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Color Story Studio works with businesses to improve their in-person guest experience. An inspiring and memorable space encourages repeat visits and word-of-mouth marketing, which adds up to increased revenue! We do this through both temporary and permanent installations, custom lighting, and visual displays. If you are a business owner looking to both define your brand and grow your business, please reach out via email. We'd love to connect with you.

Visual BI communicator, delivering data to business units through custom Tableau Server dashboards and ad hoc T-SQL reports. Developing SSIS based Data Vault 2.0 ETLs. Employing Agile Scrum methodology.

Be thought leader in developing institutional BI capabilities and advocate for improvement change. Entrepreneurially create buy-in solving organizational questions using data and analytics, identifying and empowering key stakeholders. Overcome present technological obstacles to deliver real BI value while developing and guiding towards new systems. Create systems to insure data integrity and query reproducibility. Full-stack develop gallery apps and website, collaborating cross departmentally and managing external resources when necessary. Accomplishments:• Created local data store in SQL Server, syncing nightly using R agent for GET and ETL, collaborating with IT to stand up requirements and ticketing vendor for custom API.• Used T-SQL and PowerBI to create live general admission and financial goals dashboard against data store for C-suit execs, Saved 8+ hours a week in data wrangling and report building.• Supply ad hoc, complex, multi-year reports and analysis against transaction data with T-SQL, Excel, PowerBI, and R, storing results reproducibility with Git and Git-LFS. Such results were impossible before data store.• Full-stack support developer for DiscoverNewfields.org roll-out to fixed deadline. Used HTML, CSS (LESS with GULP), PHP, JS, and Concrete5 CMS. Website uptime 99.999% has supported 52% of ticket, membership sales, and donations, and 73% of WInterlights ticket sales in 2018.• Developed numerous in gallery apps using various technologies. Highlights include: payphone audio devices powered by Raspberry Pi3's; 270 egree video projected immersive space with touch screen triggered animations using TouchDesigner; chair rating web app and result aggregating leader board with SQLite, HTML, CSS, PHP, AJAX; and a virtual mannequin app featuring museum collection dress modeled with photogrammetry, interacted with by Kinect depth sensing camera and powered by Unreal 4.20.

Develop syllabuses and teach various woodworking classes, centering around woodturning and fine woodworking. One-on-one and group training towards desired outcomes and proficiency. Build community engagement through offline and online communication, while forwarding organizational mission.Accomplishments: Multiple students exhibiting work from class. Two students that have enrolled in my classes more that (4) times each. 2016 re-enrollment rate of 20%.

Spec, design, install and monitor multimedia systems in museum. Collaborate and consult with internal and external stakeholders to determine multimedia system needs, make recommendations, uncovering unseen constraints. Maintain inventory and documentation within budgets. Build internal knowledge base. Art handling and preparatory work.Highlights: “19 Stars” immersive space - (6) synchronized projectors in the round with BrightSigns. Olivier “Liquid Painting Liquid Time” exhibit - (9) projection and screen based artworks. CSI “telephone” - custom circuitry, Raspberry Pi, and Bash scripting deliver LED control and triggered audio output through modified phone handset.

Design and build visuals in retail space, including window and interior displays and product fixtures. Collaborate with management team interpreting corporate directives to fit unique store layout. Manage budget, timeline, work space, and equipment while maintaining a safe work environment. Delegate responsibilities successfully to helpers through direct training.Accomplishments: Recognized for Window Highlight, Midwest Region, Spring 2014. Highest Volume Store in District. Design/build live video feed “Santa Selfie Station”.

Built client relationships and sales throughout scenic arts service pipeline. Insured shared vision with client and production team though creation of renderings/plans/elevations. Design large scale props, environments, large scale print graphics, and custom decor packages. Grow business creating digital and print marketing and sales materials, tracking analytics, and spearhead and implement social media use. Keep inventory database up to date. Accomplishments: Received Accent Award - “I’ve Got a Guy”, Creative Vendor Award. Designed website, and marketing email campaigns. Redesigned sales paperflow for efficiency through self- populating forms in Google Sheets with scripting.

Worked with university faculty/staff providing design services including interactive animation, print and web design, educational illustrations. Accomplishments: Published illustrations in faculty textbooks. Designed graphical skin for campus wide closed circuit content streaming system. Used AS2 to created interactive scientific visualization app for use in classroom and online.

Responsibilities: Engage with clients in one-to-one sales, design, and application of custom tattoo solutions. Apply tattoo according to best practices in hygiene, safety, professionalism, and craftsmanship. Continuous growth in areas of tattoo, drawing, painting, and design. Accomplishments: Published work in Pain Magazine, Nov. 2006.

Loaded and unloaded package trailers. Sorted boxes through system.