Artist Illustrator using both old school pen and pencil and watercolor, as well as Computer Art - Adobe Creative Suite and 3ds MAX to create various art projects and designs for clients.Have created the tee shirts for German Fest - Milwaukee, the second largest German Fest for the past 11 years.To view some samples of artwork - www.keithknudsonart.com

Cima International is the Agent/Importer for NOLAN Motorcycle helmets in the USA. Nolan makes high quality motorcycle helmets and is the #1 helmet brand sold in Europe. CIMA handles all of the importing, sales, media, advertising and customer support in the US. My duties include catalog design, media support, advertising, package design and all artwork within the company. We also produce a line of head wear called HEDZ which I produce all of the graphic designs for as well. I recently also took over the duties of website management and design for 3 of our websites www.nolan-usa.com, www.xlite-usa.com and www.real-rider.comI am involved in all aspects of the company from purchasing, billing, customer service and involved in the decision making alongside the owner of the company.

Helped an upstart Snowmobile Apparel and Accessory company.Duties included all media support, advertising, store displays, catalog design. I also created our own line of sportswear, tee shirts and designs for retail sale in our store, trade shows, catalog and web. Involved in all aspects of company development.For the Snowmobile season - we operated a store front from Sept - April, and was in charge of maintaining store operations,sales, product ordering, team management and trade show support. We were the fastest growing company in the business during this time. It was fast paced, exciting and highly demanding. In final year we launched MotoGear a sister company to sell motorcycle apparel and gear.Sales in the first year $260,000, YR2 - $650,000, YR3 $1,200,000, YR4 $1,800,000, YR5 $1,300,000. These sales were for 8 months.Managing Partners unfortunately mishandled the finances and we Closed the business in 2003. (A polite way of saying they Stole the money)

Worked for Sunburst Sportswear - an apparel sportswear company as both Art Director and Vice President. Oversaw an Art department staff of 11 artists, and a production department of 40+.Helped create and implement apparel programs for Chicago souvenir and retail stores, and also was a key player in producing licensed apparel for the Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Minor League Baseball, Chicago Black Hawks, Hanna Barbera (Yogi Bear and Tom and Jerry) and other licensed apparel.Highlights were producing championship apparel for all 6 Bulls Championships, and designing the Official Chicago Cubs first night game tee and Chicago All Star Tee Shirt.