The FlashCanon

Jason Fincanon - Senior Flash/Flex Developer and Author

Experience

Author
Hands-On Guide to Creating Flash Advertising (Focal Press)

Senior Flash Developer
The Marketing Arm, Dallas, TX
12/2008 - Present

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

Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe AIR, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, ActionScript 2, ActionScript 3, XML, CSS, HTML, XHTML, PHP

Accomplishments and Affiliations