WORK HISTORY
Twinpillar Marketing - San Diego, CA
Brand Experience/Web Developer - 05/2004-Present
Primary brand and web developer for start-up soft drink company
- Perform competitive/market research related to branding and web presence
- Initiate branding and prototype site design based on client requirements
- Integrate web standards compliance and CSS style/content separation
- Assist with investor presentation materials and photography
Technology Consultant, Web Designer/Developer, Admin - 07/2002-Present
Primary technologist for VCLocator.com, a web-based venture capital company specializing in fund-raising documents and screening tools that create custom reports on VC firms and private equity parties
- Configure and administer remote web server, user accounts, software, scripts and mailing lists
- Architect and implement dynamic digital document (PDF and Excel) creation and distribution system
- Design and administer MySQL DB for website, proprietary report content and product/order tracking
- Document hardware/software implementations and discuss with clients and potential investors
- Integrate static and dynamic document distribution with preexisting e-commerce system
- Design and optimize site look-and-feel, web forms and functionality based on client requirements
- Research and implement marketing requirements, which include search engine optimization
and custom DB driven applications that analyze ad costs and conversion rates
- Support phone/email customer service requests and perform on-site IT, network and office admin
Technology Consultant, Web Designer/Developer, Admin - 05/2002-10/2002
Consultant and site designer/developer for WinningDocuments.com, a provider of expert legal, business, financial, and investor documents and presentations - prototyped only, the site is not online
- Configure and administer remote web server, user accounts, software packages and SSL cert creation
- Configure ready-made e-commerce system and integrate custom document management system
- Design, implement and optimize site look-and-feel and functionality based on client requirements
Cal-SOAP - San Diego, CA
Consultant, Web Designer/Developer - 04/2001-Present
Technology consultant and webmaster for sandiegocalsoap.com, a state and federal pre-college assistance program for disadvantaged and low-income K-14 students, and instructor for a related middle-school summer technology program, GEAR UP Verizon Summer Residential Program 2001
- Administer remote web server
- Redesign previous Flash-based site into static HTML and provide ongoing updates
- Adapt and refresh existing brand, organize existing content, research and include new data
- Create PHP-based online photo album for documentation of program events
- Develop curriculum, educational materials and instruct in one-on-one and classroom environments
Zefer - Chicago, IL
Technical Designer - 09/1999-02/2001
Front-end developer and designer in the User Experience Group for the Chicago branch of the internet consulting and solutions group now known as Niteo Partners; produced work for Sara Lee Corporation, Burger King, Motorola and 3Com.
- Manage site-wide front-end production, following established timelines
- Contribute to multi-disciplined team discussions and consult during client project meetings
- Develop HTML, animations (Flash), illustrations and sound design for live sites, intranets, marketing presentations and in-house projects
- Produce HTML templates from Photoshop comps and PDFs from web and print sources (QuarkXpress); optimize graphics for the web and manage site updates and content rotation
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale - Carbondale, IL
Multimedia Producer, Computer Lab Technician - 01/1999-05/1999
Graduate Assistantship duties while in the interactive multimedia Master's program
- Co-produce the first CD-ROM recruiting tool for Southern Illinois University at Carbondale;
Axiem Award second place, 2000; One Show Interactive Winner, bronze, 2000
- Install, utilize and troubleshoot various computer hardware, software and multimedia peripherals
- Provide hands-on computer support and instruction to a wide range of users
Freelance - Various
Artist and Graphic Designer - 1994-Present
- Conceptualize and design all manner of original visual content, fine art and graphic design work
- Illustrate in a variety of media including computer software, graphite, ink, acrylic and oils
- Implement silkscreen, intaglio, lithographic, and photo-litho processes and equipment
- Assist Chako Suzuki (http://sugarboots.com), San Diego based curator
- Maintain Slow Pencil (http://slowpencil.net), personal website, digital work collection, 1997-Present
- Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award Competition, finalist, SIUC, 1996
- Aping the Man, solo exhibition on skateboarding art and culture, Vergette Gallery, SIUC, 1996
SKILLS
- Scripting and Debugging
- Multimedia Design/Development
- Content Development and Editing
- Cross-Platform/Browser Testing
- Web Maintenance and Support
- Technology Consulting
- Marketing Research
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Web Standards Validation
- Database Administration
- Network Administration
- Office Administration
- Customer Support
- Print Design
- Illustration
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Programming / Scripting
- PHP
- Perl
- CGI
- MySQL
- HTML / XHTML / DHTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Actionscript
Server / Operating Systems
- Apache
- FreeBSD
- Linux
- Macintosh OS
- Windows NT / 2000 / XP
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Software Programs
- jEdit, PuTTY, WinSCP
- Adobe Photoshop, Image Ready, Illustrator, Acrobat, Premiere, After Effects
- Macromedia Flash, Director
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access
- Quark Xpress
- Microangelo
- Sound Forge, ACID
- CMS: Movable Type, Textpattern
- Mozilla, Opera, NS, IE
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EDUCATION
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC)
- Graduate Program, Mass Communication and Media Arts,
Interactive Multimedia Masters Program, SIUC 1998-1999
- BFA, Cum Laude, Fine Arts Major, Printmaking and Painting, SIUC 1998
REFERENCES
Available upon request
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