J a c q u e l i n e M. C a p t a i n
Employment
1998–present Applications Engineer Specialist, American Family Mutual Insurance, Madison, WI
Duties: Manage projects for corporate initiatives and strategic efforts, such as the Sales Initiation Suite to rewrite electronic applications and quoting to the web; the Commercial Lines to Customer Billing project; and New State Expansion. Analyze specifications and plan; design, develop, maintain, and document solutions for internal and external clients. Code, test, and debug mainframe COBOL and CICS programs for Commercial Lines Insurance.
2003–present Proofreader and editor, Isthmus Architecture, Inc., Madison, WI
Duties: Proofread typeset copy of Historical Structure Report for the State Capitol Building (Book 1: Historical Background) in preparation for the final printing; also provide feedback on content of chapters and organizational structure. Assist in project management, research and editing of the Historic Structure Report for the Unitarian Meeting House, by Frank Lloyd Wright.
2003–present Editor, Casey’s World Books, Goblin Fern Press, Madison, WI
Duties: Edit and proofread manuscripts for Casey’s World Books in all stages, including working with the author and illustrator, signing off on changes to the typeset copy, and guiding through publication.
1995–present Production Copy Editor, Saint Mary’s Press, Winona, MN
Duties: Copyedit, production edit and proofread educational materials for junior and senior high school students; prayer materials for a general audience; youth ministry materials; marketing catalogs; and a series of books in a special bilingual project for Hispanic youth and young adults. Also, train interns and others as assigned; and participate in the committee and project teams.
1991–1995 Administrative and Research Assistant to the Dean, School of Education Dean’s Office, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Duties: Assisted the Dean in the daily administrative operations of the Dean’s Office; edited manuscripts for seven books and numerous articles on multiculturalism, including accompanying the Dean to Beijing, China, to research ethnic minorities in China; organized special events, such as the travel of twenty-six Guatemalan children to Madison as part of a Biodiversity program; prepared correspondence and disseminated information to department chairs, unit directors, associate deans, and to the Provost and Chancellor.
1988–1991 Photographer, reader, and undergraduate advisor, Art History Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Caretaker, Jacobs I House, by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Madison Art Center. Editor, assisted Professor Narcisco Menocal in editing volume one of the journal Wright Studies on Taliesin, 1911 to 1914, published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1992.
1987–1988 Director and Curator, Thomas Waterman Wood Art Gallery and the Vermont College Arts Center, Montpelier, Vermont. Responsible for all administrative, curatorial, registrarial, fund-raising, public relations, and educational functions of the gallery and arts center.
Education
1998–present Applications Engineer Specialist, American Family Mutual Insurance, Madison, WI
Duties: Manage projects for corporate initiatives and strategic efforts, such as the Sales Initiation Suite to rewrite electronic applications and quoting to the web; the Commercial Lines to Customer Billing project; and New State Expansion. Analyze specifications and plan; design, develop, maintain, and document solutions for internal and external clients. Code, test, and debug mainframe COBOL and CICS programs for Commercial Lines Insurance.
2003–present Proofreader and editor, Isthmus Architecture, Inc., Madison, WI
Duties: Proofread typeset copy of Historical Structure Report for the State Capitol Building (Book 1: Historical Background) in preparation for the final printing; also provide feedback on content of chapters and organizational structure. Assist in project management, research and editing of the Historic Structure Report for the Unitarian Meeting House, by Frank Lloyd Wright.
2003–present Editor, Casey’s World Books, Goblin Fern Press, Madison, WI
Duties: Edit and proofread manuscripts for Casey’s World Books in all stages, including working with the author and illustrator, signing off on changes to the typeset copy, and guiding through publication.
1995–present Production Copy Editor, Saint Mary’s Press, Winona, MN
Duties: Copyedit, production edit and proofread educational materials for junior and senior high school students; prayer materials for a general audience; youth ministry materials; marketing catalogs; and a series of books in a special bilingual project for Hispanic youth and young adults. Also, train interns and others as assigned; and participate in the committee and project teams.
1991–1995 Administrative and Research Assistant to the Dean, School of Education Dean’s Office, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Duties: Assisted the Dean in the daily administrative operations of the Dean’s Office; edited manuscripts for seven books and numerous articles on multiculturalism, including accompanying the Dean to Beijing, China, to research ethnic minorities in China; organized special events, such as the travel of twenty-six Guatemalan children to Madison as part of a Biodiversity program; prepared correspondence and disseminated information to department chairs, unit directors, associate deans, and to the Provost and Chancellor.
1988–1991 Photographer, reader, and undergraduate advisor, Art History Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Caretaker, Jacobs I House, by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Madison Art Center. Editor, assisted Professor Narcisco Menocal in editing volume one of the journal Wright Studies on Taliesin, 1911 to 1914, published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1992.
1987–1988 Director and Curator, Thomas Waterman Wood Art Gallery and the Vermont College Arts Center, Montpelier, Vermont. Responsible for all administrative, curatorial, registrarial, fund-raising, public relations, and educational functions of the gallery and arts center.
Education
ABD, (PhD, anticipated, 2008), University of Wisconsin-Madison. Art History. Dissertation: The Jewish Presence in the Art of Ben Shahn. Minors: Library and Information Studies; and Theater and Drama.
March 2007, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, Global Operations Center, Four Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA, 19073-3299 USA; www.pmi.org.
September, 2004, Masters Certificate in Project Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, Center for Executive Education.
March 2002, Certificate in General Insurance, Insurance Institute of America.
M.A., May 1986, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Art History. Thesis: The Critical Realism of Eugene Higgins.
B.S., May 1980, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Majors: Philosophy, American History, and Russian and East Central European Studies. Minors: Russian Language, and Art History.
Computer Experience
Have taken courses in COBOL, CICS, DB2 SQL programming, DB2 for COBOL programmers, Object Oriented concepts, UML, Natural, HTML, Dynamic HTML, FrontPage, Visual Basic, VBScript and ActiveX, JavaScript, Effective Web Design, Java programming, Design Usability for the Web, and WebSphere.
Languages and Other Experience
Reading knowledge of Italian, French, and German; intermediate knowledge of Russian and Polish. Have traveled and studied in Russia, Poland, throughout Eastern and Western Europe, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Have taken workshops or seminars in project management; team building and conflict resolution; negotiation and persuasion; risk identification and mitigation; meeting facilitation; emotional intelligence in the workplace; valuing diversity; art conservation; arts administration; stress management; ergonomics; and publishing and book design.
References
Professor James M. Dennis (Advisor)
441 Toepfer Avenue
Madison, WI 53711
(608) 233-2655
Anne Biebel, Cornerstone Preservation
2326 Center Street
P.O. Box 248
Cross Plains, WI 53528
(608) 798-0188
Becky Fairbank Gochanour
Saint Mary’s Press
702 Terrace Heights
Winona, MN 55987
(715) 878-4810
Gregg Ruffert
Applications Engineer Specialist
American Family Insurance
6000 American Parkway; Q17F
Madison, WI 53783
(608) 242-4100 x31254
Kate Stormer, Casey’s World Books
5767 Monticello Way
Madison, WI 53719
(608) 274-3489
Professor Yali Zou
Director of Asian American Studies Center
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204
(713) 743-1000
