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I N T R O D U C T I O N
For over ten years, I have been working as a rich media developer for companies in the energy, consumer products and Internet industries. I have had the pleasure at developing gaming and interactive media for companies that range from sports, consumer goods and technical fortune 500 companies. Highlighted client relationships have included AOL, Cisco Systems, Tellabs, Dr Pepper, Kraft foods, Baskin-Robbins, Seventeen studio.spa.salon, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Schlumberger, ARCO Exploration and Production Technologies, Ylang-Ylang, Dallas Stars, Cottonelle, AFC, Virbac, Tyler Technologies, Fujitsu, Optovision and MetaSolv.
My aptitude for creative and analytical thinking has allowed me to fulfill roles in many stages of development of projects including:
- defining business goals
- functional specifications
- interaction design
- information architecture
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- database design
- game design
- instructional design
- interface design
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- visual design
- sound design
- animation
- programming
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I have worked on many types of projects for a range of audiences including:
- marketing games
- educational games
- interactive training courses
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- marketing websites
- e-commerce websites
- sales presentation tools
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- digital signs
- kiosks
- multi-platform CD-ROMS
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I have a vast software skill set including but not limited to (E=expert, I=intermediate, N=novice):
- Macromedia Flash (E)
- Macromedia Director (E)
- ActionScript (E)
- JavaScript (I)
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- HTML (I)
- Sound Effects Editing (E)
- Video Editing (N)
- Video Compression (E)
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- Adobe PhotoShop (I-E)
- Adobe Illustrator (N)
- Microsoft Word (I)
- Microsoft Visio (I)
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W O R K _ E X P E R I E N C E
Blockdot Games
Flash Game Department Manager :: 2005 - present
Responsibilities include hiring, training and managing the Flash game group to produce high quality games for client websites as well as casual game portals. Design and program games, online applications, integrated in-game advertising modules and other programming components for use by other developers.
InSite Interactive
Director of Multimedia / Flash Developer :: 2002 - 2005
Responsibilities as a Flash developer include rich media programming using Flash and Shockwave for gaming, animations, in-store kiosks, digital signs and other interactive materials; technical lead and functional designer for large e-commerce and web applications.
Lante Corporation / Luminant Worldwide / i.con interactive
Senior Rich Media Designer / Flash Developer :: 1998 - 2002
Responsibilities as a Flash developer include rich media programming using Flash and Shockwave for gaming, cross-platform CD-ROM's and other interactive material; emphasis include gaming and promotional development for consumer product companies.
Van Koevering Company
Multimedia Developer / Producer :: 1996 - 1998
Responsibilities include programming value-added products and marketing tools for an interactive piano; identify requirements for products; manage workload for designers.
ARCO - Interactive Technology Transfer
Multimedia Developer / Project Leader :: 1994 - 1996
Responsibilities include programming rich-media cross-platform training courses; programming training courses proprietary hardware utilizing laser disk video and interactive simulations; designing interfaces, scheduling and managing audio and video production teams.
P R O F E S S I O N A L _ A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S
- Speaker at 2004 Serious Games Summit D.C.
- Participate on the Multimedia Advisory Board for Richland College
- Guest speaker on the topic of usability for SMU's advertising school
- Conducted formal Flash training classes for fellow employees
A W A R D S
- Copper for excellence in Entertainment
2004 Horizon Interactive Awards
Ylang-Ylang - Sales and Marketing - Gold
Nine Wolrd - Self Promotion/Company Identity - Gold
2004 Texas Interactive Media Awards
Cisco Network Defenders - Outstanding Achievement in Training
Cisco Network Defenders - Notable Achievement in Entertainment/Gaming
Nine Wolrd - Notable Achievement in Technical/Creative Innovation
2003 Web Awards
Ylang-Ylang - Outstanding Achievement in Website Development
Krause Advertising - Outstanding Achievement in Website Development
MarketExpo - Outstanding Achievement in Website Development
2003 Texas Interactive Media Awards
Seventeen studio.spa.salon Kiosk - Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment/Gaming
Seventeen studio.spa.salon Kiosk - Notable Achievement in Creative/Technical Innovation
2001 Web Awards
Dr Pepper: Unmask the Mystery - Standard of Excellence
Cottonelle - Standard of Excellence
2000 Web Awards
Dr Pepper - Standard of Excellence
2000 South by Southwest Interactive/Web Awards
Tyler Technologies - Finalist
2000 Dallas Society of Visual Communications Awards
Tyler Technologies - Finalist
E D U C A T I O N
University of North Texas :: Denton, Texas
Bachelor of Arts - Radio, Television and Film :: 1990 - 1995
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