In my free-time I founded CYMASPACE, a non-profit corporation and events venue in North East Portland OR with a goal to create an arts venue that focuses on inclusivity and accessibility. We host monthly multi-sensorial performances and hands-on classes/workshops. We are unique in that we develop our own interactive technologies and build custom art installations that cater to all senses.As Board President, I lead a 5-member board to coordinate & manage projects with our 25 strong team and volunteers. I am careful to keep a healthy balance between my career and altruistic efforts and my obligations to CymaSpace are limited to 5 hours a week.

As the principal User Interface Design Director, I am responsible for the execution and delivery of all branding, visual interfaces of internal and client software and marketing efforts. I report directly to the president and continually advise how design solutions answer the customer & employee needs as well as meet Shopfans business goals.My day-to-day consists of designing and delivering User Interface and Graphical design wireframes, drafts. prototypes and final software products using a variety of graphic design, illustration and animation software packages.I also code and program front-end interfaces and marketing sites using the latest website development technology and frameworks including PHP/HTML/CSS/JS via Yii, jQuery & Twitter Bootstrap.I give creative direction along with support and creative mentorship of other members on the project team. I make a point to always act on behalf and in best interest of Shopfans, being able to suggest and discuss the ways to improve business practices and standard operating procedures online and at physical Shopfans business locations.I am closely involved in major business development activities, including overall strategy, marketing, Search Engine Optimization and sales activity and also perform software testing to ensure quality of front-end and back-end applications.

Owner and lead designer at Pixelshell, a freelance web design studio specializing in User Interfaces for web applications and branding and marketing for corporations and creative individuals.

An enlightening 3 month internship at Palm Pictures who are an independent film and music distributor based in NYC.It was a valuable experience where I was able to try my hands out on a myriad of different design and marketing projects.Highlights include creating a brand new trailer website for the beautiful film 'Ten Canoes' and participating in the interview of the lead star of 'The Motel' and being responsible for editing and publishing of video for an online promotional competition.