Experience
- Creative Director, webslingerz Inc., 2006-present
- Managing graphic design and media production for all interactive projects; responsible for all phases of project development including resource planning, oversight and quality assurance, and customer support.
- Media Designer, webslingerz Inc., 1998-2006
- Planned and implemented design solutions including graphic design, interface design, and information architecture. Developed projects using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, and ActionScript. Participated in all phases of project development including project planning and client support.
- Graphic Designer, Silverpoint Inc., 2005
- Created graphic designs for primary and secondary school websites.
- Research Assistant, Duke University Medical Center, 1993-1997
- Maintained human tissue cultures using aseptic techniques; collected data and performed basic analyses; created visual summaries of experimental data for publications and presentations.
Education
- MS in Communications Design, Pratt Institute, 2008
- Masters thesis: "(Re)Discovering METAFONT", an analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of using a meta-font approach to font creation, including recommendations for how the technology can be made relevant for today’s font engineers.
- BSE in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 1997
- Studied the effect of blood flow dynamics on the development of atherosclerosis as an NSF-ERC Undergraduate Fellow. Graduated cum laude.