Overview

Personable, adaptable, and detail-oriented, I enjoy creative and technical challenges, and applying my broad skillset to help define and refine products, services, standards, and workflows with a focus on automation and usability.

Education

Multimedia & Web Design BS, Art Institutes International MN
Visualization Technology AAS, Saint Paul College
Graphic Design Diploma, Saint Paul College
General Education Diploma, Humboldt High School

Experience

Played several essential roles in the production and maintenance of key platforms and deliverables. Produced content for dynamic, interactive Flash and HTML ads, and developed complex libraries and automation tools for in-house use. 2008 to 2016.

During my time at CDK, I played several essential roles in the production and maintenance of key platforms and deliverables.

• Design, development, testing, and deployment of technically complex interactive creative
• Training and onboarding of others, and the creation of a vast repository of up-to-date, user-friendly technical documentation
• Identification, brainstorming, and discussion of areas to improve in team toolset and workflow
• Developed a comprehensive ActionScript and JavaScript library, to abstract low-level tasks for much-improved turnaround time and creative capability
• Designed and refined intuitive file organization standards which found inter-department success for years
• Developed database apps and shell scripts for quick browse-and-search of entire ad libraries, instant reference and access to associated files, and safe batch automation of complex tasks

Animated Display Ads (Flash) >

Produced interactive pieces for CD-ROM and web delivery, with occasional print work. Focus on Flash development and UX. Major clients included Best Buy, Deluxe, and US Bank. 2006 to 2008.

Designed websites, logos, stationery, and other creative for a wide range of commercial and non-profit individuals and organizations including the American Red Cross and SAVE. Active user of StackOverflow, with a reach of 2M people and a top 3% yearly rep. 2004 to 2008 and later.

Skills

Hardware & Software Experience

Well-versed in HTML, CSS, JS, JSON, PHP, SQL, BASIC, RegEx, and Shell. Highly skilled at front- and back-end web design and development, and with standard industry tools such as Adobe CS, Office, Mac OS, and Windows. Experienced with AI prompt design.

Side Projects

Personal Work & Research

I'm always busy exploring and learning new things about engineering and design. Over the years I've acquired an expert knowledge in color and audio theory, programming fundamentals, and file formats and protocol design. This has led to several side-projects borne purely out of a passion for technology, user experience, and how the world works.