Spring 2019

As of 2019, I am focusing on offering select clients consulting on building exceptional user experiences. So far this year I have built front-end foundations for applications that serve both the U.S. Air Force and the Pentagon.

Currently, I am also directing a UI/UX overhaul and the front-end development on a multi-location enterprise application for Collins Aerospace. Technologies I have been working with include Angular/Angular Material, Adobe XD, Bootstrap, GraphQL, and a plethora of other gems.

I also write on Quora on topics surrounding UI/UX and front-end development.

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Maryland Institute College of Art

Baltimore, MD

BFA —Graphic Design

Graduation spring 2000

Element 9 Design

Creative Director & Founder

Reston, VA

Founded Element 9 Design (E9). Built E9 from a one-man shop to a recognized UI/UX consultancy located outside of DC.

Serving local and international clients, focusing on user experience, user interface, and front-end development.

Clients include Family Zone, a publicly traded Australian found company that builds solutions for protecting children from dangerous types of online content. Built their content distribution system, which connects "cyber experts" to parents with children in junior high through to college. Served their 2017—18 initiative bringing Family Zone to the US market.

Other notable clients include iC-1 Solutions, Spire Communications, and WealthEngine

Ventera

UI / UX Consultant

Reston, VA

Spring 2014 – Spring 2017

Directed UI/UX and front-end development for clients such as Hilton International, Pentagon Federal Union, and USDA Food and Nutrition Service.

Developed progressive-web and native-hybrid mobile applications with frameworks, languages, and tools such as Angular, Bootstrap, Cordova, CSS, Gulp, JavaScript, Java, Maven, Node, NPM / Yarn, React, Spring.

Won the 18F Agile Delivery Services BPA

Designed and built the OpenFDA Drug Reaction Research Report web application, which won Ventera a spot on the 18F vendor shortlist.

The application analyzed correlations between drugs of use to that of drugs in reported reactions. Statistics were represented in graphs and built mobile responsive.

QIAGEN

Specialist, Web Designer

Frederick, MD

Spring 2011 – Winter 2014

Designed marketing for bioinformatic genetic research.

Produced ads for science-related ad networks. Built product landing pages, web apps, and emails campaigns. Created motion graphics integrated with 3D molecular modeling.

A Brand New Way

Art Director

Ashburn, VA

2007 – April 2011

Graphic design, back-end programming, and front-end web development for clients such as AOL, Approva, Aptara, Dominion Advisory Group, Roy Rogers Restaurants, Sony Ericsson, and United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. Extensive Flash animation and development.

Won two Telly Awards

Awarded for the art direction, animation and motion graphics for the Approva One video reel.

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NYC is where it began ... and what a time it was.

"New York straight talk, America's best" ...
... "If you can make it out here, you can make it anywhere" —Gang Starr

Spring of 2000 I graduated from MICA with a bachelor in graphic design. Before graduating I already had lined up my first job at the highly revered design and technology company Firstborn Multimedia.

While at Firstborn, I was involved in projects such as the website development for the pop star icon Madonna.

The internet was in its infancy and the web industry itself just begun to take shape. Flash was the technology ushering in this era. Its proliferation and widespread adoption were unprecedented, it was a game-changer on first go.

Flash brought way a creative movement. It merged animation, motion graphics, sound, and the user interface in a way never before experienced. Its creative freedom captured me. The first 10 years of my career I spent entrenched in it.

This also was the era of the internet bubble. It was an extraordinary time. The internet was unknown, nobody knew where it was going, what it would become, or how it would be used.

Years following, I worked at a number of other design and technology companies located in Baltimore and New York City. In New York City I worked at Nethod Euro (RSCG World Wide) and Sony Music. Then following, I worked in Baltimore, at Alexander and Tom, G1440, and Effective-e.