Work Experience

Web & Graphic Design Work Experience

2008-current President/CEO PEERLESS design inc.

• Responsible for the day to day operation of web & graphic design business.
• All design, programming and integration of web sites.
• All design and setup of printed and direct mail projects.

2001-2008 Freelance Web Designer and Graphic Designer in the Pittsburgh area.

• Responsible for the design, integration and maintenance of 100's of web sites
• Responsible for the design, implementation and management of direct mail campaigns
• Responsible for the design and strategy of marketing campaigns

1999 KDN Printing, Naples, FL
Graphic Designer

• Responsible for all functions of pre press department
• Design and Layout of printed material
• Work with clients to ensure final product met expectations

1989-1990 Evergreen State Printing, Seattle WA
Graphic Designer

• Responsible for all functions of pre press department
• Design and Layout of printed material
• Design of CD based kiosk presentations

IT Work Experience

1990-1995 Adobe Systems, Inc Seattle, WA
Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

• Trained and lead group of eight testers focused on localization of desktop publishing software
• Assisted development team in localization of software products
• Worked with translators in various countries to ensure timely accurate translations
• Worked with third-party software companies to ensure accurate localization
• Worked on a team of 30-100 developers and testers to ensure high quality release of software products including PageMaker and Persuasion

1992 Amazon.com Seattle, WA
Test Engineer

• Tested web interface usability of shopping cart functionality
• Verified links & Copy for accuracy

1995-1997 FORE Systems, Inc. Warrendale, PA
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

• Established Quality Assurance Department
• Trained and managed a group of twelve test engineers
• Assisted in design for rewrite of all network management software
• Managed and implemented testing efforts
• Implemented code and document reviews as standard practice

1997-1999 Cellomics, Inc Pittsburgh, PA
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

• Established Quality Assurance Department for bio-tech start-up
• Developed processes and procedures for software development lifecycle
• Enforced development standards throughout development teams
• Managed and implemented testing efforts for multiple products and projects simultaneously
• Implemented code and document reviews as standard practice

2000 Securit-e-Doc, Inc. West Palm Beach, FL
Quality Assurance Manager

• Established Quality Assurance Department for small start-up
• Established and enforced development standards throughout the development team
• Responsible for training, set-up and support of outside systems including government agencies
• Set-up and maintained defect tracking system
• Trained developers on proper coding standards and software lifecycle
• Set-up and maintained secure web servers the meet NIST standards
• Managed team of 10 developers and testers
• Managed multiple products and projects simultaneously