experience

    • General Electric – Intelligent Platforms | User Experience Designer | June 2011 – Present

Design and development of mobile and web applications for remote monitoring and diagnostics of mechanical equipment. Research and analysis of existing frameworks, potential users, integration to GE brand and existing apps. Platforms including iOS(iPhone, iPad) and Silverlight.

    • Rhode Island School of Design | Laser cutter monitor | September 2010 – Present

Prep files for cutting, manage job queue, maintain and clean equipment.

Troubleshoot equipment and software issues.

    • Brown University | Shop monitor | October 2010 – Present

Oversee shop use, safety, and equipment maintenance.

Received training on equipment and safety standards.

    • CBLH Design | Architecture Intern | May 2008 – August 2009

Collaborated on building design, graphic representation, model building.

Collaborated with project managers, contributed to design of projects thoroughly.

Gave in-office seminar workshops for graphics software.

    • Gaspar Associates Architects | Architecture Intern | May 2007 – August 2007

Designed schemes for several projects – including planning, detailing, and material selection.

Constructed physical/digital models of projects, produced renderings, presentation boards.

    • Denk Associates | Engineering Intern | May 2005 – August 2005

Created Diagrammatic and schematic mechanical and electrical documents.

Collaborated with architects to complete projects.

freelance

    • Design/Technology/Strategic Consulting | Providence, Rhode Island | 2009 – Present

Consultation and design of projects including architectural and installation design,

digitally fabricated furniture, computational/generative jewelry design, and web design.

Collaboration and direction of social entreprenuership projects such as the 24 Hour Design Jam.

education

    • Rhode Island School of Design | 2009 – Present

Master of Architecture candidate

Proposed concentration in Interdisciplinary Design

    • Brown University | 2009 – Present

Sheridan Teaching Certificate I program

Study in visual arts department

    • Bowling Green State University | 2004 – 2009

Bachelor of Science in Architecture

leadership

    • Rhode Island School of Design
      • Graduate Student Alliance | Vice President 2011-2012

Connecting and enhancing the graduate community at RISD

      • Graduate Student Alliance | Committee for Academic Policy and Curriculum

Review college-wide curriculum changes, courses, degree changes.

      • 24 Hour Design Jam | Facilitator/Designer

Web and Identity design event for local non-profits.

Organize events, logistics, content writing, graphic and web design.

      • RISD quickies | co-director/lecturer

Student-taught, student-organized interdisciplinary courses.

Manage courses, communications, graphic and web design.

      • Workshop lab | co-founder/co-director

Open Source education projects.

Create and manage projects, develop organizational structure.

      • RISD architectural technologies workshop series | founder/coordinator/lecturer

Architecture-specific workshops taught by students.

Communications, scheduling, marketing, teaching.

      • Interdisciplinary curriculum modifications

Proposed new concentration in Interdisciplinary Design/Fine arts

Drafted curriculum, develop structure and implementation strategies.

      • RISD multisport club | founder/coordinator

Group athletic training club dedicated to endurance sports.

Create and plan events, design training plans, lead weekly workouts.

      • RISD Rhode Kill running club | long distance training director

Design training plans, lead group workouts.

Give workshops on stretching and nutrition.

    • Bowling Green State University

American Institute of Architecture students – vice president, Freedom by Design chair

BGSU multisport club – founder/coordinator

College of Technology ambassadors

BGSU architecture workshop series – founder/coordinator/lecturer

    • Local

Cleveland Triathlon Club – training director

Group and personal training for triathlon, marathon/road running, cycling events

Currently training for full marathon and Half Ironman triathlons

teaching

    • Brown University
      • Graduate Teaching Assistantship – Visual Arts Department, Hybrid art, Co-instructor – Spring 2011

Course and syllabus design, development of assignments, in class lectures, skill based demonstrations.
Critique of work, development of projects, assessment.

    • Rhode Island School of Design
      • Instructor, Continuing Education Department, Digital Design for the Screen – Summer 2011

        • Course and syllabus design, project development, content development.
        Critique of work, development of projects, assessment.

      • Teaching Assistantship – Architecture Department, Digital Representation – Spring 2010

Gave tutorials, critiqued design and representation projects, provided individualized help.
Presented advanced workshops – Rhinoscripting, Grasshopper and fabrication.

      • Teaching Assistantship – Foundation Studies Department, 3D design – Fall 2010

Critiqued projects, provided individualized help, gave material demonstrations.

      • RISD Quickies – micro courses

Web Design – intermediate
Programming and computation – processing and java
Sketchup – intro to advanced
Grasshopper – intro to advanced

      • Architectural Technologies Workshop Series

Advanced Digital Fabrication
Grasshopper – intro to advanced
Maya

    • Bowling Green State University
      • Workshop series – an architectural progression

Study model, parti, sketch

Intro to 3d modeling

Advanced 3d modeling

Rendering and output

Digital fabrication

Post rendering (Photoshop)

Presentation board layout (Illustrator)

Documentation (InDesign)

    • Professional
      • CBLH Design architectural firm – in office workshops

Photoshop and Illustrator
Sketchup and Kerkythea

skills

Conceptual/systems design
Strategy and planning
Organization and management, leadership
Systems design
Community building
Marketing and communication

  • Architectural design and graphics

Rhino

AutoCAD

Google Sketchup

3DS Max

Maya

Grasshopper / RhinoScript

Kerkythea renderer

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

  • Graphic Design, Web, Programming

Web Design

WordPress

HTML + CSS

PHP

Processing

JavaScript

Print Design

  • Fabrication

Digital fabrication techniques and concepts

Script-based fabrication

Laser cutting

CNC routing

Rapid prototyping

3d printing

Wood shop training

Manual model construction

Mold making

Full-scale mockups

lectures + invitations

    • Industrial Design Society of America, Northeast Conference, Keynote address guest speaker

Participated in Keynote panel with RISD president John Maeda, and other RISD students, discussing redesigning education.

    • Guest teaching – Brown University, Visual Arts 1110

Workshop – communicating with the web. HTML+CSS, tumblr, hosting and FTP.

    • Guest critic – RISD, The Impossible Construction
    • Guest critic – RISD, Digital Representation
    • Guest critic – RISD, Foundations 3d Design
    • Guest critic – RISD, Pre-college Architecture studies
    • Creative Connoisseurs – Crowdsourcing/Crowdpleasing

Hosted by RISD President John Maeda

competitions + exhibitions

  • Rhode Island School of Design Summer Faculty show – 2011
  • Materialize Information
    • The Body Show – RISD Gelman Gallery – 2011

Human Topological Transformations

    • Liminal Spaces – Providence, RI – 2011

Reciprocity

    • Bowling Green State University – Degree Project Competition – 2009

Second Place – South Bass Island nature and interpretive center

    • Bowling Green State University – College of technology design build – 2009

Design selected for prototyping and building

    • RISD GRAD Open Studios 2010

fourDoor – selected for exhibition

references

Available upon request