Working for a wide variety of clients on a broad range of tasks such as electronic hardware design for installation art, UI design and client-side Javascript development, and server-side Ruby on Rails application design and development, while maintaining promotion and development of personal projects.

Worked in collaboration with a a small team of Pentagram staff to design and develop content for a large-scale system of multimedia displays to be installed in a new high-rise office building for Morningstar in Chicago, IL

• Researched various techniques for presenting the available data.
• Developed a framework using Java and Processing to simulate the inputs from data sources and the associated visualization techniques.
• Utilized this framework to explore different design elements and animation styles, using traditional frame-based and physics-based techniques.

Worked in collaboration with a lead member of Pentagram staff to create a data visualization for the New York Times, featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine on December 3, 2006, with other snapshots featured within the story.

• Researched various data sets and visualization approaches.
• Developed a Perl data scraping tool to collect over 100,000 points of data from various sources around the Internet.
• Co-designed and developed an OpenGL application with Processing and Java which created physics-based models based upon the collected data, enabling us to export print-ready vector snapshots for the client on a tight deadline.

Designed hardware and firmware for a custom remote control and base station to be used with DragonFly's proprietary video conferencing software.

• Worked with the client to refine the project requirements.
• Created a stable hardware design to fulfill those requirements, including low-power usage, wireless and USB connectivity, and compact size.
• Developed firmware to interface the hardware with the client's software protocol.

Worked in collaboration with a small team of designers and developers to create a platform targeting mobile phones for marketing campaigns and other promotional purposes.

• Created a framework for mobile messaging based upon a server-side Java application.
• Developed an AJAX web-based administration system for these services using JSP/Java Servlets, PHP, and MySQL.

Worked on outside client work, designing and developing various web-based solutions for clients including David Blaine, Studio IMC, and the Nokia-sponsored Come Out and Play Festival.

• Designed the interaction of various web-based applications systems and their components.
• Developed back-end database components to mesh with web applications designed by other staff.
• Translated mockups into data-driven web applications using standards-compliant markup, using AJAX components developed in JSP/Java Servlets, PHP, and MySQL.

Independently developed a complete software / hardware package to handle the corporation's sales and accounts receivable.

• Designed an easy to learn interface that implemented all necessary business logic in a compact, intuitive system, quickly learnable by novice computer users.
• Implemented the design through the development of over 25,000 lines of Visual C++ code interfacing to a MS Access database replicating to two locations.
• Specified, purchased, assembled, configured, and managed all PC hardware, software, and networking components, maintaining security and reliability.

Developed a microcontroller based process temperature monitoring system, built for extended battery life and to resist harsh conditions.

• Designed firmware and hardware on compact printed circuit boards using surface mount technology to keep all remote components safe inside small, weather-tight aluminum cases.
• Developed Pocket PC software using Embedded Visual C++ to enable easy remote data collection.
• Wrote PC software in Visual C++ to manage collected data and download relevant ambient weather information from the web for comparative analysis.

Designed other computer and electronic systems, including a photo tagging system, payroll management software, and a DC-DC switching voltage regulator.