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Seabrook, New Hampshire, United States

Logos, business cards and web designs. Desktop Publishing: combine text, photos, branding and other visual graphic elements to produce publication-ready material.▶ Assisted in creating the 560-page Long Island Sound Embassy Cruising Guide, 12th edition and the New England Coast Embassy Cruising Guide, 9th edition.▶ HDR photography, photo editing and traditional B&W darkroom processing.

Dover, New Hampshire, United States

Dover, New Hampshire

K-4 Art Teacher

Dover, New Hampshire

Dover, Nh

▶ Grades 9th - 12th with a student population of 1,677.▶ Taught painting, printmaking and black and white photography from March to May (7.5 weeks).▶ Designed and presented lessons that focused on the principle content standards of creative expression, aesthetics and criticism, as well as, contemporary culture.▶ Graded student work based on rubrics and assessment tools.▶ Completed formative and summative assessments and displayed final student work.

Kennebunk, Me

▶ Grades K - 5th with a student population of 515.▶ Taught an average of six classes per day within the RSU 21 school district, January to March (7.5 weeks).▶ Developed and implemented developmentally appropriate art curriculum with an emphasis on the elements and principles of art and design.▶ Incorporated art making, art criticism, art history, and art appreciation into lesson plans.▶ Incorporated technology into the classroom via PowerPoint slide presentations.▶ Maintained a positive and assertive approach to classroom management and individual motivation.

Arundel, Me

▶ Grades K - 5th with a student population of 515.▶ Taught an average of six classes per day within the RSU 21 school district, January to March (7.5 weeks).▶ Developed and implemented developmentally appropriate art curriculum with an emphasis on the elements and principles of art and design.▶ Incorporated art making, art criticism, art history, and art appreciation into lesson plans.▶ Incorporated technology into the classroom via PowerPoint slide presentations.▶ Maintained a positive and assertive approach to classroom management and individual motivation.

Portland, Maine

Built eLearning training simulations using Adobe Captivate 5.0 for EHR and Dragon Medically Speaking.

Publishing Industry As Well As Media DevelopmentManaged the production of multiple projects from manuscript to bound book. Responsible for maintaining and assuring schedules were met and ensuring quality and accuracy.▶ Effectively coordinated and communicated project expectations to authors, art directors, copywriters, editors, senior management, and stakeholders.

Created Graphic User Interface art, assets and icons for software products. Translated user interface specifications in to final artwork. Lead design activities and coordinated all phases of graphic user interface design for desktop applications. Orchestrated projects from inception to customer delivery. Created and designed wireframes, user interface prototypes, and layouts per specifications. Analyzed competition and industry software leaders.▶ Explored new strategies for the design and deployment of advanced software products. Initiated interactive design concept leading to user friendly products recognized for excellence.▶ Designed “On the Water Mode” ultra-simplified interface for the company’s legacy software.▶ Enhanced customer satisfaction by creating an easy-to-use, highly intuitive product based on user specifications.▶ Translated UI specifications in to wireframes, prototypes and visual style guide per user goals and needs.▶ Identified and resolved UI-design issues.

A provider of navigational software for land, marine, aeronautical, weather and other applications.

Supervised the engineering team including documentation and user guides. Tracked and reported progress on up to 10 projects simultaneously. Managed software design and scheduling. Identified resources needed and assigned individual responsibilities. Negotiated with department managers for the acquisition of required resources to complete goals. Resolved or escalated issues to ensure the schedule and quality results were delivered on time. Effectively communicated project expectations to business sponsors, product managers, development teams and other internal stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. Conducted user acceptance testing and managed beta testing. Spearheaded software development life cycle efforts. Supervised, motivated 12 direct reports: software engineers, release engineers, technical writers, quality assurance, and contractors.▶ Improved communications and efficiencies by hiring and promoting software engineers to Project Leads.▶ Met deadlines by implementing structured schedules and goals; under prior departmental management, this was not accomplished in the company’s 7 year history.▶ Implemented clean, efficient and bug-free software.

Assigned as product manager reporting to the Development Director to support the development of a high visibility intuitive touch screen command system, considered a revolution in the marine industry. Established and maintained detailed work schedules for development team. Served as central point of contact to orchestrate life cycle process. Arranged meetings, updated the team’s Intranet page. Collaborated with software development management team to devise strategic solutions that aligned with department goals. Prepared management reports and presentations.

Generated artwork and designs for multiple departments: icons, CD labels, state overview drawings, GIF animations, web graphics, PowerPoint presentations. Assisted with conceptual artwork. Desktop Publishing: combined text, photos, and nautical charts using Adobe CS4 Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign for book chapters. High end, wide format Anatech and Vidar floor scanner operator.▶ Created Photoshop index color palettes for a wide range of maps, charts and aerial photos, determining palettes, style and schemes for the company’s paper chart product line.▶ Innovated the process to compress and colorize topographical maps, marine charts, and aeronautical maps for software products.▶ Assisted in the creation of the 560-page Long Island Sound Embassy Cruising Guide, 11th edition.

Managed department that matched and formulated Pantone colors and custom colors using IBM Color Computer and Macbeth Lab Color-eye Spectrophotometer.▶ Promoted to Color Matching Manager to revive the Color Matching department.▶ Totally revamped the department, reorganized and rationalized order flow, built realistic schedules and improved the efficiency of the department.▶ Photo engraver, graphic designer, paste-up artist, and darkroom technician.

- Entrepreneurial endeavor comprised of reproducing my original paintings and linoleum cuts on various accessories.- Photographic restoration and colorizing.

Master Of Arts In Teaching (Mat), Art Education K-12, 4.0

Bfa, Design/Art Therapy

Certificate Programs, Design And Art Related

Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA 1989 Continuing Education/Photography College of Life Long Learning, Portsmouth, NH 1993 - 1994.

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