• My
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Welcome to my digital portfolio! I have a background in Cultural Anthropology and I will be receiving my M.S. in Information Architecture in December of 2010 from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a private Ph.D granting university which is a member of the Association of Independent Technical Universities. The curriculum included in this program places an equal emphasis on user-centric design principles and technological education.

Through this program I have learned how to write and design standards compliant web pages using XHTML, Ruby on Rails, CSS, and JavaScript. I typically build and design websites using Notepad++ for development but I have also built sites with both Drupal and Wordpress. Additional technologies that I have a great deal of experience with include SQL, MySQL, PL/SQL, PHP and Java.

I focus on creating user-centric designs through any and all media. I have been using the Adobe Creative Suite products in versions 3 & 4 over the past two years to develop print designs, flash presentations, vector graphics for web pages, and edited digital photos. I utilize my background in Cultural Anthropology to create designs and websites that adhere to i18n standards and have done a great deal of independent study on the art of globalization and localization.

I am currently employed by Yum Brands as a co-op and have worked both on the Enterprise Architecture and Web Application Development teams over the past year where I have been able to produce highly-visible projects. I have included many of my school projects and a few outside projects as well in this portfolio. Due to corporate policy a great deal of the projects produced through my co-op position are not included.