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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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