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Cary, NC 27513
Phone:(919)388-9720
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  Employment
 
  StartUpStreet.com, Raleigh, NC - October, 2000 - Present

Web Developer / Graphic Design. Work with Chief Technical Officer to maintain and design company website at www.startupstreet.com. Responsible for updating and managing all front end dynamic content and includes for both
JSP and HTML pages and all Flash animation. Use Macromedia Flash and Fireworks to create conference invitations and announcements for both web and mass email. Responsibilities also include working in conjunction with Marketing personel
to design and layout conference materials and invitations for print using Adobe PageMaker, Photoshop and Illustrator.
Currently redesigning website front end look and feel and navigation for both public and private pages in a test server environment to eventually replace the current site.

NetGift Registry, Durham, NC - April 2000 - Present

Website Design / Implementation Engineer.
Responsible for the design, building and maintenance of NetGift's corporate websites at NetGiftinc.com and NetGift.com.
Assisted Chief Technical Officer with programming changes and updates to asp scripts for gift registry templates.
Responsible for the implementation of the NetGift registry into partner and retailer websites and shopping portals. Worked with retailers such as LLBean and BottomDollar/ShopNow to customize the look and feel of the gift registry templates and integrate them into the online shopping environment..

Custom Coatings Inc. / Time Cap Labs, Farmingdale, NY - July 1996 to March 2000.

Assistant Manager, Shipping and Recieving
Began with company handling all pick-ups and deliveries, receiving and sampling of raw materials according to GMCP manufacturing standards for the Pharmaceutical industry. Eventually moved up to become Assistant Manager of Shipping and Receiving responsible for Inventory control of a Pharmaceutical warehouse using a Windows NT based Bin Management System.

Telicare, Cablevision channel 25, Uniondale, NY - December 1996 to January 1998.

Production Assistant.
Performed as Technical Director, Audio engineer and Camera operator during the taping and
post-production of cable television shows. Also handled pre-production Audio recording and microphone setup
and layout of stage sets and lighting.

United Parcel Service, Farmingdale, NY - August 1989 to June 1996.

Worked part-time loading and preparing daily delivery routes. Eventually moved on to work as a full-time delivery driver.
Handled all daily commercial and residential delivery and pick-up services and special services for commercial business.
 
  Education
 
  Hendriks Instiute, Lindenhurst, NY - January 1998 to March 2000.
Web page design and maintenance using HTML, Javascript, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash.
Graphic design and page layout using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Quark XPress. 3-D modeling and animation using
Newtek Lightwave 3-D 5.6.

Associate in Applied Science, Business management, concentration in Audio engineering and Recording.
Five Towns College, Dix Hills, NY - 1991.

Associate in Applied Science, Video Arts and Television production, Five Towns College, Dix Hills, NY - 1993.

 
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