Skills
Strengths
Digital 2D, from hand-drawn to pixel perfect, retaining depth through creative layering. 3D spatial planning & design for real world physical material installation. Web UI / UX with advanced working knowledge of HTML & CSS, intermediate with JavaScript & PHP. WordPress ready. Adobe Creative Cloud is my sandbox. I have been using Adobe since back before Macromedia sold out Flash. I learned Action Script. I am also a musician & composer.
Education
Bachelor of Art
Web Design & Interactive Media
Illinois Institute of Art | Chicago
2013
Associate of Fine Art
Art Education
SC4 | Port Huron
2007
Vocational Technical
Graphic Design
Lapeer County Votech Center
2001
Experience
DESIGN TRAINER | CAD SUPPORT | SYSTEMS ADMIN
- THE CONTAINER STORE
- PLUS CLOSETS | CHICAGO, IL
- REMOTE EMPLOYEE
- 2018 - PRESENT
Remote virtual software training via Zoom. Educating & assisting an extensive network of dealers nation wide, from mom & pop operations, to companies with extensive design teams. An international / virtual year long plus ongoing relationship with FlatWorld India, an extension team to our parent company ClosetWorks of Chicago, CAD Design Department, with great success. Orchestral in guiding hundreds of new dealers/companies & individualized designers through design, 32mm cabinetry, software/selling training, over the course of 2 years. Multiple design software systems, Cabinet Vision & ClosetPro, FileMaker, aAce, Microsoft Office Suite, & Adobe CC. Windows & OS operating systems. Desktop & Mobile / Tablet, iOS & Android. Remote Desktop administrator and support. Live & on-the-fly, day-of, phone & text / IM design support. Promoted internally from CAD Technician to wholesale dealer designer trainer. Artistic & unique customer service & human relations, cross regional account representation, software & design trainer, system administrator, meets micro lesson & tutorial creation. All with a smile / helping hand, as it makes for an enjoyable day. In my free time and also with the remote / self-isolation 2020 created, I created a website I planned to implement to assist myself in my daily chores, but as of 2022 the parent company has been absorbed in an acquisition by The Container Store, now acting as a centralized manufacturing headquarters for their new Preston line, awaiting a position readjustment, but still happily assisting all our customers on the daily!
- NETWORK ADMIN
- CUSTOMER SUPPORT
- SERVICE SUPPORT
- DESIGN TRAINING
- PRODUCT MASTERY
- MULTIPLE SYSTEMS
- DOCUMENT DESIGN
- SCALABLE TOOL
UX/UI CONSULTANT
- SMART SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
- PITTSBURGH, PA
- REMOTE EMPLOYEE
- 2018 - 2020
Web, graphic, & data consultant
UX / UI Design / Proprietary GUI
Data Specialist
Corporate Site Design
You can still see the shell and effects I initially set up, the site has since inception been altered slightly. I cannot take full credit for this site but the groundwork I laid is still evident design wise.
DOG TRAINER / WALKER
- CHIDOGOWALK LLC | CHICAGO, IL
- CO-OWNER | OPERATOR
- 2008 - 2018
Dog walking, training & pet care company.
Self / Co-owned & operated. Self managed.
Site Design: http://chidogowalk.com
Branding & Marketing | Advertisement
7 Employees
So many amazing memories & friends!
- https://www.chidogowalk.com
- NO LONGER ACTIVE
BARTENDER TRAINER
- EL MARIACHI TEQUILA BAR | CHICAGO, IL
- DARDEN RESTAURANTS | SE MICHIGAN
- MIXOLOGIST | BARTENDER TRAINER
- 2004 - 2011, 2013
While in Chicago, a lot of great things happened for me. A lot I made happen, but I also have to believe some other higher power assisted me in seeing my way. 162 tequilas, table side guac, guac is always extra. I trained a good handful of bartenders here, and we saw great success! Money handling, punctuality, anticipation, repetition, reputation, accuracy, and customer service with a smile and a shoulder, 100% of the time. Hand made, premium, authentic. By the way, this is where my wife & I met. Coincidentally, we both lived within a block of one another in a north neighborhood, went to the same school downtown, moved to Chicago the same year, and didn’t meet for almost 3 years living in the city with the biggest shoulders. So, this place is OUR… ¡Familia de Chicago! Rest in Peace Don Tony.
- @ElMariachiBar
WEB & GRAPHIC CONSULTANT
- INTERNATIONAL
- FREELANCE
- 2001 - PRESENT
I have made it a point & duty to assist folks visually with creating imagery required to share their thoughts and or message with an intended audience. So many facets come into play when building a great design. Taking the time to find the nuances that allow a message to be instilled in an end product, I feel, is an attribute that sets my procedure apart from others. Craft & care, apart from a lifetime of artistic surrounding, go into every facet of every decision made, put into the end products I deem art. There is an art to life and I do try to capture that energy, in shapes, color, balance, and overall feel. Extremely understated, and understatedly extreme.
SKILLED TRADES
- MICHIGAN
- GENERAL SKILLED TRADES | CDL
- 2001 - 2008
I was a Tree Doctor. I do carpentry, decks, roughing, roofing, finish, cabinets, & trim. Drywall, demolition, general labor & CDL Licensed. Landscaping & lawn maintenance, cemeteries mind you. Insulation, electrical, plumbing, masonry, & dock maintenance. Farm hand, sugar shack, harvest hand, custodian, fence mending, can drive a stick, if you are still reading – country boys do it all, always have.
Art is conveyance
Art is how I feel I best communicate more grandiose thoughts. Dedication, perseverance, drive, creativity, imagination, direction, and the want to express. Expression, courage, & confidence all take patience & practice. I create, and I share. Teaching runs in my family. I am a remote virtual software & CAD design trainer during the day, every facet of that system is custom. Being able to communicate across the vast spectrum of understanding, comfort, technical-know-how, and age levels is a quality I pride myself highly on. Despite being a vegetarian, I’d still rather teach you how to fish. Don’t take it from me, see what some of my cohorts have to say. They all happen to B truly great friends as well.
References
MR. B CARTER
IT CONSULTANT | SOUND ENGINEER | DAD
Extremely understated.
MR. B LOVE
EDUCATOR | JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPER
Smart as he is funny.
MR. B RAIDA
VIDEOGOD | DOCTOR | CHEF | TIMELORD
He was my roommate.