Resume

OBJECTIVE & QUALIFICATIONS

With 15 years of experience in both graphic design and front-end development for websites and web applications, I would make an excellent addition to any User Experience, Web Design or Front-End Web Development team. My communication, interpersonal and leadership skills also make me a candidate for Project Management or possibly technical Sales positions.

• Graphic Design background (Adobe Photoshop, Creative Suite, Flash, etc.)
• Hand-coded web markup (HTML, CSS, XML, XHTML, DHTML)
• Front-end programming (PHP, CGI, ASP, JSP, .NET, JavaScript, jQuery)
• Content Management Systems (3 years experience theming the Drupal CMS)
• Specialization in blending design and layout with functionality, UX, and SEO.

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

AFFILIATIONS

• Drupal open source community I contribute training, testing, and documentation. I am also involved with local Drupal user groups, and attend Drupal conventions (Drupalcon).
• IATSE Local 13 Stage Hands Experience in various arenas, stages, and venues.
• IATSE Local 490 Studio Mechanics Experience on several motion picture productions.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Experienced with Windows™, MacOS™, LINUX™ and UNIX™ operating systems.
• Experienced with graphics and animations programs such as Adobe Illustrator™, Adobe Photoshop™, Macromedia Dreamweaver™, and Macromedia Flash™.
• Familiar with various IDEs such as Macormedia Cold Fusion™, IBM Visual Age for Java™, and NuSphere PHP ED™.
• Familiar with protocols such as FTP and SSH.
• Familiar with revision control systems such as CVS and SVN.
• Web technologies: HTML, DHTML, XHTML, XML, XSL, Javascript, CSS, Perl, CGI, Java, JSP, ASP, ASP.net, PHP, SQL, jQuery. Experience with Lotus Domino Designer™, Stellent Xpedio™ Content Server, Drupal Content Management System, MySQL, Apache, and various development stack environments such as Aquia Drupal Stack.
• Microsoft™ technologies: Microsoft™ Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) with C++, C#, COM, ATL, MFC, ActiveX, ADO, OLEDB, and VBA. Experienced with Microsoft Visual Basic™, Microsoft Visual C++™, Microsoft SQL Server™, and Microsoft Transaction Server™.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• BSA Eagle Scout.
• Citizenship Award, presented by the National Exchange Club, 1989.
• Recognized for Outstanding Community Service by Youth Service Network of Illinois, 1989.
• Chosen to represent Hennepin Technical College in Mechanical Drafting in the VICA Skill Olympics, Minnesota Chapter, in 1992 and 1993.
• 2nd Place Winner of the 1992 VICA Skill Olympics, Minnesota Chapter, in Mechanical Drafting.
• Recognized for Academic Excellence in Technical Theater, 1993.
• 1st Place Winner of the Minnesota State One Act Competition, 1993, in Technical Theater.
• Winner of Best Production Design, 2007 National Film Challenge.