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Revised: February 20, 2009 WORK EXPERIENCE August 06 - Current Senior Interaction Designer - User Experience Team : Misys PLC and AllscriptsMisys : Raleigh, NC Responsible for design activities related to user interfaces across global divisions for banking, trading, and healthcare software products. Focused on healthcare and electronic medical records (EMR). Fall 05 - Spring 06 Adjunct Professor/Lecturer : KCAI : Kansas City, MO Teaching a variety of junior and senior classes including Interaction Design (IxD) and Information Architecture. Worked with Katherine Mccoy, Brockett Horne, and Kelly Salchow on independent projects. June 98 - current Consultant : Werkplace : Atlanta, GA Contracted designer/consultant for various local, national and international clients. Most recent project involved wire framing a Web 2.0 news experience for CNN based on research by Adaptive Path. Client list and references available. May 05 - November 05 Senior Art Director : VML / YRB / WPP : Kansas City, MO Design and marketing strategy for Microsoft Windows Embedded. Concepted integrated global marketing campaign which included print, web sites, interactive advertising, viral campaigns, and art installations. Outsourced ethnographic research of the Chinese Linux developer community. Gathered quantitative research on global embedded developers. Demonstrated value of deep research strategy in the design process to facilitate better communication and media buys. Created design documents, tech specs, and persona development for the campaign and introduced new processes to WPP. Designed media installations, such as "Tapestry Remoting" using ubiquitous networked devices. Managed multiple designers, illustrators, programers, and photographers. Project more than doubled the traffic and downloads of the Windows Embedded XP operating system. August 04 - May 05 Designer : Hallmark.com : Kansas City, MO Design of online marketing campaigns and special projects for the hallmark.com relaunch. Created information architectue, wireframes, and design documentation of both existing sites. Intermediary between IBM conultants, Hallmark marketing, and the IT department. Worked with Moira Cullen to redesign the architecture, interaction design, and taxonomy of Hallmark's global brand intranet. Responsible for creating enhanced editorial features utilizing motion design. August 01 - August 04 Art Director : Spur Communications / D3 : Kansas City, MO Direction, design, project management and information architecture for brand development, web sites, annual reports, catalogs, advertising, installations, and collateral communications. Responsibilities include contracting photography, illustration, copywriting, directing photo shoots, directing supporting designers, and production for print and internet. Involved with cost estimating and proposals. Also conducted focus groups and ethnographic research. IxD projects (software, large intranets) returned significant, measurable savings for clients. May 01 - August 01 Senior Designer : Critt Graham + Associates : Atlanta, GA Interaction Design, Communication Design, and Information Architecture for online annual reports and investor relations sites. Ongoing freelance for interactive editorials. August 00 - May 01 Art Director : Elemental Interactive / Grey Global : Atlanta, GA Direction, design, and information architecture for online annual reports, intranets, corporate and investor relations sites. Also involved with wireless development and communications solutions across print and web, writing proposals, and cost estimating. Clients included Motorola, Rayonier, AT&T, Avaya, and IBM. June 98 - August 00 Designer to Senior Multimedia Designer : CNN.com : Atlanta, GA Responsible for daily graphics, corporate ID, interface design, in-depth sections, on-air graphics, and interactive sections. Worked with teams of writers, producers, and supporting designers to generate special sections for cross media delivery. Ongoing consulting and freelance. August 97 - January 97 Design Intern : See See Eye : Atlanta, GA Worked on a variety of projects with a wide range of responsibilities. This included print annual reports, direct mail, promotional materials, multimedia presentations, and advertising campaigns. Clients included Coca-Cola, IBM, Imnet, and Bezer Homes. EDUCATION Summer 2006 Pittsburg State University Statistics for Business and Economics May 1998 Atlanta College of Art BFA Communication Design RELATED EXPERIENCE + ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2010 - SHARP-C Initiative Vendor Representative Government funded initiative for formitive/generative graduate/doctorate research on a framework for healthcare systems in the United States. Involves nations top academic infomration visualization labs. Lead advisor - Ben Shneiderman 2011 28th Annual Human-Computer Interaction Lab Symposium Attendee 2011 EYEO Workshop Attendee 2008 Microsoft MIX ADO.NET Reference Implementation, Product Launch 2007 Adaptive Path's UXWeek Workshop Attendee 2006 Cooper-Hewitt Design Awards Nominating Committee 2004 - 2006 AIGA Kansas City Communications Chair 2005 - 2006 Adjunct Professor / Lecturer Interactive Design Graphic Design Program Kansas City Art Insititute 2004 - 2006 Advisory Board Member Graphic Design Program Johnson County Community College Overland Park, Kansas 2005 Lecture on Graphic Design in Interactive Products Johnson County Community College Overland Park, Kansas 1999 Nigel Holmes Infographic Workshop Attendee 1999 MIT Media Lab Time Warner Representative 1999 UIE Workshops Attendee AWARDS Omni Awards - Best in Show and Gold - Interaction Design/Microsoft (2006) AIGA Kansas City Design Award (2006) Kansas City Ad Club Awards (Silver/Bronze) - Various (2003, 2006) Gold iNOVA Award - Rayonier Corporate Website (2001) Silver iNOVA Award - About Rayonier Website (2001) Flashbang 03 - "Typographic War on Florida" (2000) Macromedia Website of the Year - CNN Millennium (1999) Webby Award/Best News Site - CNN.com (1999) CMYK Magazine - Mars Poster Series (Winter 1998 issue) Coca-Cola Merit Scholarship (1997-98) Coca-Cola Foundation Scholarship (1997-98) Presidential Scholarship (1997-98) Dean's Scholarship (1997-98) ACA Student Design Show (1998) ACA Juried Exhibition (1998) SKILLS See Bio Development: WPF, XAML, Java Swing, HTML 4.0/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Actionscript, Flash, Silverlight, Blend, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Suite, PHP, XML, Rapid Prototyping (coded and paper), etc. Understanding: Services, Databases, Popular Object Orientated Languages, Microsoft Pre-Beta Technology and Frameworks, Adobe Frameworks, .NET Frameworks, WPF Development, Composite Application Blocks, etc. Other: HCI, software design, branding, user interface engineering, paper prototyping, system flowcharting, information architecture, content mapping, infographics site accessibility/optimization/listing, standard manuals, brand and identity development, annual reports, packaging, animation for web and televison, print and web production, sound production, digital video, flash development, illustration, iTV and web appliances, usability studies, marketing focus groups, etc. |
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