Beyond design and development, I enjoy CrossFit, playing guitar, basic film making, and craft beer and whiskey. My professional career in web design began with my love of graphic design; especially in rock and roll posters. After attending school for a post bachelors certificate in Design, I began doing Front End Development. In addition to writing valid HTML/CSS by hand, I am adept at WordPress development, as well as building user interfaces with Javascript and jQuery frameworks. My skillset in PHP is mostly limited to interacting with CMS frameworks, but I have occasional worked on projects that were custom PHP and been able to contribute to the code base. I also am proficient in basic GIT use, and have worked on Ruby on Rails projects both in the past and currently as a Front End Developer.

Work Experience

Center for Digital Imaging Arts, Boston University

Instructor

  • Period: May 2011 – Present
  • Job type: Taught both F/T and P/T classes
  • References: Julie Kelly

Taught both Graphic Design and Web Development to adult students

  • Courses included WordPress Theme Development and Typography
  • Both created teaching material as well as used existing frameworks

Fuzz Productions

Front End Developer

  • Period: September 2010 – June 2011
  • Job type: Full Time
  • References: Adam Mack or Will Trienens

Created dynamic websites for a wide range of clientele

  • WordPress development
  • User Experience Design
  • Mobile HTML5/CSS3 iPad development

the Barbarian Group

Design Intern

  • Period: June 2010 – August 2010
  • Job type: Full Time
  • References: Mike Gatti

Worked on design assets for clients such as Kashi, NFL, Roush Racing and Samsung


Invisible Machine

Principal

  • Period: 2006 – Present
  • Job type: Part and Fulltime
  • References: God

I have worked as a designer independently since 2006, and in 2007 began developing websites as well. I love what I do and wouldn’t trade it for anything.


Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2005)

Bachelor of Arts degree in History, Minor in Art

I primarily studied Modern Latin American history, with focus on revolutionary governments.

Skills

  • HTML5 & CSS3

  • 5/6
  • I believe in pushing the capabilities of web browsers, Internet Explorer be damned. I believe in using whatever possible to give modern browsers the best experience possible, with older browsers simply missing out on all the fun while still being usable.

  • JavaScript & jQuery

  • 3/6
  • I use the jQuery framework to as an enhancement layer to user interaction, as well as to manipulate content occasionally.

  • WordPress

  • 4/6
  • Having made dozens of sites on the WordPress platform, as well as having taught classes on WordPress custom theming, I prefer it to other CMSes such as Drupal and Joomla.