College of Fine Arts The University of Texas at Austin

I am the course founder, designer, and primary instructor for Digital Imaging and Visualization courses for the Departments of Arts and Entertainment Technologies and Art and Art History.

My responsibilities include:
Successful design and implementation of over 30 new courses based on department and college needs. I average 4.6 out of 5 on student Course Instructor Surveys for both course and instructor assessments.

Successful implementation of new teaching modalities based on department and student needs due to the COVID pandemic.

Full-time teaching and mentoring courses with an average of 40+ students per class.

Voluntary student mentor and program faculty for the University’s Bridging Disciplines Program Digital Arts and Media Certification.

Committee membership for department, school, college, and university service, including curriculum, culture, executive budgeting, technology development, and Undergraduate Assistant management.

misunderstood technologies - Austin, TX

I consultant, educate, and design instructional materials for clients to facilitate technical training in digital imaging technologies, content creation, creative artistic direction, and professional graphic art production modalities using industry standards.

Clients include:
General Electric, Siemens, Dell, Samsung, Raytheon, Nike, Pirelli

Creatives - Individuals and Teams

Digital and Traditional Fine Art Printmaking Studios

Commercial Video Editing and Motion Graphic Posts

Non-profit Organizations

Hart InterCivic - Austin, TX

Director in charge of all digital print production for Hart InterCivic. Successfully managed 32 employees at three different corporate locations producing a vast array of print and digital publishing products.

Responsibilities included:
Management of the technical production of official ballots for five states, in the USA, with a revenue of $5 Million+ per year.

Evaluation and purchasing digital production hardware and software solutions for printing including, Xerox Document Solution devices, DTP imaging devices, film image setters, and Raster Imaging Software (RIPs).

Designed technical training materials for official Texas State Elections, Siemens PDF workflow design and training, and employee on-boarding.

Power Computing / Service Partners- Austin Metro, TX

Technical Support Supervisor and Training Manager for Service Partners/Cornerstone Integrated Services. Clients included Fujitsu Laptop Division, Acer/TI Laptops, and AOpen PC hardware products.

The primary customer was Power Computing, an Apple-licensed Macintosh computer clone.

Average of 2500 calls per week with 25 support representatives with a 2-minute average wait time.

Increase in educational sales ramped up call voulme to over 10000 per week with 50 technical support representatives.

Apple discontinued third-party clones and Power Computing ceased production and support.

Moved to manager/team leader of technical support for Fujitsu Laptop Division, Acer/TI Laptops, and AOpen PC hardware products.