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    Funniest Thing Ever:
    "I deny the allegations and I defy the alligators!"
    -- an indicted Chicago alderman


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    Energetic web developer/designer and project manager with 6 years industry experience. Specializing in site maintenance, web and content development as well as graphic production and design. Dependable, diligent, fast, conscientious, creative and fun to work with.

    Yes, really.

    Download resume as a Word .doc

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    Skills in a nutshell: HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, basic Cold Fusion, some PHP, ASP, and JSP experience. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Freehand, Acrobat, Flash MX, Microsoft Access, Avid Media Suite Pro, Sound Edit 16, Visio, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, WSFTP Pro, and SurveyPro 3.0.



    I have a B.A. in Communication/Theatre Arts. Yeah, my parents were thrilled - how did you guess? Theatre Arts is rewarding, challenging, creative and typically pays you in free tickets, applause, and a handful of spare change if you are lucky. I went into Web Design because it seemed a lot like Theatre for the computer. Only instead of putting on a show, you're putting up a site. And instead of surly stagehands you have surly server administrators. Instead of impressive but capricious actors you deal with impressive but capricious technology. Really, the parallels are endless. Costumers = Web designers. Set builders = Programmers. The Director is the project manager. The Producers are the clients. The audience are the end users. You get the point I'm sure.

    Luckily for me, web design is also rewarding, challenging, creative and ensures that I will never (knock on wood) eat Top Ramen again! Three Cheers for Web Design!

    Over the years, I've had the pleasure of working on a number of web sites, click here to view some samples of my work.

    Call me the Queen of Low Budget Posters and Flyers if you must but please, do it with a smile on your face! I've done my time in Kinkos. I've fought with recalcitrant paper cutters. I've debated Canary Yellow or Goldenrod? I've learned to embrace that 1/8 inch border printing it on a budget demands. I worship at the feet of cheap color copies. I dig the smell of toner and I am not ashamed!

    Click here to see examples of posters and flyers designed by yours truly.






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