Chad Olson Email & Phone Number

Urbana-Champaign Area, United States

Urbana, Il, Us

• Contract work for various projects

Greenwich, Ct

• Designed and implemented user interfaces for web applications• Created interfaces to show BIG data on small screens (mobile and tablet + desktop)• Involved with all aspects of the project, from the initial idea to the UI/UX design to the programming of the final interface

• Founding partner, primarily responsible for all things visual (and wearer of many hats)• Pursued various start-up opportunities, helping them go from napkin idea to full fledged applications. Projects like RINGR (radio and podcast audio recording application, including patented audio techniques), Traipse (take a themed tour through historic locations), Cultivate (help grow your professional network), plus a few others idea that never fully made it out of the idea stage (yet)• Worked… Show more • Founding partner, primarily responsible for all things visual (and wearer of many hats)• Pursued various start-up opportunities, helping them go from napkin idea to full fledged applications. Projects like RINGR (radio and podcast audio recording application, including patented audio techniques), Traipse (take a themed tour through historic locations), Cultivate (help grow your professional network), plus a few others idea that never fully made it out of the idea stage (yet)• Worked on projects for hotels.com, Johnnie Walker, Diageo, BBC, and Vippy (startup) through a collaborative agreement with Independents United• Worked with Creative Assembly and Sega on a second screen concept for the Total War video game Show less

• Primary design/developer for all aspects of project development on various website and web application projects and multiple companies. Involved from the initial concept, pricing, and prototyping to the information architecture, design, and final development• Built a custom E-Commerce system for Polyvinyl Records (which grew from 0% to over 35% of their annual sales)• Designed GUI interfaces for website and web applications• Developed a custom Content Management System from the… Show more • Primary design/developer for all aspects of project development on various website and web application projects and multiple companies. Involved from the initial concept, pricing, and prototyping to the information architecture, design, and final development• Built a custom E-Commerce system for Polyvinyl Records (which grew from 0% to over 35% of their annual sales)• Designed GUI interfaces for website and web applications• Developed a custom Content Management System from the ground up which was modified for each client based on their specific needs• Primary photographer and videographer for TV commercials and corporate video campaigns• Expertise with design tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Lightroom, and DaVinci Resolve• Expertise in PHP, Javascript, HTML/CSS, and Flash development Show less