Sr Flash Platform Developer

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Experience

Author

Hands-On Guide to Creating Flash Advertising – Focal Press, 2007
Flash Advertising – Focal Press, 2010 (available for pre-order)

Community

Dallas Flash User Group Co-Manager (Flash Dallas)
Dallas Adobe Flex User Group Presenter (D-Flex)
TexFlex09 Presenter

Senior Interaction Designer and Developer
Intuit, Plano, TX
10/2009 – Present

Work with multiple teams to help bridge the gap of understanding between design and development within Flex.
Research new options and technologies that may help improve project workflow between teams and disciplines.

My position at Intuit consists of several different responsibilities including being a communication layer between the design team and the development team as well as being the in-house Flex expert/consultant.

Senior Interactive Developer
Branded News / Ackerman McQueen, Irving, TX
4/2009 – 10/2009

Working in Flex as part of a team developing an application for client use.

My responsibilities at Branded News include development and modification of various modules and components for a branded web based application.

Senior Flash Developer
The Marketing Arm, Dallas, TX
12/2008 – 4/2009

Development in Flex and Flash to create online marketing and advertising for client products and promotions.
Integration between Flex and an AMFPHP backend for contests, drawings and various other prize based promotions.

While developing for The Marketing Arm, I have been able to not only introduce them to Flex, but also show them how it can increase a developer’s speed and productivity when used on the right projects. Some of the clients I’ve worked for at The Marketing Arm include American Airlines, GameStop and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas.

Flash Game Developer II
Blockdot, Inc., Dallas, TX
11/2007 – 12/2008

Work with a team of developers to produce websites and casual games for various clients directly or through their advertising agency.
Determine which product (Flash or Flex) is best suited for a given project.
Integration between ActionScript (2 and 3) and .NET web services for data ranging from simple high score tables to complete information about logged in users.

My primary focus while working at Blockdot has been on the development of websites and game frames/shells. Utilizing either Flash or Flex, I have done the development of entire user experiences as well as pieces that simply provided a place for multiple games to live and communicate with a common interface and backend.

Senior Flash Developer
Click Here, Inc. / The Richards Group, Dallas, TX
11/2003 – 11/2007

Build websites with Flash and/or Flex for national and international clients.
Program communication between ActionScript (2 and 3) and various other languages such as .NET, ASP, PHP and Ruby on Rails.
Develop both standard and rich media banners.

During my time at Click Here I had the opportunity to work on many projects for some very large and well known clients such as Patrón, Hyundai, GameStop and Travelocity. While doing development on websites and banners in both Flash and Flex, I also used Adobe AIR to build internal tools used to increase developer productivity.

Multimedia Developer
Intelecon Services, Inc. / Revolve Communications, Dallas, TX
3/2001 – 11/2003

Development of Flash websites for various clients both local and national.
Creation and development of graphics, animations and interactivity for CDs and kiosks used in trade shows.

While working at Intelecon, I was able to start building more on my ActionScript knowledge while also providing animations and graphical work for our clients.

Senior Multimedia Developer
ElasticEdge, Plano, TX
11/2000 – 1/2001

Creation and development of graphics, animation and interactivity for sales demonstrations.
Designed, produced and managed materials and graphics for sales collateral.

Web and Multimedia Designer
InVerge, Addison, TX
5/2000 – 11/2000

Programming and development for use in trade shows such as eTail2000 in New York and ICEexpo in San Jose.
Used Photoshop for production of graphics for company demos and website.
Used Sonic Foundry Acid Music and Sound Forge to produce music for trade shows and website demos.

Graphic Artist / Flash Animator
Courtroom Sciences Inc., Irving, TX
1/1999 – 5/2000

Performed in a multi-team environment to produce graphics, animations, and interactive shows for use as exhibits in Trial Vision, a proprietary multimedia presentation software package built for client trials.
Worked on projects for use in local, national, and international company trials.
Created graphics in Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator to be used in Trial Vision.
Used Sonic Foundry Sound Forge to create sounds for animations and interactive exhibits.
Created animations and interactive exhibits with Macromedia Flash to fulfill clients needs for persuasive exhibits.

Cover Artist
Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX
11/1998 – 1/1999

Worked individually to create artwork for school yearbook covers. Projects given with client approved concepts and instructions.
Used Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator to create artwork for projects.
Scanned artwork provided for several covers.
Brought artwork through Quark to prepare and run four color film process.

Education

6/1998 The Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, TX

Associate of Applied Arts in Computer Animation

Skills