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Wild Card Ventures LLC 2000-Current: My goal as the lead solutions architect at Wild Card Ventures is to create quality end-to-end products, effectively manage the software development life cycle and transition technology from concept to profitable market solutions. I have successfully completed hundreds of technical projects and fulfilled dozens of repeat contracts for fortune 500 companies where I played key roles in creating the next generation of profitable products.
I have been creating interactive multimedia web applications using Flash since 1999. During most of that time I have used Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Dreamweaver daily to create rich user experiences with user input forms, form field validation scripts, layered images, transparencies, timelines, 3D, embedded fonts, live streaming video, data from web services and dynamically loaded assets libraries. My role on projects has spanned from concepts on napkins, detailed screen story boarding, database development, user interface integration, user testing and product launches.
I work with experienced teams of back end developers responsible for maintaining and building message based services along with teams of talented graphic designers responsible for Photoshop comps detailing how the finished application will look. My role is to bring the artist concepts to life through interactive applications that react to user input and communicate with the back end enterprise data infrastructure. After spending years in all the roles of the application development life cycle I have developed the ability to understand end-to-end systems at a detailed level to identify issues in the design phase and quickly solve issues with existing legacy applications.
Bally Technology 2011: Worked with Bally Technology to update the Bally Display Manager (DM) in order to work on the IGT GameKings without distorting the game content. The project helped demonstrate the backward compatibility of the Bally DM technology at the 2011 Bally User Conference. I enjoyed working with Bally's cutting edge gaming solutions. The project was completed on time and on budget.
Bally Technology 2011: Worked with Bally Technology to update the Bally Display Manager (DM) in order to work on the IGT GameKings without distorting the game content. The project helped demonstrate the backward compatibility of the Bally DM technology at the 2011 Bally User Conference. I enjoyed working with Bally's cutting edge gaming solutions. The project was completed on time and on budget.
IGT (International Gaming Company) 2011: We refreshed the user interface for the Casinolink eSmib and Service Window for the 2010 G2E show and the 2011 ICE show. The Service Window refresh was such a hit, the same UI was on display again a year later at the G2E 2011 show without any modifications. During the four month project, we configured the Service Window to work with the CasinoLink product. We updated the user interface for the IGT Service Window that worked with both Advantage and CasinoLink Casino accounting systems using sBx (Server Based Gaming). Both projects were a big hit with with the sales team.
Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2010: Updated the Total Rewards application to run on multiple manufacturer's hardware. The goal of our project was to modify the existing application to run on both the NexGen and iView 3.0 platforms. Our project used the Bally's Display Manager, a hardware based video mixing technology that split the main game screen between the game and Total Touch customer service window. I was tasked with porting the application and creating detailed documentation for the existing system and updates. The project was delivered on time and on budget.
T-Mobile 2008-9: Created Face Icon Maker, a touch screen Flash application implemented in T-Mobile concept stores nation wide. Face Icon Maker creates .jpg files from user drawings and text messages myFav icons to users T-Mobile phones.
Lexus 2008: Created the new interactive showcase for Lexus dealerships. Vehicle details, pricing and images used for animation are loaded at runtime based on files. I was the lead Flash developer on the Lexus dealerships site redesign.
MSN.com 2007: Created premier rich internet applications using Flash, video, dynamic text content and slide shows for MSN’s enterprise partners.
Expedia.com 2006-2007: Built the Ski Store Flash application using XML to populate affiliated resorts and allows users to search ski destinations graphically. Other assets included Insider Select, Top Deals and customized Flash banners.
Microsoft Robotics Studio 2006: Created the web interface to XML services using AJAX, XSLT, CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Microsoft Robotics Studio is a runtime platform for coordinating concurrent processes that are accessible via http.
Freelance Multimedia Development turned into Blink Media sole proprietorship turned into Wild Card Ventures LLC 2001-Current: Bid website projects, developed timelines, created budgets, created web applications and provided technical training. Projects ranged from encrypted credit card processing to rich Flash based multimedia presentations.
Web Master 2000-01: Created and online provider directory and insurance quoting system Blue Cross of Idaho. Duties included synchronizing Mainframe, Sybase and SQL Server databases and portal enhancements. Blue Cross saved several hundred thousand dollars they had budged for a contractor to handle the same project.
Systems Analyst 1998-99: Researched CRM and application migration for Idaho Commission on Aging The analysis, selection, implementation and training was completed in only nine months and under budget.
Software Support 1991-98: Application troubleshooting and sales supports Advanced Technology Marketing.
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