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Orange County, California Area
Working ...
Orange County, California Area
Innovative problem solver with excellent Flash and Photoshop skills. I also have a life long love of creative endeavors and have tinkered with writing, puppet building, claymation, maquettes, wood craft and many other things.
Photoshop, Flash. Microsoft Publisher
(Privately Held; Construction industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year )
At ABR I create promotional flyers, product and service information sheets, training manuals and trade show banners. I am also working on the web site and intranet designs and have implemented them using the Mura Coldfusion CMS.
I am currently working with a programmer to migrate a large number of paper driven HR forms and processes to an online database driven system.
(Animation industry)
May 2007 — March 2008 (11 months)
Flash illustration, concept design for games, interfaces,and props. I have texture design skills and have done a little animation. I am actively involved in creating and pitching my own original show ideas.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)
January 2001 — April 2007 (6 years 4 months)
General office duties, Quickbooks, creating and managing the company websites and computers.
(Internet industry)
June 1996 — January 2001 (4 years 8 months)
Created and maintained several content driven websites related to computer programming and art. Writing and publishing technical articles, product and book reviews. Create and sell site advertising. Contract with authors and software developers to create technical content. Create and promote contests for software developers. Freelance technical book review for several companies including Wrox, FriendsofEd, Wiley, Sams and MacMillan books. Search engine optimization for companies like ezboard.com.
One of the community sites I built, VBExplorer, grew to over 3 million monthly page views before I sold it in 2001.
Associates , Animation , 2005 — 2007
Computer Programming 1997 — 1998
Took several courses in the NGJ Institute’s Professional Certificate in Information Systems and Technology section and some hands on COBOL training in the IT department.
Associates , Computer Programming , 1995 — 1997
Creative writing, animation, art, game texture and level design