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The following represent a small sample of the work I have produced over the last seven years including print and web projects. Titles followed by parentheses are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format; freestanding titles are links to other Web pages. I have also offered explanations about the context and original format of each project. They are presented chronologically beginning with my most recent work.

	Circuit Breaker Boys http://www.circuitbreakerboys.com/ July, 2006 Business Web site focused on the marketing and sale of commercial and industrial circuit breakers. This was a full production design project which incorporates an extensive photo gallery of the client's merchandise. I'm also custom designing a full product and customer database using FileMaker Pro.

	New England League of Middle Schools http://www.nelms.org June, 2006 (and ongoing) This is the site for my current, full-time day job. NELMS is a non-profit, member-based professional development organization. Under my direction a successful redesign of their Web site has taken place resulting in a significant increase in viewership and paid memberships. I am currently in the process of implementing online account access for members that will allow them to manage their contact information, register for conferences, purchase merchandise and better interact with other members online.

	Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/depts/pmpcpd March, 2004 Major redesign of the Departments' web site. The goal was to produce a clean, easily navigable site that was clear, easy to use and simple to update. TESTIMONIAL: "The new site is beautiful, easy to navigate, and well constructed; you should be congratulated!" —Dr. Richard A. Gemeinhart, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics and Bioengineering

	Marketing By Design http://www.mbdesign.com/ December, 2003 This site was gestating within the organization for a year and was worked on by various entities before I became involved. I was brought into the project to assemble the visual components, code the rollovers and clean up the overall presentation.

	Ipswich Rotary 5K at Appleton Farms http://www.appleton5k.com/ May, 2003 Official web site for the inaugural running of the Ipswich Rotary 5K road race at America's oldest farm. Includes online registration, current weather conditions and race results. Banner ad designed for listing on coolrunning.com

	You The People http://www.youthepeople.com/ January, 2003 This is a project that was outsourced to me by Castano Design Associates of Gloucester, MA.

	Ferrini Productions Inc. http://www.ferriniproductions.com March, 2002 (and ongoing) The official site of award winning Gloucester, MA filmmaker Henry Ferrini.

	Farm Aid February 2001--July 2001 Project Site This site contains all of the work I produced for Farm Aid including a chronology, project management Gantt chart, legal issues, creative and technical briefs, design mock-ups, etc...
	Farm Aid index page-prototype This is a prototype of a new gateway index page for Farm Aid.

	Varien (design project) This is my final exam design project. The assigment was to create a site (structure, design, logos, color pallate, etc...) based upon as well as incorporating only the content of a word document which was supplied by the instructor. The text is real, the context and title are not.

Director of Communications for the Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA) January 1999--January 2001 The Readiness Crisis of the U.S. Airforce: (PDF 1.2MB) A Review and Diagnosis by Carl Conetta and Charles Knight. 22 April, 1999. This was my first major project for the PDA. My job included proofing the text, producing a template (cover, headers, footers, index and footnotes) for use on this and future reports, importation of report from Microsoft Word into Adobe PageMaker, layout of text, graphics and charts. Project on Defense Alternatives Publications List (PDF 94K) April, 1999. A complete list of print publications offered by the PDA. Originally produced as a center-fold black and white document. Ten Years After the Wall: Trends in Post-Cold War U.S. Security Policy. 11-12 November, 1999. A two day symposium held at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. I created this Web page, took the photos and converted panelists' papers into PDF format.

Researcher, Archivist and Web Master for the Center for Millennial Studies (CMS) at Boston University. May 1996--December 1998
(33MB QuickTime video)	Promise Keepers (33MB QuickTime video) October 4, 1997. This is a 13 minute documentary that I produced, directed and edited which captures the Christian mens group Promise Keepers' "Million Man" march on Washington, DC. The goal of this project was to document the Promise Keepers expectations (both overt and covert) regarding the coming of the year 2000 and what role this event plays in their attendees lives. The final product was edited from over 12 hours of raw footage over the span of 4 weeks. It was screened publicly at the second annual CMS academic conference on millennialism in Boston, MA on November 2, 1997.
	Center For Millennial Studies Brochure (PDF 44K) September, 1997. This is the first version of the CMS brochure which has since been revised. Originally produced as a tri-fold design and printed on a heavy brown parchment stock.
	Millennial Stew: A Publication of the Center For Millennial Studies This was the official newsletter of the CMS. I was fully responsible for almost every aspect of production including design, layout, image selections and scanning, proofing, editing and some copywriting. These were originally two color, center stapled print jobs. I believe they were printed in runs of 1000. -Winter 1998 Vol. I, No. I (PDF 276K) -Summer 1998 Vol. I, No. II (PDF 1.6MB) -Winter 1999 Vol. II, No. I (PDF 384K) Top of Page