Professional Progression

  • 09/1986 Daytona Beach, FL • Attended Graphic Design school at Daytona State College, Then D.B.C.C.
  • 03/1988 Ormond Beach, FL Started graphic design business, “Local Designs”
  • 06/1989 Daytona Beach, FL • Layout production artist at local print shop
  • 11/1991 Enfield, CT• Digital design and video production for Earth Savers Screen Savers at DeskTop Software
  • 11/1993 Marlboro, MA • Helped established first in-house creative department at Spirit/Spin Technologies
  • 10/1996 Boston, MA • Co-founded an early Macromedia User Group in Boston BMUG (now ABUG)
  • 10/1997 San Francisco, CA • UCON ’97 • Macromedia User Conference • Direct-L reporter
  • 10/1997 San Francisco, CA • 1st Int`l. Macromedia User Group Meeting • Represented BMUG
  • 07/1998 Norwood, MA •Helped establish an in-house multimedia department at Intellution, Inc.
  • 01/1999 Norwood, MA • Managed large interactive projects at Cramer Productions.
  • 08/1999 Boston, MA • CNETRadio.com Guest Host Desmond Crisis Show
  • 07/2001 New York, NY • FlashForward • Presented Macromedia Generator
  • 02/2002 Hilo, HI • Founded the Macromedia Hawaii User Group. Now the Big Island Adobe User Group
  • 09/2002 Atlanta, GA • Comdex • Judge, W.O.W. (World Organization of Webmasters Iron Chef of Web Design
  • 11/2002 Las Vegas, NV • Comdex Presentation on Web Services for W.O.W.
  • 10/2003 Maui, HI • LavaCon • Presented Web Project Management Methodology
  • 07/2005 Seattle, WA • Web Design World • Presented on Web Services
  • 10/2006 Las Vegas, NV • Adobe MAX • International User Group / Community Leadership meetings.
  • 02/2007 Oahu, HI • Tech Ed 2007 • Web 2.0 Presentation for Educators
  • 05/2007 Las Vegas, NV • Web 2.Now • Presenter / Panelist
  • 05/2007 Banff, Canada • World Wide Web Conference • Presenter Web 2.0 for W.O.W.
  • 10/2007 Chicago, IL • Adobe MAX • International User Group /Community Leadership meetings.
  • 01/2008 Hilo, HI • Created Green Collar Technologies, 501c3 non-profit to provide sustainability education.
  • 12/2008 Hilo, HI • Created partnerships with County of Hawai`i for Green Job and Economic Research.
  • 03/2009 Hilo, HI • Green Collar Technologies • Hawai`i Island Sustainability Forum
  • 06/2009 Hilo, HI • Created and delivered Sustainable Living Educational Series.
  • 03/2010 Hilo, HI • Produced 2nd Hawaii Island Sustainability Forum
  • 04/2010 Hilo, HI • Received Commendation from Governor Lingle.
  • 04/2010 Honolulu, HI • Received SBA State of Hawaii Small Business Champion of the Year Award.
  • 06/2010 Hanapepe, HI • Opening Keynote for Greening American Education Conferece.

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