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    Accomplishments / Awards
  • Three accommodations for Quality and Results - Intel Corporation
  • Thank You Award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Intel Corporation
  • Six letters for distinguished graphic design and layout - The Golden Thread Magazine
  • Six letters of appreciation for distinguished computer support - Oregon State University
  • Certified Electronic Master Technician with a perfect Quality Assurance record - USAF
  • Outstanding Contribution Award for Dedication and Duty - USAF
  • Letter of Heroism from the Chief of Police - Salem, OR
  • Letter of Recommendation from JZ Knight - JZK, Inc.
  • United States Air Force Sergeant
  • Expert Marksman - USAF
  • Black Belt, Kenpo Karate

    Education
  • SoftImage Extreme 3D modeling/animation training, Vancouver Film School, British Columbia   Aug - Dec, 1998
  • Graduate, Oregon State University, self-created BS degree in Multimedia/3D Graphics   June, 1998
  • Graduate, Noncommissioned Officer Course - USAF   March, 1990
  • Graduate, USAF Strategic Radar Training - Carswell AFB, TX   Oct, 1988
  • Graduate, USAF Advanced Electronics - Denver, CO   Dec, 1987
  • Graduate, Associated Schools Airline and Travel Industries - Miami, FL   March, 1986


    Work Experience

Art Director - JZK, Inc. - Jan 04 - Feb 05

Responsible for quality assurance and decision making in graphics, web, and video departments. Constantly monitored operational flow and created/implemented new policy to streamline production and raise quality. Recognized the genius in workmates and considered how to help surface those qualities. Strictly monitored, obtained and enforced copyright and trademark rights.

Continuously gathered and received conceptual input, turned that information and data into appealing and effective visual media and multimedia while meeting tight deadlines. Developed these communications for a diverse public audience via the World Wide Web, print and graphic-intensive email periodicals that reached thousands of global subscribers.

After handed a box of mishmash printed and photocopied material and a VHS tape my task was to come up with a physical product that was aesthetically pleasing using the information to globally represent the company. My solution was to create a DVD and interactive CDROM set. From conception to completion I was responsible for creating the interfaces, cover art, DVD and CDROM for the computer (Mac & PC format). 5000 copies were distributed around the world.

Produced over 70 graphic/animation intensive HTML and FLASH multimedia emailers. Generated supplementary income for the company by redesigning the beautiful emailers to a printable format to sell.

Primary Software on PC platform: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia (Adobe) Flash, Reflet (animated GIF water simulation), 3D Studio MAX, HotDog Professional command line HTML/JAVA editor MS Word, MS Outlook.


Magazine Layout and Graphic Designer - The Golden Thread magazine, a division of JZK, Inc. - Sept 02 - Jun 03

Consistently met rigid layout and designing deadlines for 62-page, graphic intensive, full color science periodical. Solely responsible for producing and incorporating typography, design/composition, format, style, contrast, tone and color to have magazine commercially printed with four-color (CMYK) process and globally distributed.

In addition to desktop publishing, participated in producing computer generated graphics and digital artwork, illustration, digital photography and researched content of publications. Created three-dimensional graphics/ animation and various multimedia for instructional presentations and kiosks.

Successfully met all layout and design deadlines for each periodical with superior quality awards.

Primary Software used on both Macintosh and PC platforms: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, 3D Studio MAX, MS Word.


Technical Director - Harrington-Templar information exchange service - Oct 99 - Jul 01

Responsible for computer maintenance, network, technical equipment and multimedia projects including video taping lectures and seminars, video editing, 3-dimentional modeling and graphic design.


Software/Hardware Beta Tester - Oregon State University, Testlab - Jan - Jun 96, Oct - Jun 97, Oct 97 - Mar 98

Testing Intel pre-release software and hardware including Proshare, Intercast, Stargate and Pentium® Pro machines. Also tested nine varieties of Hewlett Packard Netservers.


Web Hacker - Intel Corporation, Research Communication Group, Hillsboro, Oregon - Jun - Sept 97

Administered internal web servers and web site design and development for Research Communication Group, Applications and Services Research Lab, and Intel Software Developers Conference. Technically supported and telebroadcasted guest speakers on the local area network.


CO-OP Engineer - Intel Corporation, University Research Group, Hillsboro, Oregon - Sept - Dec 95, Jun - Sept 96

Administered internal web server and web site design and development for University Research Group. Computer hardware and software specification for university grants. Hardware and software installation and configuration at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


Bomb Navigation Systems Specialist - US Air Force, Minot AFB, North Dakota - 26 Mar 1987 - 11 Nov 1992

Responsible for maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and training on electronic navigation systems of the B-52 bomber. Systems include MACR (Modified Advanced Capability Radar) and STRAT (Strategic) radar systems, INS (Inertial Navigation System - gyroscopic navigation), FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared), STV (low light Steerable Television), and flight data computers and recorders.