Professional Background

I grew up in a family that had interest in many varied forms of traditional art. Despite my efforts at rebelling against being like my family, I ended up showing an interest in the arts with writing, sketching, photography and music. In addition, I have been around computers from a very young age. My mother will often revert to the story of her boss allowing me to pound on his keyboard at the office as soon as I was able to hold my head up. Mind you, this was back in the 70's, far before there was a computer in almost every house in the US.

In late 1996, I signed on as a Remote Host with the AOL Games Channel. As such, I was not only supposed to monitor the folks that were in chats throughout my assigned area, but also to make sure that the look and feel of my area stayed fresh. This is where my adventure in code analysis and digital art began.

Since the days of AOL 3.0, I've worked my way up the ladder in all aspects of web design and development. My preferred development environment is a blend of Cold Fusion (utilizing either Access or SQL Server databases), HTML and CSS. I can also code within Classic ASP, ASP.NET, Java and CGI environments when necessary. Currently I utilize Adobe CS3 applications for development and design work (Dreamweaver and Photoshop stay open daily), and I'm also comfortable using Image Ready, Illustrator or Freehand. I've had some experience with Flash, Flex and other supporting programs and utilities as well. My preferred platform usage is Windows 2000 or XP and I do have experience with Windows based server technology including IIS.

If you would like to know more, please feel free to download my resume or contact me directly.