The Team

GRALEN DIGITEXT INC.
takes pride in introducing the 1996 team of students who have assembled the digital collections and created this website.

Dan, the team's Minesweeper Mastermind hails from Ottawa, Ontario. He is 19 years old, and is currently attending Commerce High School. Another one of Dan's extraordinary talents is his ability to consume mass quantities of coffee, and still have nerves of steel. Dan enjoys listening to music, taking long walks, and in the future would like to pursue a career in animation.

Jessica hails from Corkery, Ontario. She is 19 years old and is a graduate of Almonte and District High School. Jessica is holding off university for a year in hopes of traveling throughout Europe. Her extracurricular activities involve Vice-President of TYPS (Take Young People Seriously), and Co-Editor of the Almonte and District High School Yearbook.

Jonathan hails from Stittsville, Ontario. He is 15 years old, and is currently attending South Carleton High School. Although he is the youngest member, Jonathan is the technical brains behind the team holding down the position of Team Leader. In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys weight training, and waterskiing.

Tricia hails from Almonte, Ontario, AKA the Friendly Town. She is 19 years old, and is currently attending Bishop’s University for Business Administration. Tricia enjoys socializing, impersonating movie characters, playing basketball, volleyball, biking, and aerobics. Tricia would like to open her own business once she has finished university.

DANIEL

EXPERIENCE

GRALEN DIGITEXT Inc., Stittsville, Ontario: July-September 1996. Digital Formatter and Editor, responsible for publishing digital interactive books and documents.

RDM MECHANICAL, OTTAWA, ONTARIO: Assistant Mechanic, August 1995, Installed lighting systems, bells and hydraulic parts on renovated buses.

FRASER, BEATTIE AND ASSOCIATES, OTTAWA, ONTARIO: Mover, July 1995. Moved files and equipment for office relocation of large law firm.

LARRY FRITH, RANCHER, TWIN BUTTE, ALBERTA: Ranch Hand, June-July 1995. Fed and herded cattle, built and relocated fences, repaired barn, landscaped yards and delivered seed for small cattle/seed business in southern Alberta.

CANADIAN TIRE, OTTAWA, ONTARIO: Warehouse worker. January-April 1995. Unloaded trucks, priced goods, organized and stocked shelves, served customers, and carried out janitorial work in large multi-level warehouse. Also, disassembled other store facilities for relocation.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, OTTAWA, ONTARIO: Customer Service and, General Labourer. September - December 1994. Began with pickups and delivery of furniture, appliances, clothing and other consumer goods. Later worked on cleaning, testing, repairing, storage and pricing of materials in the warehouse. Graduated to setting up displays and customer service.

P.E.P. (YOUTH EMPLOYMENT) PROGRAM, OTTAWA, ONTARIO: Trainee. July-August 1994. Lectures and practical training for employment.

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JESSICA
Education

June 1996 - Graduated Almonte and District High School

Volunteer Work

September 1993 to present
March 1994 to present
Previous Work Experience

September 1993 to present - Brenda’s Hairstylist, Carp, Ontario
July 1995 to July 1996 - Private Tutor, Carp, Ontario
July 1996 to present - Gralen Digitext Inc., Stittsville, Ontario
Digital formatting and editor

Computer Skills

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JONATHAN

Education

South Carleton High School
Grade 10
Bilingual student, 1 credit remaining for French certificate.

Sports

Slalom Waterskiing
Barefoot Waterskiing
4 years of Weight Training
Hockey
Soccer

Work Experience

Several dozen hours of community service in the creation of a half hour digitally assembled and edited video.

Accounting/Inventory Control and Aircraft Servicing at the Ottawa International Airport.

Work full time as summer project Team Leader doing electronic publishing of interactive books and manuals, technical support, answering phone, training co-workers to complete the following tasks:
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Scanning and Retouching photos
Basic programming in HTML
Computer Skills

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TRICIA
EDUCATION

BISHOP’S UNIVERSITY

First Year ~ 76% Cumulative Average
Bachelor of Business Administration. September 1995 ~ April 1996

ALMONTE & DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL

Ontario Secondary School Diploma 1995 Graduate

AWARDS

 WORK EXPERIENCE

Gralen Digitext Inc., Stittsville, Ontario
Digital formatting and editor (July-September) 1996 Calian Technical Services, Kanata, Ontario
Clerical Assistant (June-July) 1996
Pike’s Your Independent Grocer Garden Centre, Almonte, Ontario
Sales Clerk (May-June) 1996
AMP of Canada Ltd., Carleton Place, Ontario
Assembler (June-September) 1995
Digital Equipment of Canada Limited, Kanata, Ontario
PC Kernal Builder (June-September) 1994
COMPUTER SKILLS

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