Experience
VP, Interactive Services @ ARS Interactive, Chicago, IL
(3+ years) 9/06 – Present
ARS has 3 offices (230+ employees). I lead the interactive services group and provide leadership and strategy to major retail clients (SEARS, KMART) and household brands (KENMORE, CRAFTSMAN, EUREKA, GLADIATOR).
Creative Director @ B3 Interactive, Cleveland, OH
(3 years) 10/04 – 9/06
My role at B3 (40+ employees) was to lead the creative team that primarily owned the NESTLÉ prepared food brands. My team developed and maintained brand web sites and executed the seasonal campaigns. We managed the emails, newsletters and loyalty programs for LEAN CUISINE, STOUFFERS, MEALS.com and HOT POCKETS.
Interactive Design Director @ Elliance, Pittsburgh, PA
(2 years) 6/02 – 10/04
Elliance is a web marketing & e-business services company (25 employees). My role was to lead the creative team and execute client projects.
Web/ Multimedia Designer
(4 years) 5/98 – 6/02
Microbytes, Pittsburgh, PA
A dot com venture company (30 employees). I lead the design and development of an e-commerce venture. Despite the positive market response, the business could not meet its over-projected growth targets. It was a good entrepreneurial experience.
Techlogix Inc., Woburn, MA
An enterprise e-business, ERP & CRM solutions company (120 employees). I designed three B2C E-Commerce sites, one for fine diamonds and jewelry, another for South-Asian handicrafts and the user experience an online stock-trading website. I established the multimedia department and hired designers for my team.
Freelance
Life-cycle experience of many small-scale websites for government, leading consumer brands, corporations and non-profits; also developed CD-rom brochures.