about me
i am a web/graphic designer. i´ve had this gig since late 2002. i grew up in places like germany, kentucky, california and texas. with my childhood in various settings, i find that i can easily adapt in any environment. my tastes in music, food, movies, art, etc. vary, but i love all of them equally. i am constantly in learning mode, because there is so much out there to be discovered. i always have on a smile and laugh constantly because that´s what life is all about.
i am...
creative, organized, self-motivated, a team-player, able to work on tight deadlines, reliable, diligent, kind, good-tempered, dorky, silly
i like...
learning new web technologies and design trends, social networking, reading, watching movies, taking pictures, collecting post-its, video games, going to concerts, sewing, cooking, laughing, tea, gelato, turquoise objects, traveling
work
Automattic/WordPress [02.2008 – 02.2009] - Happiness Engineer
The Destination Center[09/2007- 01.2008] - Creative Services Director
Pop Labs[06/2006-09/2007] - Web Designer/Production Support
Title Safe Media[09/2005-06/2006] - Web Designer/Print Designer
Petra Computing[08/2003-09/2004] - Web Designer
Freelance Designer[11/2002-present]
proficiency
Adobe - Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, InDesign
Macromedia - Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Director, Flash
Microsoft Productivity Tools - Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook
Other Software - Lighwave 3D, Apple Final Cut Pro
Applications - Notepad++, TextPad, Subversion, RapidSVN, ModX, SugarCRM, Kayako
-Experience in both PC & Mac Environments
-XHTML/CSS based layout production (semantic mark-up, cross browser compatibility), WordPress, PHP, Javascript
-Experienced in Accessiblity Issues (WCAG 1.0 & Section 508)
member/
participant/
organizer
AIR Houston 2006
Refresh Houston
Houston CSS Meet-Up
Houston Web Design/Graphic Design Meet-Up
BarCampHouston
StartUpWeekend-San Francisco
BlogHer 2008
WordCamp SF
Download my resume (pdf)