To contribute to technically innovative new media projects by designing
interactivity, developing content, and exploring and implementing innovative
solutions.
Tools
Authoring:
Director
MX w/ Lingo(OOP & Behaviors); Flash MX (ActionScripting); PowerPoint;
HTML; Javascipt; PHP; XML; MySQL
Lead Multimedia
Programmer, Six Red Marbles, Cambridge, MA
1999 - 2001
Lead Multimedia
Programmer, JuniorNet, Boston, MA
1994 - 1999
Contract
Multimedia Developer & Project Manager, San Francisco, CA
1988 - 1994
Information
Designer & Project Manager, GTE Corp., Needham, MA
Guest
Lecturer
Presentations on Asset Management for Project Management and Cross Platform
courses.
San Francisco State University, 1997
Education
San Francisco State University Extension School: Lingo, digital video,
and design courses.
Harvard University: Anthropology and Film courses.
Massachusetts College of Art: Photography and Interrelated Media. B.F.A.
Selected
Multimedia Projects (click a picture to see more)
Six
Red Marbles
Product:
Six Red
Marbles develops interactive learning tools for educational publishers in
the K-college market.
Role:
Lead multimedia developer.
Responsibilities include development and tech management of projects leveraging
Director Lingo, Flash Action Scripting, XML, SQL, VB and database technologies,
as well as contributing to project specification, industry research, and
design of functionality.
JuniorNet
is the first completely safe, advertisement-free online service created
just for kids. The JuniorNet service delivers rich, interactive content
from the best in children’s publishing and multimedia.
Role:
Lead multimedia developer.
Responsibilities include Lingo and Action Script coding of projects, participation
in the design of new content, design of functionality, vendor management,
development of production templates, standards, and documentation.more
detail...
This CD
provides a quick, dynamic solution for browsing UCON training materials.
Users can review class descriptions and instructor bios, launch PDF training
materials, and access the internet to download trial software or late breaking
content. The program utilizes Flash assets for menus and buttons, and MasterApp
for launching training materials.
Role:
Lingo programming
and information design.
Client:
Macromedia,
San Francisco, CA 1999
Macromedia Creative Services
Product:
Multiple
projects. The multimedia side of Macromedia’s Creative Services department
fills most of the presentation and CD-ROM promotional material needs of
the company.
Role:
Lingo programmer,
Director & Flash developer for numerous presentations and CD-ROM projects.
Researcher of techniques and use of 3rd party Xtras. Filemaker
database management.
Client:
Macromedia,
San Francisco, CA 1998, 1999
Noosh Beta site
Product:
This web
site provides the founding partners, of this startup, with a forum for sampling
the new internet service to provide feedback to the developers during the
pre-release period.
Role:
Interaction
& information designe / HTML prototype programming
Client:
Noosh ,
Palo Alto, CA 1999
Oraibi
Web Site
Product:
In
progress: this site shows off the work of Oraibi, a San Francisco design
firm.
Produced
for high school students to help them learn how to use FreeHand to enhance
their yearbook publishing effort. Training modules demonstrate techniques
step by step.
Role:
Lingo
programming, Director animation and Release management.
Client:
Macromedia,
San Francisco, CA 1998
Lan
Telephony Interactive Presentation
Product:
This fully
interactive presentation demo employs MIAW functionality to deliver a fully
customizable presentation engine designed for remote delivery. The content
features highly technical animations synchronized to a voice-over track.
Produced for 3Com.
Role:
Lingo programming
anf Director animation.
Client:
Oraibi,
San Francisco, CA for 3Com, Santa Clara, CA 1998
Barbie’s Nail Designer
Product:
Product
prototype/product launch presentation. This interactive demo enabled Mattel’s
presenters to show Toy Show attendees product features like nail painting
and style selection.
Role:
Lingo programmer.
Client:
Stunt Puppy
Entertainment. Half Moon Bay, CA 1997
Pervasive
Networking Lab Demo
Product:
This showcase
demo combines MPEG video, intranet networking, and multimedia with evolving
technology. Employs full screen/full motion Mpeg 2 playback, full motion
video feed integration, seamless web page access, and rapid updating techniques.
Produced for 3Com.
Role:
Lingo programmer.
Client:
Oraibi,
SF, CA 1997
American Girl Web Site
Product:
Shockwave
movies for a holiday "advent -style" calendar.
Play!
Role:
Lingo programmer.
Client:
Stunt Puppy
Entertainment. Half Moon Bay, CA 1997
BioVision
Product:
This product
is a tool combining multimedia content with windows system executables.
The Director portion enables users to customize content selections and exe
settings. Programming features include fileI/O, folder read in, web connect,
and an installer.
Role:
Lingo programmer/Wise
Installer Programmer
Client:
Mamaruga
Inc. Napa, CA 1997
Widget Wizard
Product:
This Xtra
tool is installed with the shipping version of Director 6, and available
through the Xtra menu. The Wizard assists new users in the understanding
and use of behavior programming. An array of working buttons and devices
with behaviors attached are ready for insertion in any movie. Positive mention
& screen shot in MacWorld 9/97.
Role:
Producer
/ Interface designer / Writer
Client:
Macromedia
Inc. San Francisco, CA 1997
HealthDesk Online for Diabetes
Product:
Interface
and interactivity design prototypes of this new CD-ROM / Web tool. Interactive
Demos for presentation and distribution to clients.
Role:
Interaction
designer / Lingo programming for prototypes and demos.
Client:
Health Desk
Corp. Berkeley CA, 1996, 1997
Western Micro Technology Annual Report Library
Product:
Interactive
library of annual report documents and marketing materials prepared for
mass distribution to potential investors and annual meeting attendees.For
Western Micro Technology, San Jose, CA. 1996
Role:
Interaction
design and lingo programming of the Library section.
Client:
Panorama
Productions. San Jose, CA.
Director Learning Movies
Product:
Tutorial
movies accompanying Macromedia Director to help new users learn basic Director
features. Advanced users access the movies quickly get up to speed on new
features.
Role:
1997: Programmer.
and animator;
1996: Directed final production effort.
Client:
Macromedia
Inc. San Francisco, CA 1996, 1997
CRUSH
Product:
A useful
set of tools for competitive analysis and planning, and combined with expert
advice and multimedia content. Pearls of wisdom from "Mentor"
Regis McKenna illustrate the concepts in each section and accompany system
prompts that provide either quick or detailed assistance each section. Multimedia
"Case Studies" provide real world context.
Role:
Interaction
Designer / Multimedia Producer / Writer / Video Editor.
Rewrote and redesigned Mentor section of the product. Wrote and produced
product overview. Worked with engineering team to define and optimize product
functionality.
Client:
Hands On
Technology. Burlingame, CA 1995
Professor Iris’ Seaside Adventure
Product:
An interactive
adventure that brings the seashore to life! Seaside Adventure is a CD-ROM
with videos, stories and games designed to make early learning fun.
Role:
Integration
programming.
Client:
T/Maker,
Mt. View CA.
Publisher:
Discovery
Channel, 1995
Shoot Video Like A Pro
Product:
This consumer
CD-ROM imparts the video production topics of camera handling, composition,
lighting and sound production to camcorder users. Virtual tools illustrate
visual and perceptual concepts and provide feedback on various videographic
techniques.
Role:
Associate
Producer. Wrote programming spec, contributed to product design, managed
production, oversaw art integration effort, selected and edited video.
Client:
Red Hill
Studios, San Anselmo, CA.
Publisher:
Zelos
Digital Learning, San Francisco, CA 1994
Awards:
NewMedia
Invision Awards, 1995 (Bronze, General Information category) NEMN Award,
1995 (Bronze Apple, Multimedia category)
GTE Concierge Network
Product:
An in-room
interactive TV service for hotel guests offering shopping and restaurant
guides, tourist information, movies on demand, full motion video and electronic
information services.
Role:
Interface
and interaction design. Wrote and produced location video segments.
Client:
GTE, Stanford,
CT 1992 - 1994
GTE Main Street
Product:
An in
home pre-internet TV service providing online shopping, information services,
and editorial content delivered via cable TV in San Diego, Cerritos CA,
and Newton MA.
Role:
Management of a group
of content editors, integrators, database techs, and vendors in the release
of new and continually updated content to publicly installed systems.
Contributed to
the design, and transition to, an RDB/SQL database environment featuring
new streaming audio technology, an integrated authoring tool, and rapid
updating capabilities. Produced training materials for authoring tool
users.
