Gina Novelle Merrell is now a resident of Washington, Utah and has over 18 years as an on site trainer in computers, and high tech marketing. Gina is a free lance published author, writes and designs for clients who want to obtain a web presence. Gina and Tim have been self-employed for more than 20 years.
May 1975 - May 1985		Received programming degree in Cobol and prior formation of Compu-Teach, held positions in accounting, loan processing, custom programming, typesetting, and marketing.
May 1985		Gina left her position with a Las Vegas marketing company to pursue self employment and founded Compu-Teach
September 1986		Joined Tandy Corporation as on-site independent Liaison Consultant
September 1987		Lectured at University of Nevada, Las Vegas on "How to Buy a Computer"
January 1988		Lectured at Clark County Community College on "Computer Decision for the Business Professional" - Jan. 16, 1988
October 1987 through December 1992		Started teaching accredited and business courses at Clark County Community College, Center for Business and Industry Training from October 1987 - December 1992
June 1989		Lectured at Clark County Community College at Women's Job Development Workshop for "Career Opportunities for Women in the Computer Field" - June 3, 1989
Sept. 1990		Became a Symantec Q&A consultant for Symantec Software Company
May 1990 through January 1995		Became a published author and appeared in the first issue of "The Quick Answer" a technical publication for Q&A software published by Pinnacle Publishing. Wrote several how-to articles from May 1990 through 1995. Was asked to write one of the books for the Special Report Series. Wrote "Q&A and Your Printer," published Jan 1992.
October 1990		Nominated Business Women of the Year by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Women's Council
Summer of 1993		Dubbed the local "Techno Wizard" by the Las Vegas Review Journal in an article called Taming Technophobia 1993
January 1998		Nominated for the 1998 Woman of Enterprise Awards
Summer of 1998		Nominated by the Board of Governors for Life Time inclusion in "The Social Register of Las Vegas"
March 2003		Joined Exclusive Markets as programmer and special projects trainer
Sept. 2003 through Dec 2004		Contracted with Clark County Community College and taught at the Mirage Hotel 10 weeks (Sept - Oct 2003). Taught at Sierra Health Services during 2003-2004.
March 2004		State Appointed Consultant for Southern Nevada Home School Council - 2004
October 2004		Taught at Yellow Pages.com during Sept/October 2004
October 2004 through Present		Started free-lance promotional web writing in October 2004. Several articles by Gina have been featured by Top Ezine Sites. Gina's clients have enjoyed top web ranking in a few short weeks, with their initial press release.
		Exclusive Markets 233 Cottonmill East Washington, UT 84740