I was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. The above image is from Anderson Japanese Gardens, a local destination and one of the finest Japanese gardens in the world. After high school, I attended the University of Illinois in Chicago's design school. My undergraduate degree is in Photo/Film/Electronic Media (yes, quite long, but a real major). In 2000, I moved to Miami, Florida, and attended International Fine Arts College, which later was purchased by the Art Institute brand of art and design colleges. I received my MFA in Computer Animation, mostly studying Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects.
I have designed learning modules for Cisco System’s Cisco ONE software, the Massachusetts Dept. of Education and the Chicago Public School system. Examples of my work can be seen on this website. These were created with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Captivate and Articulate Storyline.
The University of Miami needed an online Master’s degree program, so we built it, all of it, with about 10 people. Laureate Education was using a paper-based course development system, and we turned that on its head by implementing HTML-based templates to cut development time from 9 months to 3-4 per course, saving us headaches, and them money.
My current position is with software giant Oracle. I'm a sales enablement specialist for back office cloud solutions in OSPA (Oracle Sales and Partner Academy). I basically work as an instructional designer, creating Adobe Captivate training, graphics, audio voiceovers and video content creation.
I taught animation and graphic design online from 2003-2010. I have worked for five different universities. This included course development, design, and project management.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Autodesk Maya, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Captivate 5&8, Articulate Storyline 2, Adobe After Effects (Red Giant, Element 3d), Adobe Audition, Maxwell Render, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project, Jira, Dovico, Plus many more…
I have designed learning modules for Cisco System’s Cisco ONE software, the Massachusetts Dept. of Education and the Chicago Public School system. Examples of my work can be seen on this website. These were created with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Captivate and Articulate Storyline.
The University of Miami needed an online Master’s degree program, so we built it, all of it, with about 10 people. Laureate Education was using a paper-based course development system, and we turned that on its head by implementing HTML-based templates to cut development time from 9 months to 3-4 per course, saving us headaches, and them money.
My current position is with software giant Oracle. I'm a sales enablement specialist for back office cloud solutions in OSPA (Oracle Sales and Partner Academy). I basically work as an instructional designer, creating Adobe Captivate training, graphics, audio voiceovers and video content creation.
I taught animation and graphic design online from 2003-2010. I have worked for five different universities. This included course development, design, and project management.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Autodesk Maya, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Captivate 5&8, Articulate Storyline 2, Adobe After Effects (Red Giant, Element 3d), Adobe Audition, Maxwell Render, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project, Jira, Dovico, Plus many more…