As Freelance Web or Graphic Designer, I want to contribute my talents, as well as to continue to learn in a dynamic and creative environment that will utilize my creativity, design experience, and professionalism in a team atmosphere. I currently welcome telecommuting from Wasington DC and Baltimore and surrounding areas.

Skills

•	Flash MX, 5, 4, 3 (certified -See Certification for Flash 5)
•	Dreamweaver MX, 4, 3
•	Fireworks MX, 4, 3
•	Adobe InDesign CS, 2.0, 1.0
•	Adobe Photoshop CS, 7, 5.5, 4
•	Adobe Illustrator CS, 10, 9
•	Adobe Acrobat Professional 6
•	Adobe ImageReady CS, 7, 5
•	Action Scripting
•	Corel Draw 12, 10, 9, 8, 7
•	SolidWorks 98 (certified - See Certification)
•	Cheif Architect 10
•	Toast 6, 5
•	Extensis Mask Pro
•	Quark
•	Corel Photo Paint 10, 9, 8, 7
•	Freehand 10
•	MS PowerPoint 2003
•	Poser 4, 3
•	MS Word 2003
•	3-D Studio Max
•	Swish 2.0, 1.5
•	WordPerfect 9
•	File Maker Pro 4
•	QuattroPro 9

Experience

PARADISE GRAPHIC ARTS.COM
Graphic Designer (08/03-Present, part time) www.paradisegraphicarts.com

Freelancing print graphics, web site creation, desktop publishing, digital video editing, and CBT and more.

 

GROVE RESOURCE SOLUTIONS INC.
Artist Illustrator (01/04-04/04 contract)
Laurel, MD www.jhuapl.edu and www.groveresourcesolutions.com

Worked at The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. Interacted effectively and independently with technical staff and sponsors to comprehend and communicate complex technologies using my illustration and design skills. Created artwork for electronic presentations, interactive CD's, posters, web sites, and publications. Produced and burned audio CD’s and DVDs from raw DV tapes with I- Movie, I-DVD, Toast and I-Tunes. Working on Macintosh computers and software. Commonly used software was Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, Acrobat, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Possessed an Interim Secret clearance.

 

SI-INTERNATIONAL, Rockville, MD
Graphic Design Specialist (01/03-7/03 contract) www.si-intl.com and www.csc.com

Worked in conjunction with CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation). Contract duties included producing web graphics and flash animations for Intranet CBT’s for various government agencies such as the former INS (now under Department of Homeland Security), FDA, FDIC, Department of Justice, and FEMA. Projects were accomplished in full life cycle and in a timely manner.

PERI (Pharmaceutical Education and Research Institute) Arlington, VA
Graphic Design Specialist (10/02-01/03 temp contract) www.peri.org

Produced medical illustrations in vector programs and web graphics in Fireworks and Adobe ImageReady for CBT storyboards that were featured in on-line pharmaceutical training courses

 

GENERAL PHYSICS CORPORATION, 6095 Marshalee Drive, Suite 300, Elkridge, MD Graphic Design Specialist. 04/00-09/02 www.gpworldwide.com

General Physics Corporation is one of the leading and largest companies in the power plant industry, with over 1,500 employees and 70 offices worldwide.

•	Instrumental in initiating the first Macromedia Flash animation for Computer-Based Training in the history of the company. GP currently is selling the CBT modules using Oracle portals in seven figure sales.
•	Promoted the use of Macromedia products such as Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks to gain company-wide acceptance.
•	Created interactive animation in Flash and Action Scripting.
•	Set up websites and interfaces for Internet, portals and Intranets.
•	Uploaded completed sites to remote servers.
•	Optimized graphics for both print and web mediums in Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, and Adobe ImageReady.
•	Transferred years of instruction manual’s graphics and photos to file sizes small enough for the web.
•	Created animated GIF and Flash banner ads for the Internet, corporate seminar, and e-mail advertisements in Fireworks and Flash.
•	Perfected sound files for low bandwidth in Flash for the web.
•	Designed graphics full life cycle schematics for classroom instruction of engineers and plant operators using Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Freehand.
•	Produced first drag and drop scrapbook of reusable vector graphics of symbols and logos for instructional manuals in, Corel Draw, saving time of not having to recreate common files.
•	Produced numerous CD art for clients and customers using Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.

M.T.H. ELECTRIC TRAINS, 7020 Gateway Dr., Columbia, MD 21046 
Multimedia Graphic Designer, Photographer 09/98 - 04/00 www.mth-railking.com

Local company M.T.H. Electric Trains eclipsed famous Lionel Trains as the premier model train company in the country.

•	Worked closely under the direction of the Vice President of Marketing. Created and designed artwork for company retail catalogs, newsletters, and box art for model trains and ads.
•	Implemented both vector and raster graphics with Corel Draw and Adobe Photoshop. Recreated famous railroad logos for train art and pre-production.
•	Certified in SolidWorks, a 3-D solid modeling program implemented for parts catalog of model trains.
•	Built detailed parts in a 3-dimensional environment then imported them into 3-D Studio Max and animated or optimized for web or video.
•	Photographed digital pictures as principle in- house photographer.
•	Promoted ideas and created their first true in-house photo studio using power-packs, digital light-meters, soft boxes, umbrellas, booms, tripods, light slaves, backdrops, and props; this saved the company tens of thousands of dollars for not having to use an outside photographer.
•	Traveled to and photographed customer and dealer’s personal collections of train gardens and limited edition model trains.
•	Digitally photographed products, events, and company VIPs.
•	Photographed President’s and owners private limited collection of rear model trains.
•	Implemented File Maker Pro database to track thousands of photos and items.
•	Worked exhaustively with Engineering and Production departments in producing authentic "final art" during quality control stages before exporting to Korea and China for manufacturing.
•	Prepared 4 color box packaging art for press with completed files on Zip or CD in a timely manner.
•	Produced barcode scans in Corel Draw’s Bar Code Wizard for product packaging Learned and utilized Macromedia products including Shockwave, Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks, Quark and Adobe InDesign.

LAWN BARBER, Catonsville, MD
Owner, Operator 1989-1998
Operating a successful self-employed lawn and landscaping company. Business sold in 1998.

R.B.A. GROUP, INC., Columbia, MD
Civil Design Draftsman 09/87 - 07/91
Developing proposed drawing plans for roads, highways and bridges.

MASS TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, MD (See References) 
Electrical Draftsman 01/87 - 07/87
Drafting plans for the Baltimore subway system, working on electric schematic diagrams and civil engineering drawings.

GENERAL PHYSICS CORPORATION, Columbia, MD (See References)
Graphic Artist, Illustrator, Photographer 12/82-12/86, 
Technical illustrating of training manuals, layout, photography, managing of darkroom.

DAEDALEAN ASSOCIATES, INC., Woodbine, MD (See Reference 1 and 2)
Mechanical Draftsman, Illustrator, Graphic Artist 1978 - 1982
Producing perspective drawings, exploded views, paste-up, architectural and airbrush renderings.

Education

MACROMEDIA e-LEARNING UNIVERSITY Online
Advanced Flash MX, Action Scripting, Freehand, e-Commerce 9/2002-present

FIG LEAF SOFTWARE.Washington D.C.
Macromedia Advanced Flash 5, Action Scripting 2001 - (See Certification)

CATONSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Baltimore County
Digital Imaging (Adobe Photoshop) 1999

TRI-MEC SOLUTIONS INC, Columbia, MD
SolidWorks class 1999 - (See Certification)

HOWARD VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Columbia, MD
Major: Drafting - Mechanical, Architectural, Civil, Electrical and Piping Diagrams 09/77 - 06/80

WILDE LAKE HIGH SCHOOL Columbia, MD General Studies, Graduate - Class of 1980

Other Accomplishments and Certifications

CPR & Firstaid (2001, certified - See Certification)
Student's Pilot License (1984)
Private Pilot's Ground School-(completed-1984)
Federal Aviation Administration- Ground School Exam-(scored 92)
Pesticide & Herbicide License- State of Delaware (1998)