U.C. Berkeley, M.Arch. Program, two years graduate study
Stanford University, B.A. Urban Studies 1991

Team Player of the year 1997, Viscomm™
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley
Minority Research Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley
Academic Scholarship, Stanford University
Award for Special Service, U.S. Department of Energy

web designer 
World Savings - San Leandro, California
Work with the Design, Usability and Content team to develop effective design of new and revised pages for existing corporate website. Create Photoshop and html mockups of designs which incorporate new features and functionality. Improve the visual branding and usability of the existing site by integrating the results of user testing and feedback from business groups. Designed and developed a Web Design Style Guide, with the assistance of a contractor, to ensure consistency of visual assets and page layout throughout the site. The Style Guide also serves as a resource for future web design development across the company. Redesigned and updated Internet Group Intranet to maximize access to Group resources.

senior web designer 
Multitude, Inc. (Firetalk) - South San Francisco, California
Developed new Multitude corporate identity and designed collateral.  Designed and built corporate web site.  Developed GUI for MultiCONNECT conferencing application. Redesigned existing Firetalk web site.  Produced marketing and advertising materials for web and print.   

senior site developer 
Sapient - San Francisco, California
Developed innovative e-commerce web sites for leading companies including Virgin Megastore, esprit, Land Rover, Patagonia, and Nordstrom. Worked with designers and engineers to integrate visual and technical design for sophisticated end-to-end digital solutions. Created prototypes and managed graphic assets using the latest technologies. Developed strategic user experiences, resolved browser specific compatibility issues, and created effective development standards.

senior multimedia artist/design team lead
Viscomm™ - Novato, California 
Designed interactive CD-ROMs and web sites for clients in the architecture, engineering and construction fields. Created, prepared and managed graphics and art. Designed and prepared ads and marketing literature for print. Clients included high profile companies such as Chevron, Corian, Hilton, Honeywell, Kohler, Lindal Cedar Homes, Weyerhaeuser Doors. 

production coordinator/multimedia artist
Mindscape - Novato, California
Produced art for highly acclaimed children's CD-ROM product based on Beatrix Potter's children's stories. Digitized original art, prepared drawings for animation, processed art for final product. Coordinated art production to meet programming specifications. Prepared character scripts and game specifications. 

planning assistant/graphic designer
Bryan Grunwald Associates - San Francisco, California
Prepared policy analyses for specific plans. Assisted with preparation of environmental impact reports and specific plans. Produced graphics for presentations, proposals, and marketing literature. Translated marketing literature from English to Spanish. 

city planning research assistant
University-Oakland Metropolitan Forum - U.C. Berkeley
Examined and addressed quality of life issues in two Oakland communities. Conducted a neighborhood assessment survey. Administered sampling for study area using Geographic Information systems (GIS). Generated site-specific information of Oakland neighborhoods and produced various detailed maps of target areas.

designer/research assistant
Horace Poolaw Photography Project - Anthropology Dept. Stanford, California
Participated in organizing a major photography exhibit of Kiowa Indian Culture: War bonnets, Tin Lizzies and Patent Leather Pumps: Kiowa Culture in Transition, 1925-1955. Assisted in the design and development of the exhibit of Horace Poolaw's work, which included printing large format negatives, selecting photographs to exhibit and participating in ethnographic research in Anadarko, Oklahoma. (The exhibit toured US and Europe with the American Federation of the Arts and inaugurated the opening of the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC.)

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