Granville High School

1983-1987

Ohio State

1987-1989: Studied Business Management

Columbus State Community College

1991-1992; 2004-Present: Interactive Multimedia

Self Taught

Cascading Style Sheets: 2005-Present

PHP Programming and Database Development: 2006-Present

Graphics Development Software

• Adobe Photoshop: 11 years experience
• Adobe Image Ready: 8 years experience
• Macromedia Freehand: 4 years experience
• Adobe Illustrator: 3 years experience

Project Management Software

• Microsoft Office: 10 years experience
• Adobe Acrobat Pro: 2 years experience

Multimedia Authoring Software

• Adobe Audition: 9 years experience
• Macromedia Flash: 4 years experience
• Maya 2008: 1 year experience

Website Development Software

• Adobe Dreamweaver: 7 years experience.

2006-Present : Self-Employed PC Consultant & Web Developer

While continuing in my consulting career, attending school, and self-taught in Web Development, I thrive on writing PHP and CSS code, as well as MySQL database development. I have been contracted through companies like Neumann Solutions and Vision Net. My website clients include:

Self Contracted

• Katz N Dogs: developed in 2009, written in PHP, MySQL database and CSS. Logo was already created. Developed layout and was given complete creative control.
• Tristanos Pizzeria: developed in 2009, written in PHP, MySQL database and CSS. Logo was already created. Developed layout and was given complete creative control.
• Jeff Frahn Painting: developed in 2009, written in PHP and CSS. Created logo, layout, and was given complete creative control.
• Reins Tree & Landscape Services: developed in 2008, written in PHP and CSS. Client created logo, but was given creative control with permissions.
• Westwood Cabinetry: developed in 2008, written in PHP, CSS and Flash. Client had full creative control, including color scheme and logo.
• Neumann Solutions: developed in 2007, written in CSS and Flash. Was given full creativity including logo.
• ACES Diving: developed in 2006, written in CSS, PHP with MySQL database, and Flash. I was given design abilities, short of the color scheme.
• dubba.com: my personal website, developed in 1998, has been re-written many times. It is hand coded in PHP (some with MySQL database), CSS, and Flash.

Contracted Through Vision Net

• Vision Net LTD: developed in 2010, written in PHP and CSS. Recreated logo, created design and layout.
• Hope's Happy Paws: developed in 2010, This single page site is written in HTML and CSS. Created design and layout.
• GlennPark Defiance: developed in 2009, written in PHP with MySQL database, and CSS. Created design and layout.
• JSM Cleveland: developed in 2007, written in PHP with MySQL database, CSS, and Flash. Created logo, design and layout.
• Divorce 2 Dating: developed in 2007, a purchased template manipulated using CSS. Developed main Flash header.
• New Leaf Medical: already developed, re-wrote some HTML code.

Contracted Through Neumann Solutions

• Chancellor Health Partners: reworked their main header, developed main Flash piece, re-wrote some of their code.
• VWB Research helped code some of their stylesheets.

1998-Present : Self-Employed PC Consultant

Job details include building, maintaining and repairing personal computers, small business networks, as well as database design and eventually graphic and web work for a growing business. Gaining experience in being my own self-sustaining company, as well as customer relations, finance and time management. Clients are mainly individuals contracted through a network of personal and business relations. Too many to name here.

1995-1999 : Drive-Thru Coffee Shop Manager

Job details included managing inventory and personnel, as well as serving the public. Gained experience in high volume distribution of product, balancing a cash register, and people pleasing skills.

1991-1995 : Regionally Touring Drum Technician and Merchandise Manager

Job details included traveling for months at a time across the U.S., setting up and breaking down stage gear for a rock and roll band, implementing, managing the merchandise division of their company. Gained experience in high stress management, organizational, planning and people skills, time and financial budgeting.

SUMMARY

Most of the examples below are from work I did while I was in college and not much of my newer stuff. For examples of my more recent work, please view the experience part of my resume page. While developing a piece of work, one can use more than one piece of software, these examples are catagorized by the primary software focused on in the piece's development. Please keep in mind these pieces of work may not be fully functional, as they are more representative of a concept and were oftentimes not required.

Dreamweaver/Cascading Style Sheets/HTML

• Bridgeview Golf Course - Using Dreamweaver as your editor, design a website for Bridgeview golf Course.

• Winemaking.com - Using Dreamweaver and the use of frames, develop a website for winemaking.com.

• Iguana Interior Design Shop - Using Dreamweaver, develop a welcome page and two other linking pages for Iguana Interior Design Shop.

• Live Music Archivist's Network - Using HTML and CSS, develop an 800px. X 600px. screen with 1,200 to 1,500 words with less than 300 words per page, title, tagline and description, graphics and alternative text. The information page is the basis for all the writing content.

Photoshop & ImageReady

• Bridgeview Golf Course - Develop an intro splash page and the interior home page comp using Photoshop and ImageReady for Bridgeview Golf Course.

• Pacific Coast Pastries - Create an interesting website design for a bakery shop that is 800px X 600px that contains its identity, a collage, buttons, an animation with rollover effects, use of iconography and is less than 100K.

Flash & Actionscripting

• Music Video - Take a music group and implement an animation, including an intro, a dynamic text field and sound, using an on/off button, as well as a skip intro button.

• Flying Planes - Animate multiple complex shapes in Flash using various techniques.

• Roach-B-Gone - Create a Flash piece that stops on a main homepage and includes a contact and services page.

• Hansel and Gretel - Create an animation using the given audio soundtrack to Hansel and Gretel.

• Jeopardy - Using nothing but Actionscript, create a dynamic project.

• Photo Gallery - Using nothing but Actionscript, create a dynamic photo gallery.

• Frank's Lanscaping - Create an animation using masks, rollover buttons and sound.

Vector Graphics

• CD Cover - Create a CD Cover, using complete creative control of fictitious band, album and song names using Photoshop.

• Robots Poster - Using FreeHand, recreate a poster of your choice.