Experience

Knowledge

Awareness

I began studying graphic design in Orlando, Florida at a young age. After completing various production courses and an independent portfolio class, I was offered a scholarship to attend the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio where I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Advertising and Graphic Design with a minor in Illustration.

I've been designing and developing websites professionally over ten years now. Designing websites wasn't enough of a challenge for me so I began to study different methods of building websites and moved on to server side languages and dynamic content. Today I specialize in building Content Management Systems (CMS) ranging from simple web page updates to robust versions that create new pages and directories on the fly.

I've worked for various agencies in the Central Ohio area primarily as an Interactive Art Director. I also develop simple applications, interactive kiosks and dynamic presentations using Flash.

Software

Advanced knowledge of:
Adobe CS2/CS3 (Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, ImageReady) Macintosh Platform

Miscellaneous applications:
Transmit
Parallels (Running Windows XP and Vista)
CSSEdit

Skill Set

Advanced knowledge of:
CSS/XHTML
PHP/MySQL
CMS (Content Management Systems - Custom built)
E-commerce (Real time processing and client processed)

Intermediate knowledge of:
AJAX
DHTML
Javascript
Actionscript 2.0/3.0

As the father of an autistic child, autism awareness is something I'm very passionate about. My oldest son was diagnosed at the age of three and we had long suspected before he was formally diagnosed.

Autism is a developmental disorder that affects 1 out of 150 individuals today. Compared to 4 to 5 out of 10,000 in the early 80's those numbers are staggering. Autism is a spectrum disorder meaning there are different levels of autism ranging from non-verbal to high functioning. My son quit speaking at the age of two and half years. He went from simple phrases to gibberish and finally silence. I put in endless hours of research for therapy and eventually found a diet (thanks to an online support group for parents with autistic children) which turned my son around. My youngest was weeks away from being diagnosed as well and I believe this diet saved him from the same path his brother was on. Within a week my youngest started talking again (after eight months of silence) and my oldest started speaking thoughts that were not scripted from a TV show. He went from using a PECS book (special picture book to help children communicate) to being discharged from speech therapy in about 10 months. I will forever be indebted to the woman that introduced this diet to me.

If you want to know more about autism visit Autism Speaks. If you want to know about the diet that turned my children around visit this SCD website.

Website Designs

• Janet Little Jeffers Photography
  
  I'm currently reworking janetlittle.com, the new website will have a revised navigation system, slideshow on the home page built with Ajax and an updated CMS that will make it easier to manage galleries and photos.
  
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• Register Rabbit
  
  This is the first phase of branding this new venture. Currently the focus is on the design of the forms and how it relates to the functionality. The next phase will be a complete design for the entire website.
  
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• Logicalis Concept
  
  This is a proposed concept for an existing sales tool website. Now that the functionality of the site is complete I've proposed a new design that will gel better with the complex functionality.
  
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• Salon Concept
  
  One of several concepts presented. This was the final layout selected before they pulled the project in-house.
  
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Contact me

Rock & Walk 2009 was a benefit concert featuring the Von Bondies and local bands Karate Coyote and The Dirty Flaggs in support of Autism Speaks. I would like to make this an annual event. If you are interested in sponsoring or organizing future Rock & Walk events please contact me.

Today, 1 in 100 individuals is diagnosed with autism, making it more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined. Autism Speaks is dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.