Summary:

Long term involvement with adult  education and training in visual communication,
utilizing software applications in desktop publishing, web page design, multimedia,
and production. Successful experience instructing, motivating, and directing students
to produce professional quality work for the graphic design and web-based design fields.

• Full time faculty position training students in web page design & multimedia
  creation using Dreamweaver, Flash, Director, and Authorware. Also
  taught HTML, PHP, & MySQL scripting.
  
  
• Improved instructional methodology, developed new curriculum, assessments,
  and implemented instructional plans successfully for seven years. Selected BA
  class text books for all core graphics classes.
  
  
• Provided instruction in the Bachelor program in Internet Web Design,
  E-Commerce Programming, Dynamic Web Design, Interactive Web Programming,
  Multimedia 3 & 4, Interactive Promotions, Graphic Design 3 & 4, and Advanced Portfolio.
  
  
• Provided instruction in Associate program in Illustration, Desktop Publishing,
  Computer Graphics, Multimedia 1& 2, and Professional Presenation.
  
  
• Created the college's first promotional CD-ROM utilizing Director and Lingo
  programming. The marketing CD presented the school's degree programs 
  with student samples.
  
  
• Multimedia director: created dept. budget, purchased new
  equipment, acquired software site license subscriptions. Supervised lab technicians.
  
  
• Presented multimedia product knowledge meetings for sales representatives
  to accurately explain school curriculum and programs of instruction.
  

Chosen by Collins College as the first Professional Development Representative.
(1999). Trained with Career Education Corporation leadership.

Software Knowledge:

• Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress
  
• Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Director MX, and Authorware
  
• MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
  
• Premiere, SoundEdit, Sound Forge
  
• XHTML, CSS,  PHP, Lingo, ActionScripting
  

New Crown Video Productions - Sole Proprietor - 4 years

Created promotional videos for engineering companies, schools, theatrical
productions, bands, lecturers, and weddings. Experienced in multi-camera
operations, editing, lighting, and sound recording.

Education:

University of Phoenix - MA.Ed, Adult Education & Distance
Learning  (August 2004)
See UOP Classes link for course outline and class descriptions.

University of Advancing Technology, Phoenix, AZ (1997)
Professional development Classes. Received Multimedia Development
Program Certificate. Software studies in desktop publishing and multimedia.

Arizona State University Graduate College, Tempe, AZ. (1991-1996)
Graduate course completed in Special Education, Administration, Educational
Psychology, Content Area Literacy, Curriculum Development, Art History, and
Painting.

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ - Bachelor of Fine Arts (1981)
Studied painting, drawing, graphic illustration, and art history. Printmaking
award in Juried Exhibition 1978.

William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL
General studies.