the Lives of People Experiencing Homelessness
Resolving Liberal VS. Conservative Conflict In The Workplace