Current

• Project Manager at SteadyRain
• Adjunct Faculty at St. Louis Community College (Meremac)

Past

• UI Designer at Staples Promotional Products
• Sr. Web Designer at Corporate Express Promotional Marketing
• Freelance Art Director at Freelance Computer Services

• Creative Director at Sendouts
• Partner at The ORCA Partnership
• Adjunct Faculty at Maryville University
• Inventory Manager at Mobile Comm
• Aeromedical Specialist at United States Air Force

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Education

• St. Louis Community College
• STLCC Meramec
• City Colleges of Chicago

• CCAF
• Jefferson College

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Recommendations

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Summary

I have worked for many years in the advertising and marketing world from Art Direction to Strategic Planning. I have both managed people as well as worked in a production role. These experiences are what have given me the skills and knowledge necessary to work cohesively with any team in the creation, planning, development and deployment of successful business solutions no matter what the industry.

I am highly focused on establishing and manage expectations through a clear metric-guided process-oriented approach but I always keep in mind the fact that the map is not the thing and though process is important the ability to be flexible is even more important.

Specialties:

Experience

• Project Manager

  SteadyRain

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  August 2010 — Present (2 months)

  Founded in 1999, SteadyRain has extensive award-winning experience delivering Internet technology strategies and solutions for a diverse client base, ranging from small and medium size businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

• Adjunct Faculty

  St. Louis Community College (Meremac)

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2000 — Present (10 years 9 months)

  Adjunct Faculty and instructor of Web and Graphic Design in the Art Department(CVT). I was instrumental in the development of the syllabi and course outlines for the 3 web development courses when they were intially established.

• UI Designer

  Staples Promotional Products

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2008 — June 2010 (2 years 1 month)

  Responsible for UI Design and development across all e Commerce platforms internal and client side. Responsible for setting up and establishing design standards and processes.

• Sr. Web Designer

  Corporate Express Promotional Marketing

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2007 — June 2008 (10 months)

  Front-end development working primarily with HTML, CSS, and Javascript on high-end, large-scale web and interactive projects.

• Freelance Art Director

  Freelance Computer Services

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1998 — 2008 (10 years )

  Freelance Experience In:

  Web Site Planning and Development
  UI Design and Implementation
  Graphic Design
  Video Production
  Audio Produciton

• Creative Director

  Sendouts

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  June 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Responsible for the look, feel, branding and identity of all Sendouts sales and marketing materials. One of the key hiring points was that I would join the company and completely refit the existing website to focus more on our customers and deliver content in an engaging way that met sales and marketing goals.

• Partner

  The ORCA Partnership

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2003 — June 2006 (3 years 1 month)

  ORCA is one of the greatest experiences of my career. At ORCA I functioned as a Knowledge Worker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_workers). A term coined by Peter Drucker that encapsulates the idea of an organic learning/working individual focused on the success of the company and the clients.

  My key responsibilities at ORCA were creative: print, web, multimedia.

• Adjunct Faculty

  Maryville University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  July 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  At Maryville University I worked as an instructor in the fields of Web and Print Design for 3 semesters.

• Inventory Manager

  Mobile Comm

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year )

  As regional inventory manger, my responsibilities included managment of the St. Louis inventory department personnel, processes, metrics and reporting.

  Achievements: In a matter of 2 months I took our inventory control department from a 60% accountability to 95% accountability for all stock items and improved the reporting and delivery times across all channels.

• Aeromedical Specialist

  United States Air Force

  (Government Agency; Military industry)

  1990 — 1998 (8 years )

  Deployed: Establish a highly functional medical unit with the ability to service an entire mobile squadron. Set up and be operational in any theater of operation within a 48 hour window.

  Non-Deployed: Manage Physical examinations, OSHA examinations, Immunizations and medical care of my reporting squadron.

  Key Skills: emergency medicine, flight crew medicine, OSHA medical standards, medical records management.

  additional: during my time in I was also instrumental in developing a computer based physical examinations tracking system. I was involved heavily with the hospital training team where I worked as an EMT course manager, ACLS Instructor, CPR Instructor Trainer.

Education

• St. Louis Community College

  Associate , Graphic Communications , 1999 — 2000

• STLCC Meramec

  Associates , Graphic Design , 1997 — 1998

• City Colleges of Chicago

  Emergency Medicine 1992 — 1993

• CCAF

  Associates , Allied Health Sciences , 1990 — 1991

• Jefferson College

  Associates , Computer Science (Programing) , 1988 — 1989

Additional Information

Websites:

• My Website
• My Company