• More than 10 years of professional experience in all phases of Website and Web-enabled application development: conception, architecture, design, coding, testing, and deployment.
• Creates very effective proof of concepts and application (while at CommonVision, created POCs for Sensus, StaffMark, Alstom and other clients that helped drive more than $750,000 in sales). Extensive portfolio available.
• Combines practical, technical, and academic training to create stunning Graphic User Interfaces that are attractive, usable, and appropriate for target audience. Extensive portfolio available.
• Expert at creating cross-browser JavaScript, HTML, and CSS code; experienced at compensating for DOM differences between major browsers.
• Highly skilled at creating custom GUIs with DHTML, CSS, and Javascript.
• Highly skilled at using Dreamweaver MX and FrontPage 2000 to create data-driven and static Websites.
• Has created many data-driven sites using ASP and PHP with Access, SQL, and MySQL databases.
  View Web Application portfolio here >>
• Proven expert at optimizing standard coding practices to get maximum reuse of code.
• Database design and creation with Access 2000, MS SQL, and MySQL.
• Proficient at setting up and maintaining Web and Application Servers, including MS IIS and Apache on Windows and Linux platforms.
• Knowledgeable of standard Object-Oriented principles and RAD procedures; works very well with programmers to create applications that are robust, scaleable, and maintainable.
• Focuses attention on details, but never loses sight of the big picture.
• Extremely skilled at getting right to the heart of the message and then conveying it to the appropriate audience.
• Experienced at performing usability testing and in writing/executing usability case studies.
  
  

• Photoshop Master with more than a decade’s experience scanning, editing, and creating images for print and online use.
• Expert at creating vector-based artwork with Freehand and Illustrator.
• Skilled at creating intro movies and animations with Flash and other video tools.
• Proven track record of creating many attractive, useable, professional publications and complimentary Websites in many different styles. View print portfolio here >>
• A seasoned veteran who embodies both the technical and aesthetic aspects of commercial art.
• Creates cross-media artwork and designs; a master at leveraging Web and multimedia designs for use online and also in print projects::
  • brochures, product sheets and other literature
  • reports, manuals, books and catalogs
  • newsletters
  • product packaging
  • business cards and envelopes
  • forms and other office supplies
  • T-shirts, mugs, candy containers and other premiums
  • posters and large-format graphics for trade-show booths
• Coordinates original photography, stock photography, text, original art, and all elements to create a beautiful, balanced work that never loses focus on the primary, corporate message.
• Creates static and animated 3D artwork with a variety of tools.
• Commercial illustration View 3D artwork portfolio here >>
• Has large selection of stock image CDs and clip art resources to give you the most bang for your buck.
  
  

• Ferocious about meeting deadlines.
• Experienced at managing a graphics department/team, including interviewing, hiring, and firing.
• Skilled at prioritizing tasks and using scheduling/timeline tools like MS Project 2000 to make certain that projects are delivered on schedule.
• Creates media calendars to maximize product exposure.
• Possess leadership abilities: particularly skilled at acting as liaison between often-temperamental artists and more-traditional management.
• Thrives in a team environment mentoring junior designers; contributes to a fun and productive work environment.
• Experienced at creating budgets and timelines… and sticking to them.
• Writes effective, concise, detailed job specifications and scope definitions. Also skilled at writing effective Use Cases, Business Cases and scope definitions.
• Writes effective user manuals, help files skilled and software documentation.
  

• Proven expert at optimizing standard printing practices to get highest quality for lowest cost.
• Pays incredible attention to details in color separations.
• Experienced at compensating for differences between spot color and CMYK.
• Expert at Pantone Matching System (CYMK, Hexachrome, and Metallic inks).
• Experienced in maximizing return from various paper stocks, including recycled stock.
• Experienced at all aspects of layout, paste-up, and creating mechanicals.
• Works with printers throughout entire project pipeline to guarantee solid, professional results.
  

• Master’s Degree in Professional Writing.
• Copywriter with an almost uncanny knack of getting right to the point and then conveying that message to the appropriate audience.
• Skilled at taking complex, technical information and distilling it for non-technical audiences.
• Possesses excellent interviewing skills.
• Grant writing: authored (or co-authored) seven Federal and State grants for UT El Paso and El Paso Community College. Five were awarded for a total of more than $800,000.
• For newspapers and newsletters, produced needed stories, editorial content, and revisions to meet short deadlines of up to 90 minutes, achieving high quality.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Print Journalism; worked through college writing and serving in multiple editorial positions for two college newspapers, including layout and design.
• Professional experience as an editor at weekly newspapers in the Rio Grande Valley region.
  
  

Houston, Texas, 11/2008 – 5/2009
Primary Duties: Contracted to help “skin” a WPF application for bankruptcy trustee management software. Used Photoshop, Expression Blend, Expression Design and other tools to create graphic mock-up of entire user experience for application. This includes creating specific icons (magnifying glass, read/write, etc.) as well as specific controls, such as buttons, scroll bars, combo boxes, etc. Also created logos and enforced a specific color scheme throughout the project. Additional work was spent on creating a Silverlight version of the application for Web deployment.

 

Houston, Texas, 7/2008 – 11/2008
Primary Duties: Hired by Wordmark to create online training material using Flash-based tools. Scripted, storyboarded and illustrated the project based on their source material. The project was created with the Articulate Suite (Presenter, Quizmaker, and Engage) and Adobe Creative Suite 3 (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, etc.), 3D illustrations (Strata 3D CX5). Used freeware audio software to record narration track.  This project had a very aggressive deadline, yet we managed to deliver the hour-long presentation on time and the VP in charge of the project said that we “exceeded all expectations.”

 

Houston, Texas, 8/2007 – 6/2008
Primary Duties: KR is an upstream oil & gas consulting company; I created Web applications for internal use and B2B clients using the Microsoft platform (Visual Studio, SQL Server, VB.NET, classic ASP, Access, IIS, SharePoint and Silverlight), Adobe tools (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, and Contribute) and ArcGIS. Duties included designing and implementing Web applications, creating databases, installing, configuring Web and file servers, installing SSL certificates, and assisting with day-to-day networking issues for a multi-national, multi-lingual corporation. When I started, the company did not have any internal standards or practices regarding UI design. I implemented a simple best-practices process for documenting user requirements, tracking whether these requirements were met, simple user testing, and requiring internal sign-off for completed projects.

 

Houston, Texas, 11/2006 – 4/2007
Primary Duties: Hired as Contractor to work as Chief Web Developer creating MediaSight, an ASP.NET (VB) Web application for administering surveys about media usage in multiple markets throughout the USA and Canada.  Met with VP and project managers to take project from concept stage to full deployment.  To this end, I documented the project needs, designed and created the database in MS SQL 2003, and did all development in Dreamweaver and Visual Studio including UI, client-side validation via JavaScript.  This project had several interesting requirements, including the ability to dynamically set database table names based on the survey origin.  Other interesting aspects including migrating Excel flat files into SQL Server, and writing rudimentary reports. Project concluded with me writing full documentation regarding functionality and process documentation detailing how to add additional questions and markets in the future: also created an Excel Spreadsheet to facilitate this in the future. I was initially hired for a 4-6 week contract on a small portion of the application, but they were so pleased with my work that they asked me to stay for 5 months to complete the entire project.

 

Houston, Texas, 12/2005 – 6/2006
Primary Duties: Web developer and designer. Created Websites, modified existing graphics, Flash animations, and more. Wrote a content management system to facilitate the editorial department's posting and categorizing news stories. Also wrote two mass e-mailing applications to distribute their their weekly newsletters.

 

Houston, Texas, 11/2003 – 10/2005
Primary Duties: Worked in a high-stress environment to handle all aspects of marketing for an environmental consulting company. Chief responsibility included creating a unified look and message for all aspects of the company’s public persona through coordinated brochures, advertising, flyers, Websites, trade shows, and client mailers. Wrote, with guidance from the company president, reports that were presented to the Texas Governor’s office, and several articles that appeared in industry trade publications. Supported programmers by creating original graphics and HTML for the company’s Web-enabled software products. Duties included pinch-hitting for programmers by doing some ASP coding when needed. Also responsible for rebranding the company’s software for other licensees, including ComplianceSentry, opsEnvironmental, and others.

Key accomplishment: Work created for one project was selected to appear in 3D World, a leading international computer arts magazine.
 
 

Houston, Texas, 10/2000 – 10/2001
Primary Duties: Head of graphics department. Consulted on billable projects and worked as lead on marketing and internal projects. Primary responsibilities included supervising department and working with developers to create Web-enabled applications for clients. Responsible for delivering code that could be easily implemented in an object-oriented environment. Other duties included technical writing, system documentation, and creating proof-of-concept/workflow demos that could serve as frameworks for future development. Also worked on marketing initiatives, which included numerous print ads, brochures, inserts, and a television commercial that was produced in-house; created and documented forms and standards used to track all graphics projects. Also responsible for budgeting multimedia and print jobs.

Key clients include: TeleCheck, Baylor College of Medicine, Weatherford Oil & Gas, and Wetmore Printing.
 

Houston, Texas, 3/1998 - 10/2000
Primary Duties: Started as graphics consultant but was rapidly promoted to Graphics Department Team Leader responsible for four-person team. Interviewed, hired and fired junior designers. Worked with Project Managers and VP of Business Development to schedule internal and external projects including Web sites, Web Applications, brochures, technical documentation, user manuals, and provide services to support business development. Created detailed Proof of Concept applications sometimes just mocking them up in PowerPoint or in static HTML) for Sensus, StaffMark, Alstom and other clients that helped drive more than $750,000 in sales). Extensive portfolio available.

Key clients include: StaffMark Personnel Services, TXU, Reliant Energy, and Cyberonics.

 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
El Paso, Texas, 9/1987 - 12/1996
Primary Duties: Ran successful typesetting and design company. Projects include: hundreds of business cards, hundreds of forms, and many large-scale projects including annual reports for the Border Trade Alliance and Foreign Trade Association, newsletters for the Texas Solar Energy Association, and more.