Web Designer / Developer / Entrepreneur

As a freelance web designer and developer with expertise in usability and marketing, I specialize in creating user-centered, goal-driven web sites and apps. With over a decade of experience in various agency, corporate and freelance roles, I've developed the necessary creative, technical and business skills to expertly guide projects from discovery to launch. I'm a jack of all trades who excels at creative thinking, business & market analysis, user-centered design and front-end development.

Professional Experience

Independent Consultant 2009–Present

Provide IA, UX/UI design, web development and marketing services. Designed and/or developed sites for Golfsmith, Genesis Today, Smokey Denmark and Onit.

Bazaarvoice Implementation Engineer 2009

Technical lead on team responsible for integrating social commerce software into client sites. Provided UI design, web development, QA testing, customer support and project management to multiple clients while operating under tight date-driven schedules.

Independent Consultant 2008–2009

Provided IA and UX/UI design services to Golfsmith and Solarwinds and developed sites for McGarrah Jessee and Olive Design.

Fleishman-Hillard Contract Developer 2008–2009

Provided technology consulting and web development services.

IMC2 Contract Designer 2007

Designed winning home page designs for Norwegian Cruise Lines, GlasxoSmithKline and others. Worked closely with multidisciplinary teams to design web pages, web advertisements and rich media that met client marketing objectives.

Slingshot Contract Designer 2007

Designed winning home page designs for Greyhound, Waste Management and others.

Match.com Contract Developer 2005–2007

Led UI development for Match.com international platform, effectively standardizing 30+ international sites.

Independent Consultant 2003–2005

Designed, developed and managed 20+ corporate and intranet sites in various markets.

Ionex Telecom Webmaster 2001–2003

Controlled intranet and corporate sites, serving 600+ employees and a national market base.

Veracy Solutions Webmaster 2000–2001

Education

Texas A&M University College Station, TX

Bachelor of Business Administration Major in Marketing

Areas of Expertise

  • User Experience (UX) Design
  • User Interface (UI) Design
  • Information Architecture (IA)
  • HTML, CSS, Javascript & PHP
  • WordPress Integration
  • Internet Marketing & SEO
  • Strategic Planning
  • Teamwork and Leadership
  • Written and Verbal Communication

Technical Skills

Languages

  • CSS/HTML
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • SQL
  • XML

Adobe CS5

  • Photoshop
  • Fireworks
  • Dreamweaver
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Flash

Frameworks

  • WordPress
  • jQuery
  • CodeIgniter
  • ModX
  • ExpressionEngine
  • ExtJS

Misc

  • MySQL
  • SVN
  • Google Analytics