PRIMARY FIELD OF EXPERIENCE
I have thirteen years of experience in computer art design, 3D computer imagery, and animation. Most of this experience has been in the development of CD-ROM and network-based training, websites, marketing material, and interactive multimedia projects. I have been responsible for solving visual design problems, as well as generating creative artistic solutions for any medium a client desires. I have also been in charge of teams of people, facilitating, mentoring, and leading them to one common goal.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Siemens Government Services (SGS):
- Position Title:
- System Analysts II
- Employment Dates:
- (4/07 – Present)
- Position Experiences:
- My main responsibility as a System Analyst for the Information Technology (IT) department is supporting the web development technologies and web applications. I have overhauled and streamlined the SGS website and intranet sites, having them validate with the W3C standards and comply with Section 508 §1194.22. I also coded the sites with flexibility in mind: run on various assistive technologies; fluid design for page zooming; and work with various browser such as Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer.
- GeoLearning:
- Position Title:
- Senior Graphic Designer
- Employment Dates:
- (7/05 – 4/07)
- Position Experiences:
- I was part of the Research and Development (R&D) team that was developing a new Learning Management System (LMS) from the ground up. As a graphic designer I was in charge of creating flexible layouts, colorful schemes, and enticing themes for the Graphical User Interface (GUI). In addition to the design, I was involved in the GUI code development. My tasks for GUI coding involved creating templates, generating components, and setting up layouts in XHTML and CSS.
- VCampus:
- Position Title:
- Senior Web Developer
- Employment Dates:
- (10/02 – 5/05)
- Position Experiences:
- As lead designer I was in charge of mentoring artist and web developers, supervising their work and teaching new techniques for creating and programming projects more efficiently. I was involved in remotely managing an International development team. I also had the responsibility for programming flash technologies, designing GUI’s, creating multimedia content, developing engaging Web applications and programming SCORM engines for projects that involve the studio team.
- Trinity-Software Solutions:
- Position Title:
- Web Developer
- Employment Dates:
- (4/00 – 10/02)
- Position Experiences:
- Contracted to Verizon, I worked with a team to create and maintain various company partners’ web sites. I was responsible for communicating the clients’ needs graphically and then programming the content in HTML and/or Flash to be displayed on the web. I also designed and programmed special offer promotions that were displayed on the web.
- ITC Learning (INEX Merger):
- Position Title:
- Senior Creative Developer
- Employment Dates:
- (4/98 – 4/00)
- Position Experiences:
- As Senior Creative Developer I was responsible for the creative development (creation, production, and integration) of ITC’s online products and Web site. This included producing layout designs, GUI’s, graphics, and animations, as well as digitizing video and audio. I integrated and programmed content in HTML for Web-based applications (Internet-based training (IBT), Web site publishing, CD–ROM and network-based training, and interactive multimedia design).
- INEX:
- Position Title:
- Senior Multimedia Artist/Programmer
- Employment Dates:
- (8/96 – 4/98)
- Position Experiences:
- I was responsible for the visual design of iNEX products according to client specifications. I planned and fabricated GUI’s, graphics, layouts, and animations. Additional duties included HTML programming content for Web-based applications (IBT, Web site publishing, CD–ROM and network-based training, and interactive multimedia design), digitizing and compressing audio for IBT products and the iNEX Web site, and digitizing video for online video training. I trained employees in the use of software programs needed to create visual content for IBT products, and I designed and produced company promotional material.
- Hughes Training:
- Position Title:
- Art Director
- Employment Dates:
- (10/94 – 8/96)
- Position Experiences:
- As the Art Director I managed the graphic artist team and coordinated the production of graphics for simultaneous projects. This effort included training computer illustrators in the processes and techniques used to produce quality graphics for computer-based training (CBT).
- Hughes Training:
- Position Title:
- Computer Illustrator
- Employment Dates:
- (10/94 – 4/96)
- Position Experiences:
- I organized and compiled an archive of five thousand various computer images for CBT; I created over 2,000 of these images. Designed and fabricated CBT interfaces, modeled 3–D meshes for use in both multimedia projects and CBT projects, created 2–D and 3–D animations for multimedia projects and CBT, digitized video for multimedia courses, and designed a Web home page for Hughes Training.
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
- Software:
- Graphics:
- Adobe Photoshop,
- Adobe ImageReady,
- Macromedia Fireworks MX,
- Corel Painter,
- Corel Paint,
- Vista Pro,
- Xara Xtreme,
- ArtRage,
- 3D Studio Max,
- Alias|Wavefront Maya,
- Swift3D
- Multimedia:
- Adobe Premier,
- Adobe After Effects,
- Adobe Audition,
- Adobe Encore,
- Macromedia Flash,
- Sound Forge,
- Avid MCXpress,
- Speed Razor Mach III,
- Window Video Edit,
- Cool Edit Pro,
- Elastic Reality,
- Animator Pro,
- ACDSEE
- Development:
- Macromedia Dreamweaver,
- jEdit,
- TopStyle,
- VMware,
- Cygwin,
- WinCVS,
- KDiff,
- NetObjects Fusion,
- NetObjects TeamFusion,
- Netscape,
- Mozilla Firefox,
- Microsoft Internet Explorer,
- Opera
- Desktop Publishing:
- Adobe Illustrator,
- Adobe Page Maker,
- Adobe Acrobat,
- Adobe InDesign,
- Macromedia Freehand,
- Corel Draw
- Office:
- Microsoft VISIO,
- Microsoft Office,
- Open Office
- Hardware:
- PC Based Computers,
- O2 Silicon Graphics,
- Power Mac,
- Power PC,
- Apple G4,
- Atari ST
- Operating Systems:
- MS–DOS,
- Windows (95, 98, NT, 2000, XP),
- IRIX 6.3,
- Ubuntu 6,
- Mac OS 8.5 – OS X
CERTIFICATIONS
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation, April 2007
EDUCATION
- St. Andrews Presbyterian College
- Graduation Date:
- (1994)
- Degree:
- B.A., Visual Arts Emphasis in Computer Graphics and Computer Animation
