Experience
Senior Interactive Designer, Promega Corporation September 2010 – Present
Principal designer and software developer for mobile apps and solutions aimed at scientists and biotechnology professionals. Work with Apple iOS as well as HTML 5 & JavaScript.
Principal designer and software developer for mobile apps and solutions aimed at scientists and biotechnology professionals. Work with Apple iOS as well as HTML 5 & JavaScript.
Owner, Designer and Developer, Orbis Arts LLC December 2007 – September 2010
Managed small business as a vehicle for my design and software development consulting practice.
Managed small business as a vehicle for my design and software development consulting practice.
Design and software consultant at Promega Corporation September 2009 – September 2010
Wrote the Promega iPad software application, re-designed and optimized production of interactive PDF sales materials. Developed miscellaneous brochures, posters and other marketing material for both print and web.
Wrote the Promega iPad software application, re-designed and optimized production of interactive PDF sales materials. Developed miscellaneous brochures, posters and other marketing material for both print and web.
Teacher/tutor, Madison Area Technical College 2003, 2009
Taught Perl programming class, tutored students in computer graphics and design courses.
Taught Perl programming class, tutored students in computer graphics and design courses.
Instrumentation Technologist, Space Science and Engineering Center,
University of Wisconsin—Madison March 2003 – May 2008
Developed prototype hardware and software systems for large-scale meteorological satellite data ingestion. Programmed in Java, C/C++, Fortran, Perl and Python. Worked with CMS systems and databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL). Designed, prepared, and presented posters at scientific and technical conferences.
University of Wisconsin—Madison March 2003 – May 2008
Developed prototype hardware and software systems for large-scale meteorological satellite data ingestion. Programmed in Java, C/C++, Fortran, Perl and Python. Worked with CMS systems and databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL). Designed, prepared, and presented posters at scientific and technical conferences.
Software Developer and Consultant, Berbee August 1999 – February 2003
Worked on coding for the landsend.com website. Also worked with data center engineers to implement and maintain system management scripts. Coded in Perl, PHP, Java, C, as well as Oracle and MySQL databases.
Worked on coding for the landsend.com website. Also worked with data center engineers to implement and maintain system management scripts. Coded in Perl, PHP, Java, C, as well as Oracle and MySQL databases.
Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student at the Department of Mathematics,
University of Wisconsin—Madison 1994 – 1999
Taught classes at many levels of undergraduate math. Coordinated the Trigonometry program for one year, managing 10 Teaching Assistants covering over 700 students.
University of Wisconsin—Madison 1994 – 1999
Taught classes at many levels of undergraduate math. Coordinated the Trigonometry program for one year, managing 10 Teaching Assistants covering over 700 students.
Education
- 2010 Associate Degree of Applied Arts in Graphic Design and Illustration Madison Area Technical College, Madison WI
- 1999 Master of Arts in Mathematics, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison WI
- 1994 Bachelor of Science with Honors in Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Skills and Interests
- Expert in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, proficient in Dreamweaver and Flash
- Experienced MacOS X/iOS (iPhone & iPad) application developer, Registered Apple Developer
- Experienced Java, C, Perl, Python & JavaScript programmer, database designer and administrator
- Photographer, comic artist and illustrator, published works for web and small press
- Designed logos, websites, illustrations and posters for businesses and university departments
- Fluent in English and Polish
Recent Achievements
- SiteCore certified .NET web application developer, February 2010
- 2009 Student Silver ADDY award (Wisconsin competition) for the booklet Good Fonts for a Bad Day
- Nominated for Tutor of the Year at the 2009 Madison College Student Life Awards ceremony