About Me

At Simpleview/Granicus I build front end components for a wide variety of destination marketing websites. I write performant, sustainable code and undergo regular peer review. I work with libraries like React and Vue, and languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.

In 2024, Simpleview was acquired by Granicus.

At Simply Bits/Desert Lab Studio, I enjoyed a broad range of responsibilities. My primary roles were as a web designer and front end developer, but my job covered a myriad of other disciplines, like graphic design, marketing, and sales.

In summary, my experience at Simply Bits/Desert Lab Studio encompassed the following:

• I created print, web, and virtual marketing materials for Simply Bits/Desert Lab Studio, their clients, and their various software products.
• I designed and built websites using the Umbraco CMS and a variety of web languages, including HTML, CSS, SCSS, and JavaScript.
• I created custom graphic and illustration work for the purposes of marketing, web design, advertising, and product development.
• I attended trade shows to promote Theater Toolkit, a software product for independent movie theaters.

In 2019, the Enterprise Services department of Simply Bits split off into its own company, becoming Desert Lab Studio.

I wrote and illustrated an original story titled Ivory and Sinew for the comic book anthology New Nebula Volume 1.

I created custom illustrations and designed print marketing materials and wine labels.

I was responsible for printing in multiple formats and assisting customers in a demanding environment. I worked with a team to manage a steady flow of customers, edited files to ensure optimum print quality, and helped maintain large format printers.

I have 10 years of experience in a variety of web languages, libraries, and frameworks, including, but not limited to, the following:

• HTML
• CSS
• SCSS
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• React
• Vue
• NextJS

Thanks to the wide range of experience my education and career have afforded me, I have amassed a comprehensive and multidisciplined body of work in the areas of print media, web design, and virtual marketing.

The primary focus of my education was illustration, and in particular I excelled at digital illustration.

Presently, I use this background to enhance my other skills, like design and writing.

I am expertly skilled in Adobe Creative Cloud software, most especially in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

For drawing and painting I tend to use Procreate on an iPad Pro.

For web design, my software of choice is Figma.

My preferred IDE is Visual Studio Code.

I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arizona in 2013, earning a bachelor's degree in fine art with an emphasis in visual communication and a concentration in illustration.

In 2012 I embarked on a summer study abroad program through the University of Arizona. I stayed in Orvieto, Italy for 5 weeks, mingling with the locals, practicing my Italian, and completing a small, illustrated book for the end-of-term exhibition.

In 2009 I graduated from Mesa Community College with an associate's degree in fine art. My education there focused most especially on the detailed study of the human figure.