UPDATE

Oct. 5, 2010 — This resume has not been updated for long time (nearly ten years). So this is my update for now, improvements are on their way.

Objective

• To assist companies and organizations in development and implementation of Internet related technologies; focusing on web design, presentation and marketing.

Summary of Skills and Qualifications

• Superior knowledge of the Internet's advertising, shareware, and search engine industry.
• Strong relationships with the Internet real estate, mortgage and golf community.
• Certified Web Designer with 20 years of hands-on experience in the computer and multimedia business.
• Certified Instructor with experience in developing course curriculum's.
• Unprecedented CGI scripting skills with extensive knowledge using numerous web technologies.
• Efficient, flexible, well organized and able to work effectively under deadline pressure.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to handle multiple priorities and complex problems.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with client relations and sales experience.
• Artistic, creative, intuitive with many years of design and commercial art experience.
• Self-motivated, self-learner, customer oriented, resourceful, enthusiastic and welcoming a new challenge.

Work Experience

Founder/Owner Jan 2001 - Present	SidePix Inc, Calgary, AB As the CEO of Sidepix Inc., I have had the great pleasure of working with numerous companies in the areas of Internet development, e-commerce, corporate identity and marketing. Some of the recent web sites I have developed are Resmor Trust Company, CanEquity.com, plus many others.
Contractual Work Jun 2001 - Aug 2001	PGA TOUR, Ponte Vedra, FL Book4golf Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ Creation and development of PGATOUR TPC.com website.
Contractual Work Jan 2001 - Present	Nevadabobs.com Inc, Calgary, AB Project Manager and Creative Lead for the creation of Nevadabobs B2B e-commerce website. On-going consulting and development of Nevadabobs.com website.
Senior Art Director Jan 1998 - Jun 2001	OnX Inc (formerly Onyx), Toronto, ON Design and creation of web sites, GUI's and multimedia presentations. Development and design of the original Book4.PGATOUR.com website. Client proposals. Marketing.
Senior Developer Oct 1997 - Jan 1998	Documax Enterprises, Calgary, AB Design, coordination, creation, and implementation of web sites and GUI's. Perl, HTML, JavaScript programming. Web server / Lotus Notes administration.
Contractual Work May 1997 - Oct 1997	Sense Media and Communications, Regina, SK Conceptual design, coordination, creation, and implementation of web sites. Programming HTML, JavaScript, and CGI.
Project Manager May 1996 - May 1997	ITMG (Internet Training & Marketing Group), Regina, SK Head of the web development division. Work closely with clients both in sales and development. Managed developers coordinating the design and implementation of web sites. Worked an average 70 hours a week.
Owner May 1993 - May 1997	Advanced Image Management, Regina, SK Standard office procedures; billing, payables, filing. Main responsibilities; training staff, sales, marketing, and quality control. Preparation of 3-D animation for television, web sites, and multimedia presentations.
Graphic Artist May 1991 - May 1993	Optik 3 Design, Regina, SK Organization of ideas and visuals. Set-up pre-press material. Development and design of various types of print material including full color brochures, posters, forms, and illustrations. Work closely with clients.
Computer Technician Sep 1990 - Oct 1991	Sterling Computer Services, Regina, SK Software/hardware installation, computer repair, client service support and set-up of LANs. Network Administrator.
Graphic Artist Sep 1990 - May 1991	Photolab, Regina, SK Dark room experience with E-6, C-41, and B&W processing. Creation of computer generated slides, business cards, labels, and advertising promotions all using photographic medium.
Graphic Artist Aug 1987 - Jul 1990	Aero Animation, Ottawa, ON At age 16 designed animation, splash and background screens for video games. Worked remotely via 600/1200-baud modem. Assisted in the development of software titles such as California Cruising and Test Drive 2.

Advanced Technical Skills

Computer Technician Skills:

Over two decades of experience with hardware configuration and software installation: including high-end video cards, SCSI interfaces, network cards, hard drives, disk drives, memory boards, audio cards, tape backups, power supplies, CPUs, printers, CD-ROMS, ZIP drives, scanners, etc. Diagnostics and repairs on x86 based machines, with thorough understanding of Pentium Based computers.

Network Administration Experience:

Plan and create accounts and account policies, user rights, install and configure network printers, manage files, implement data security procedures and perform backups, configure disk subsystems, implement fault tolerances, provide application support, install and configure network protocols. Experience with Lantastic, Novell, Windows for Workgroups, with extensive experience in Windows NT Server and Lotus Notes.

Internet Experience:

Over 8 years of experience with Internet related applications, protocols, services, extensions and plug-ins: FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, Gopher, Archie & Veronica services, intranets, whois, trace-routes, telnet sessions, telephony, VRML, Real Audio/Video, FrontPage extensions, SSI, FLASH, Shockwave, Bulletin Board Services with extensive experience in DHTML-formatted hypertext and hypermedia document services using advanced forms, tables, cascading style sheets, frames, image maps, etc.

• Certified Web Designer: Successfully completed the requirements for certification by the board of the AWP.
• Member of the Association of Web Professionals.
• Certified Netscape SellerXpert 2.0 User
• Member of The International Association of Web Masters and Designers.

Programming Skills:

• Expert level abilities and experience with ASP, HTML 1-4, DHTML (CSS, JavaScript, SSI), CGI (Perl), FLASH
• Intermediate level abilities and integration experience with C, C++, VBScript
• Integration experience with JSP, PHP, XML

Platforms and Operating Systems:

• Windows 2000, XP, Server and Advanced Server.
• Linux / Unix, command-line and X Windows.

Experience with the following software:

Adobe Arcobat Adobe Pagemaker Adobe Photoshop Altamira Composer Animator Studio Animation Shop Authorware Pro Autodesk Animator

Corel Draw Corel Mosiac Corel Photo Paint Corel Trace Corel Ventura Corel Xara Conversions Plus BIT Fax

Director Faxworks GIF Construction Set Graphics Workshop Harvard Graphics Hijaak PRO HSC Digital Morph Lightwave 3D

Macromedia Flash MS Excel MS Exchange MS FrontPage MS IIS Servers MS GIF Animator MS Office MS Power Point

Netscape Suite Spot Norton PC Anywhere Paintshop Pro Presentations Quattro Pro Ray Dream Designer Swish Ulead WebRazor Pro

Intimate knowledge of Web Browsers:

• Netscape
• Internet Explorer
• Others: Lynx, Mosaic, Mozilla, Opera

Remote Communication and File Transfer Tools:

• Instant messaging: AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, IRC, Firetalk, MSN Messenger, Net Meeting
• Email: Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Communicator, Eudora
• Others: FTP, HTTP, Telnet, and VPN's.

Graphic Art, Pre-Press and Video Experience

Twelve years of pre-press experience: typesetting, desktop publishing, camera ready artwork, mechanical art and paste-up, stripping, color separations, image setters, etc.

Two years of photography and photo imaging experience: E-6, C-41, and B&W processing. (400+ hours darkroom experience).

Twelve years commercial art experience: coordination and/or development of various logos, brochures, posters, advertisements, forms, and illustrations for many companies and organizations, some of which include Big Rocky Mountain Jamboree, David Lettermen and Sega.

• Extensive experience in commercial advertising.
• Knowledgeable in obtaining accurate price estimates on artwork, printing, and web design.
• Corel Certified Instructor.

Developed multimedia, computer generated graphics and presentations for many prestigious companies including Allstar Technologies, Imperial Oil, ISM, CAA Motor Club, Ducks Unlimited, Mammoth Canada, SaskPower, SaskEnergy, Sasksport, Coca-Cola, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, Allterrain Surveys, Super Seamless of Canada.

Designed or assisted in the development of websites for America West Airlines, Alberta Municipal Affairs, AgInfoNet, Book4golf Corporation, CanadaHelps.org, The Canadian Equity Group, Carol Alt (super-model), CBC's Utopia Cafe, CIBC intranet, City of Regina, Coldwell Banker, Dick Assman (David Letterman), DOCU.MAX Enterprises, Federal Bureau of Investigations, First Nations Internet, OnX.com, Partners in Planning, Peace Hills Trust, PGA TOUR, Richard Carn (Home Improvement), Regina Pats, Regina Public Library, Samuel L. Jackson Celebrity Golf Classic, Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food, Saskatchewan Economic Development, Saskatchewan Science Centre, Saskatchewan Tourism Authority, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, Saskweb, Sidepix.com, Signal Industries, SecurityFocus.com, Stay In School, Tournament of Players Club (PGA TOUR), Telepages Smart Look Up, Tourism Regina, Upton Resources, Xerox, plus many others.

Familiar with video editing and frame dumping on high-end Beta and SVHS decks. Also design broadcast quality (NTSC format) computer animation's for Television advertisements for the CBC. Worked with Ross Tulloch of Spectra Video Services, Regina, SK in the development of the animation in Mind's Eye Production Beyond the Gate.

Personal Achievements and History

• Five consecutive Web Awards issued by The International Association of Web Masters and Designers in 2002.
• An e-commerce Channel Partner with Bean Stream since 2002.
• Forbes 'Best of the Web' award in 1998 for Book4golf.com.
• Nine year member of the Corel Beta Test Group and six year member Corel Approved Service Bureau.
• My company, Advanced Image Management, designed the T-shirts, bumper stickers and other related merchandise that aired on the David Letterman show for Dickassmania.
• Award of Excellence in 5th Annual World Design Contest with artwork displayed at the Gala Awards Evening, at the National Arts Centre, on May 26, 1994.
• Guest Speaker for "First Nations Internet" - 1994 Peace Hills Convention, Saskatoon, SK.
• Worked with SIAST to develop new course outlines and classes in the area of graphic arts in 1993.
• Started (quite arguably) the first full service web development company in Canada in May of 1993, Advanced Image Management Inc.
• I have had numerous artworks and articles about me published in national and local magazines and newspapers including Regina UpTown magazine, Ahoy magazine, Amiga World magazine, Star Pheonix, Calgary Herold, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun and Province, Regina Leader Post.
• 1989-1990 University of Regina: Math, English, and Computer Science (Quit to start my own business).
• 1988-1990 Involved with members of the software development team at Distinctive Software Inc., Burnby BC designing video arcade games.
• 1982-1987 Assistant system operator for two Regina based bulletin board services.
• Worked with Software development companies at the age of 16.
• First of many computer graphic illustrations published in a computer magazines at the age of 14.
• Designed a computer presentation on the Commodore 64 for Coca-Cola at the age of 13.
• Started programming in BASIC at age 10.