Résumé

Education

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL - 1998-2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in web development, graphic design and computer animation

Cardinal Mooney High School - Sarasota, FL - 1994-1998

Ringling School of Art & Design - Sarasota, FL - 1997
Pre-college Program

Professional Skills

Great ability to describe technical issues in layman’s terms
Experience within fast paced technical and business environments that include sales, e-marketing, networking, administration, business & software development, product design and systems support
Extensive organizational, creative problem solving, written and verbal communication skills

Print/Web Design

Adobe CS4 – Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, After Effects, Acrobat, Fireworks

Website Development

CSS, XML, XHTML, DHTML, jQuery, PHP, MYSQL

Flash AS2 & AS3

Magento Commerce, Drupal 5.x & 6.x, Network Solutions eCommerce Pro, Joomla

Axure RP

3D Graphics

Autodesk Maya 2010, Autodesk AutoCAD 2008, Mental Ray, Maxwell Render

Business

MS Office XP / 2007 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point)

Platforms

Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista

Apple Mac OS X Cheetah – Snow Leopard

Relevant Experience

Balloon Lab, Inc. - Chicago, IL 2008 - Present
Technology Director, Co-founder

Partnered in the establishment of a Chicago-based balloon decoration company with an interactive eCommerce website

Created Flash-based balloon design centers, allowing users to choose sizes, colors and other options depending on the decoration to create thousands of possible combinations

Integrated Flash-based design centers into a Magento Commerce platform

Cultivated affiliate program, which has close to 50 balloon decoration companies ready to join the Balloon Lab Network (Affiliates will be located throughout the U.S., Israel, South America and Australia)

The Creative Group - Chicago, IL 2008 - Present
Consultant & Contractor

Contractor for a variety of jobs utilizing both web and print design skills

FTD – Extended onsite contracts during Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day

eHarmony Advice - Given a special project to develop a Flash-based “Flower Advisor” for eHarmony’s relationship advice website
http://advice.eharmony.com/date_planner

Updated DHTML, banner ads and designed concepts for FTD website facelift

McDonald’s - Updated interactive Flash-based marketing tool for McDonald’s Corporation

Tec N Tec, Inc. - Northbrook, IL 2002 - 2009
President, Co-founder - closed in 2009 to focus attention on Balloon Lab

Co-founded a technology company dedicated to creative solutions for clients in the areas of web development, graphic design, eCommerce, architectural visualization, corporate identity and computer consulting

Managed over 35 clients throughout company’s seven year operation

Developed Web & CRM platforms, sales strategies, technical process and execution strategies

Designed and maintained Print & Web advertising campaigns

Supervised multiple accounts from close of sale through concept, design and execution

Movin U, Inc. - Northbrook, IL 2002 - 2006
Partner/Web Developer - business acquired in 2006

Co-founded an Illinois-based moving company, which became the Midwest's largest and most recognized collegiate-focused service with locations in five states

Trained and managed 15 employees on operations, procedures and services

Built a book of business and contacts that exceeded $250K totaling over 30% of company revenues

Developed an eCommerce website with ordering and scheduling

Streamlined business processes and developed in-house technical procedures

Established new product and service lines that ultimately grew annual revenues over 40%