This page contains some information on my experience. Different parts of my skills are experiences are listed at right; those interested in my academic career can download my curriculum vitae in different formats.

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education

Master of Arts in Mass Communication, University of Florida, December, 2006. Thesis Project: "Social Networking Options for Local Newspapers"
Chair: Dr. William McKeen, Professor of Journalism.

Bachelor of Science in Information Science, SUNY@Oswego
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, SUNY@Oswego
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, SUNY@Plattsburgh

work experience

1995-7: Freelance web design, development and consulting.

1996-7: Web developer/lead Web programmer at Orlando Sentinel Online. Technical and conceptual work for the Orlando Sentinel’s newspaper web site, AOL product, and related applications. I also did some early planning and structural work for Digital City Orlando.

1998-2003: Helped to design and develop websites and web advertising campaigns for for PUSH clients including Walt Disney World, Cable & Wireless, CHEP International, and a multitude of smaller business clients. Some of these sites went on to win local and regional Addy Awards.

2003-2005: Worked with PH3, a web design and interactive services business I started with partner Rick Romot.

technical skills

Operating Systems: Experience and daily use of both Mac OS X and Windows XP platforms.

Web-related skills: More than a decade of experience creating web sites and other web applications and services. Currently using Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, Photoshop CS applications and XHTML, CSS 2, SQL(mySQL), PHP, Actionscript and Javascript languages. Adobe Audition 2 for audio, Adobe Premiere for video. Graphic design and writing skills.

Other current programming languages: Java, Perl, Cold-fusion

Older programming languages: COBOL, Lisp, APL, Pascal, Fortran 77, C++, Modula, Prolog, Hypertalk, and good ol' BASIC.