In the role of Art Director for Star Trek Online, I provide multidisciplinary art leadership on a long-running and successful MMORPG. My experience in live game development has taught me the importance of balancing speed and quality while maintaining relationships with our licensor, overseeing external development resources, satisfying player expectations, and providing my team with opportunities to do work they can be proud of.

Provide multidisciplinary leadership for art teams on Star Trek Online, an officially licensed MMO set in the Star Trek Universe. Manage pipeline, asset creation, outsourcer relationships, and release planning for the live game art team.

I am the lead artist for the user interface (2D) and starship (3D) art teams for the massively multiplayer game Star Trek Online at Cryptic Studios. Because of my background and passion for both User Interfaces and the starships of the Star Trek IP, my responsibilities are divided between managing these two art teams, working with artists on each team to produce high quality starship models and console and PC-friendly user interfaces that are exciting for players and faithful to Star Trek.In this position I have had the opportunity to increase the visual fidelity of our ship art production pipeline, establish outsourcer relationships, and foster cooperation with our licensor and other Star Trek brand partners. I have also used my passion for the game and the brand to concept and manage a variety of product offerings that have been well-received by our players.

As a ship artist I am responsible for modeling, unwrapping and occasionally concepting the 3D models of Star Trek Online's starships. Starships are the primary microtransaction product for STO and a favorite item for our players to collect. I am occasionally also required to make the 2D surface materials for the ships that I model.

Responsible for concepting, creating and implementing new user interfaces and user interface collateral for Star Trek Online. This includes window layouts and kits, icons, microtransaction promotions, minigame designs and content-related UI illustrations. Also responsible for writing documentation and training other UI artists on the project.Have also contributed 2D and 3D assets to STO's Environment and Ship art teams.

With the release of Legacy of Romulus, I was responsible for updating the user interface to accommodate our new playable faction. Ultimately this resulted in a complete redesign of STO's user interface that reduced texture memory, improved customization options for players and streamlined the implementation workflow for future additions to the UI.

Developed concept, design and basic implementation of UI windows and user experience for the massively multiplayer game Star Trek Online.

I worked for Cryptic/Atari Platform as a graphic designer doing HTML, CSS and graphic design for Atari and Cryptic product web sites and web communities.

BuNine Consulting is a group of subject matter experts that consult with David Weber on the development of his Honor Harrington science fiction novel series. I am the lead artist of BuNine, which means I oversee the visual style of all new Honor Harrington materials as published through Baen Books (excepting cover illustrations) or Words of Weber. Usually I am directly responsible for the creation of artwork shipped in BuNine product, most notably HOUSE OF STEEL: THE HONORVERSE COMPANION.

Managed the public-facing website for Southeast Missouri State University, which included developing the site's design, administering its content management system (OpenText), supporting departments with their transition into the CMS, oversight of web team and student workers and development of special features such as a campus map and mobile website.

Used the RedDot content management system to implement content and image collateral for Southeast Missouri State University's public-facing website, including news stories, blogs, featured articles and department information. Contributed to website design look and feel.

Designed posters, T-shirts and logos for various departments, clubs, and events on campus. Worked with other student designers and professional staff in every step of the design and production process, including prepping film negatives to print from digital files.