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Department Chair of Game Design
7/08-present Collins College - Phoenix, AZ
- Oversee the daily operations of the largest department in the college
- Oversee planning and budgeting for the department
- Recruit and train new hires
- Oversee scheduling for students and faculty
- Plan and conduct department meetings
- Represent the school and department professionally at events/conferences
- Develop and maintain contacts in related industries
- Work parallel with admissions, marketing, career services and administration
- Resolve disciplinary matters for students and instructors
- Serve as the department’s ambassador in administrative/managerial meetings
- Represent the department in student council meetings and college wide “town hall” discussions
- Teach courses as needed
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Assistant Department Chair/Full Time Instructor
7/05-7/08 Brown College - Minneapolis, MN
- Develop and implement curriculum for classes focusing on programming
- Train faculty and staff
- Provide product knowledge for admissions and administration
- Work with students, faculty, staff, and administration to resolve issues
- Address and resolve student related issues including scheduling and disciplinary needs
- Served
as a mentor, administrative contact, and supervisor of the Teacher's
Assistants on my campus (the school has two campuses, I worked
primarily on the North campus)
- Full time
instructor in addition to administrative duties including creation and
grading of tests, exams, projects, and lectures
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Freelance
2000-Present
- Animation
- Audio/Video Editing
- Interactive Application Development
- Web Development
- Writing (technical, book chapters, radio dialog)
- Photography
- Event Planning and Management
- Professional representation at conferences/meetings
Clients
include: Fischer Scientific, Channellock, Penn State University,
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Boca Music, Minnesota
Timberwolves, Live Wire Media Productions, MDW Publishing, Grape Jam
Music and Arts Festival, It’s All About Kid’s Festival, Gannon
University, One World Tribe, Boca News, and many more...
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Additional Employment
Gallow Games
Minneapolis, MN
2007-2008
Technical Director/Audio Master
Boca Music
Boca Raton, FL
2003-2005
Guitar/Bass Instructor
World of Music
Erie, PA
2001-2003
Guitar/Bass Instructor/Clinician
Mercyhurst Preparatory School
Erie, PA
2001-2003
Guitar Teacher
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Education |
Digital Media Arts College - Boca Raton, FL
2003-2005
- MFA in 3D Animation/Special Effects
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Tutor/Teacher’s Aid in graduate level courses
Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA
1996-2000
- BA in Computer Systems
- Postgraduate classes in education
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Interests |
As
a performing musician with over a dozen CDs released I am constantly
striving to evolve my talents. This dedication has awarded me several
opportunities in self-improvement and taught me much about the limits
of the human condition and the value of both patience and persistence.
I find activities such as hiking, biking, skateboarding, basketball,
and Frisbee golf are quite enjoyable. I certainly am a dog person, but
consider myself an animal lover in general. I have also been a
vegetarian for a number of years and am fascinated by travel, reading,
film, astronomy, physics, technology, and the practical application of
arithmetic and algebra.
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