Andrew Markle-Desjardins

Current

• Director of Communications and Internship Development at Custom Forms, Inc.

Past

• IT Specialist at Officescape
• Vice President of Communications and Marketing at Osterfeld Worldwide
• Director of Information Technology at American General Finance

• Chief Creative Engineer at Desjardins Creative Systems
• Customer Service Performance Leader at Delta Air Lines
• Chief Creative Director at Leute AG

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Education

• Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
• Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
• Ivy Tech

• McGill University
• Art Institute of Pittsburgh
• University of Southern Indiana

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Industry

Internet

Andrew Markle-Desjardins’s Summary

Professionally, I have been involved in web management at many different companies over the past 11 years. As the Director of Information Systems for various companies in the United States and Germany, I have been able to provide the world with a different viewpoint in regards to internet marketing, creative design, and quality work that can be provided for fractions of the amounts that design companies are charging.

Andrew Markle-Desjardins’s Specialties:

Branding and identity, internet marketing, search engine optimization, ethical hacking, computer and information security

Andrew Markle-Desjardins’s Experience

• Director of Communications and Internship Development

  Custom Forms, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

• IT Specialist

  Officescape

  (Privately Held; Executive Office industry)

  December 2008 — January 2009 (2 months)

  Work with the programming and creative departments to maintain and secure the IT network as well as develop a common bond for new and existing development through documentation and server infrastructure.

• Vice President of Communications and Marketing

  Osterfeld Worldwide

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

• Director of Information Technology

  American General Finance

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AIG; Financial Services industry)

  January 2008 — October 2008 (10 months)

• Chief Creative Engineer

  Desjardins Creative Systems

  (Management Consulting industry)

  January 2001 — October 2008 (7 years 10 months)

  Current Chief Creative Engineer for my own company doing work under NDAs for other web design firms and forging a path into the web design and graphic design industries.

• Customer Service Performance Leader

  Delta Air Lines

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DAL; Airlines/Aviation industry)

  September 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 5 months)

• Chief Creative Director

  Leute AG

  (Internet industry)

  October 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 9 months)

Andrew Markle-Desjardins’s Education

• Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

  MFA , Visual Communications , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

• Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

  BFA , Visual Communications , 2008 — 2009

• Ivy Tech

  AAS , Computer Information Systems - Web Management , 2008 — 2009

  This degree is due to be completed by May of 2009.

  Activities and Societies:

  Student Government Association

• McGill University

  HMFA , Visual Communications , 2008 — 2008

  Received an Honourary Masters of Fine Arts of Visual Communications.

• Art Institute of Pittsburgh

  AA , Web Design and Interactive Multimedia Development , 2006 — 2007

• University of Southern Indiana

  BA , French and German Studies , 2006 — 2007

Additional Information

Andrew Markle-Desjardins’s Interests:

New technology, new social media, new blogs, reading, investing, marketing, public relations, and much more.

Andrew Markle-Desjardins’s Groups:

Trinity Administrative Council, Sitting Chair of the Strategy Committee for Osterfeld Worldwide

•    Tweeple
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Linking Indiana

Andrew Markle-Desjardins’s Honors:

Webby Award nomination 2008 for Blog Design

Andrew Markle-Desjardins’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch