About This Site

An online resume you say? Yep. Want to know why? (I thought so.)

The purpose of a resume is to provide a summary of skills and experience, right? This is 2013 though, and as a designer I felt like the traditional method of creating a Word or PDF document was both antiquated and dull.

It made more sense to *show* my skills rather than just talk about them. So with that, this site is a testament to my abilities of having a good idea, and executing it. In addition to this, I have actual examples of work near the bottom of the page, so if this site doesn't speak for itself, hopefully they will help.

Want a hard copy anyway? No problem, I have one of those, too.

Maybe you're just so impressed you want to wade past the awesomeness and contact me. I wouldn't blame you.

Statement

My passions are solving problems and growing business. I'm most interested in work that allows me to use my skills in creative solutions, strategy and design in a great capacity. My strength in both creative and logical thinking allows me to not only conceptualize and present ideas (design) but to use technical skills to see those ideas come into fruition (development).

Experience

2006-present

C2 Technologies Inc.
Newport News, VA.
Lead Graphic Designer

Job Duties:

Lead art direction for large-scale projects
Design User-experience (UX) systems
Develop graphical elements for projects from prototype to final
Design application frameworks
Develop business logic and front-end interactions

2001-present

Freelance Work
Hampton Roads and Elsewhere
Designer/Developer

Work Includes:

Leading art direction for small projects
Corporate branding and creative strategizing
Design of logos, print, and packaging material
Development of websites and applications

Education

1999-2001

AS Programming
Computer and Information Science
ECPI College of Technology
Newport News, VA
Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Skills & Abilities

Designing & Developing

Conceptualizing, Flowcharting, Wireframing, Prototyping, Packaging

Technical

Web: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Responsive Design, PHP, SQL
Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, etc. (If it's Adobe I've used it, that's not necessarily a good thing...)
Programming: Java, C++

Misc

Team-Leading: 7+ years as graphics lead
Managing: 5+ years experience managing small group of people
Organizing: 8+ years running a self-created online organization

Awards & Recognition

2013

Hermes Platinum Award: Hermes Creative Awards: ACSC Joint Air Exercise - Website Element/Web Based Multi-Media
Spring Omni Silver Award: ACSC Joint Air Exercise - Government Category
Communicator Award of Distinction: 19th Annual Communicator Awards, Air Force ACSC Joint Force Capstone, recipient of an Award of Distinction for Interactive Multimedia: Education (academic)

2012

Hermes Platinum Award: Hermes Creative Awards: ACSC Joint Force Capstone Exercises
Omni Gold Award: Omni Intermedia Awards: ACSC Joint Force Capstone Exercises (Educational Category), ACSC Joint Force Capstone Exercises (Government Category)
Marcon Platinum Award: Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals: ACSC Joint Force Capstone

2011