Resume

OBJECTIVE

To maximize my various technical and creative skills by excelling in web design and front-end application development as part of a professional, goal-oriented team. Also, to implement my education, utilize my positioning and usability skills, and employ my experience as a professional in the industry.

QUALIFICATIONS

Few professionals would be considered valuable without experience. I have an excellent history of web design experience, object-oriented programming, project architecture, recommendations from previous employers, and I have even proven that I have the motivation to work independently in a freelance environment.

Self-motivation, leadership, and good communication are required to make any project effective. I always take personal interest in every project, setting goals and deadlines. Some of my best work is done under pressure, with several specifics, and accomplished with the cooperation of others.

Among my most prominent attributes is my attention to detail. All of my work is extremely detailed, from the quality and creativity in my interface designs to the readability and logic of my application code.

EDUCATION

KRS Computer and Business School
5100 W 82nd St.
Bloomington, MN 55437

Fields of Study:

• MCSD Internet Specialist
• Application Architecture
• Object-oriented programming

Bemidji State University
1500 Birchmont Dr. NE
Bemidji, MN 56601-2699

Fields of Study:

• General
• Graphic Arts
• Technical Theater
• SFX Model Building

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.

WORK HISTORY

Aug 2008 - Present
SMSC Gaming Enterprise
2400 Mystic Lake Blvd
Prior Lake, MN 55427
Interactive Media Developer
Responsible for designing and building dynamic media, such as websites, digital signage, and interactive touch-screen kiosks. Duties include management of all vendors and developers, cooperation with creative teams, solution development, content management, and personell training. Extensive front-end work with the Drupal content management system.

Feb 2004 - Oct 2004
Bitwise Logic, Inc.™
7500 Flying Cloud Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Graphic Artist / Web Developer
Responsible for designing and implementing high-end web applications for a variety of clientele on a Microsoft Dot Net framework. Tools used included Photoshop, Flash, Homesite, Visual Studio, and SQL Server.

Oct 2003 - Feb 2004
Home Marketing Network, LLC.
9625 W. 76th Street
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Graphic Artist / Web Developer
Responsible for working with clientele first hand to design and develop commercial quality real estate web applications. Consultation and site maintenance were daily practices. Tools used included Photoshop, Flash, Homesite, and Visual Studio.

Feb 2003 - Oct 2003
Digital River, Inc.
9625 W. 76th Street
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Graphic Artist / Web Developer
Responsible for development and implementation of ecommerce websites for high-end clientele. Projects ranged from platform migration to new front-end design and implementation. Tools used included Photoshop, Homesite, and a variety of project management tools.

Nov 1999 - Jan 2002
eFunds™ (ecommerce division of Deluxe™ Corporation)
1080 W. County Road F
Shoreview, MN 55126
Asst. Webmaster / Visual Interface Developer
Responsible for various aspects of application architecture, project documentation, high-quality design and development for web applications. Managed an international team of developers to produce four web applications in a three-year time frame, using JSP, ASP, ColdFusion, Xpedio, and LotusNotes. Tools used included Photoshop, Flash, Homesite, Dreamweaver, Visual Studio, Visual Age, Xpedio, Domino, and various project management tools such as Visio and Project.

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.