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Internet Art Director/Designer with five years of corporate design experience and a background in both technology and design looking for challenging creative opportunities to utilize my visual communication skills and work for the betterment of the rapidly evolving web we live in.
E X P E R I E N C E
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Art Director / Lead Designer :: ( Sept 97 - Present )
AT&T Internet Division, Baskingridge, NJ
In-house creative lead, director and designer for various existent and upcoming
AT&T intranet sites. An "aesthetic" liasion between the numerous AT&T Intranet
Clientele and the application development team in the Professional services division.
Art Director / Web Designer :: ( Sept 96 - Sept97 )
IBM Internet Commerce Division, Thornwood NY
http://distributor.ihost.com ( Link currently outdated )
Job responsibilities include design, conceptualization and execution of
the entire layout and graphics of the site, including HTML development,
Java Scripting, animation and content creation.
Graphic designer / Illustrator :: ( Sept - Dec 96 )
Bankers Trust, Intranet Division, NY
Responsible for creating the entire graphics for the Bankers Trust
Intranet site.
Graphic designer :: ( Sept 96 - Sept 97 )
Sage Solutions, Ave of Americas, NY
Responsible for design and graphics of Sage Solutions.
Graphic designer / Web graphics developer :: ( May - Sept 96 )
Power Source Communications, Atlanta, GA
In-house designer / Web graphics developer catering to clients' requirements
for the design and creation of graphics for online pages.
Multimedia graphic developer :: ( Sept 94 - Sept 95 )
Empower Corporation, Bangalore, India. ( Multimedia Production House )
Work involved conceptualizing, storyboarding, information research, visualizing,
and executing graphics and animation for interactive CD-ROM based applications.
Freelance Art critic/writer :: ( Sept 95- Apr 96 )
Regular writer and contributor (Art and Art history)
to "Georgia Guardian" , a local news weekly in Savannah, GA.
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Assembling Random Things
Online portfolio showcasing my visual communication skills, May 2000.
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The Great Californian adventure
Winner of Best Site Design Award sponsored by Earthlink Inc. -
Between the Lines
An experimental book of my words and pictures compiled on the web. -
The Cosmic Dance
Site showcased at Comoflow; an on-line creative community.
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Hardware ::
Strong base and working knowledge of the PC
( Windows 95 / 98 / 2000/ NT Operating systems ), Macintosh and LAN Based platforms.
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Software ::
Graphic, Animation and Multimedia / Web based design packages:
Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, NetObjects Fusion, Macromedia Director,
Fractal design Painter, Corel draw, 3D-studio, Animator pro, Form-Z,
Quark Express, Authorware, Avid Media Composer, Wave front, Debabelizer.
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Programming Languages ::
Programming for the Web:
Excellent working knowledge of HTML, Cascading Style Sheets in HTML, JavaScript for Web design applications. Also worked with programs like Basic, Fortran, Cobol, Pascal, C.
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Creative course work in Painting and
Journal writing ( Winter 99, Fall 98 )
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ.
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Independant study in Photography
- County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ. ( Fall 97 )
- Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY. ( Fall 96 ) -
Graduate Studies
( Master of Fine Art program in Computer Art ) ( Fall 95 - Fall 96 )
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.
Recipient: Malcolm Propes Fellowship for outstanding portfolio.
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Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and engineering
Mysore University, India. ( Fall 1990 - Fall 94 )
Recipient: National Merit Scholarship for outstanding Academic Achievement.
R E F E R E N C E S
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John A Mc Gowan
Senior Technical Manager
AT&T Professional Services Division
295 North Maple Avenue
Baskingridge, NJ 07920-1002
Ph: 908 221 6614
jmcgowan@att.com
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Kelly Carluccio
Project Manager
AT&T Law & Government Affairs
295 North Maple Avenue
Baskingridge, NJ 07920-1002
Ph: 908 221 3965
kagreen@att.com
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Jeff Gartner
Senior Development Manager
IBM E-Commerce ISV Development
17 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532
Ph: 914 784 5644 (T/L 863)
gartner@us.ibm.com
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Lanny Trager
Technical Manager
e-commerce Software
IBM Americas
17 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532
Ph: 914 784 5462
ltrager@us.ibm.com
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Ira M Blonder
Director
Sage Solutions, Inc.
805 Third Avenue
28th Floor, New York, NY 10022
Ph: 212 688 3600