Nathan Smith Email & Phone Number

Tustin, Ca, Us

Tustin, California, United States

My role as Corporate Officer at Metro Insurance is always evolving and multi-faceted. Watching my parents build up the business since birth has ingrained in me a thorough understanding and appreciation of the industry. But it's the day-to-day operations I enjoy most. You'll typically hear me offering financial advice for a life insurance client, quoting a work comp policy at my desk, or updating the Windows website & file servers in the IT cabinet.I've developed an extremely effective synergy between my love for technology and the insurance industry. I have a deep understanding of web development, branding, graphics and video design, IT and sysadmin, electronics and hardware development and much more. Not only does this help with marketing to tech-savvy companies, but also helps Metro stay on the cutting edge of tech.

HISTORYFlashVenom dates back to 1996 when I sat on the board of the Orange County Multimedia Association, then OCMMUG, with my mentor, Gary Birch. I was only 14 at the time. Before e-mail, Toy Story, and Adobe Flash, a little company called stat media began creating 3d effects and multimedia websites for Fortune 500 companies and Billboard-topping artists using a little program called Macromedia Director (Shockwave). Together, we created the first internet-enabled CD-ROM, one of the first “business-card CDs,” (remember those?) and award winning kiosks and websites. As a kid, I was featured on the NBC program News for Kids and appeared on the front page of the Orange County Register for my interactive resume CD-ROM. During my time at stat media, I helped create websites and training CDs for Transamerica, Toshiba, and Mercury-Oldmobile, just to name a few. I also assisted in teaching classes at the Laguna College of Art and Design, UCI Extension, and Santiago Canyon College. This foundation led me to start and run my own successful freelance company, Flash Venom.AWARDSI've been awarded several awards in the field of graphic design and programming. I've been nominated for three Webby awards, two of which were awarded for my work with The MY HERO Project.

Los Angeles, Ca

Laguna Beach, Ca

A non-profit organization that promotes cross-cultural education and media arts literacy through the celebration of heroes. I design and maintain the award-winning website, and also act as Art Director for the annual International Film Festival, global outreach programs, and world-wide teacher conferences.

Anaheim, Ca

Worked as Project Lead, or graphic designer.