I'm Mike. I do design and front end development. I enjoy beautiful code, thoughtful interactions, inspired design, and creative business strategy. I've worked on some of the biggest brands in the world and I'm looking for new challenges in software design.
I'd like to join a design focused organization with a culture of innovation and quality. I need to put my technical and creative skills toward solving difficult problems in software design. My ideal position is a mixture of UI design, front end development, product strategy, market research, and project management.
June 2011 - Present
Foraker Labs - Boulder, CO
UI Designer
As the sole designer in an engineering firm, I am leading all front end initiatives. Foraker is known for it's exceptional Ruby on Rails development, I'm helping them become known for their interface design as well.
September 2009 - June 2011
Crispin Porter + Bogusky - Boulder, CO
Interactive Developer
Design and development for some of the most progressive brands on the planet. I've contributed to web apps for American Express, Domino's Pizza, Best Buy, Green Garage, Coke Zero, and Brammo Electric Motorcycles.
January 2008 - September 2009
Lijit Networks - Boulder, CO
Web Designer
Design, interaction, and development for a trust-based search engine. Created all user experience for Lijit's advertising product as well as its search engine result pages.
January 2007 - December 2007
Indigio Group - Denver, CO
User Experience Designer
Design, interaction, and development for high visibility web sites such as Media News Group, Pods, and Budget Rent-A-Car.
March 2006 - January 2007
CaCo Enterprises - Greeley, CO
Design Director
All design duties (print and web), marketing, interior design, and brand management for several Cricket Wireless retailers.
January 2006 - June 2006
Dangerbucks Design
Freelance
Developed web sites for small businesses throughout CO including: Harris and Harris Advertising, Palmer Custom Builders, DaGamma Web Studio, and Silent G Photography.
January 2003 - January 2006
Desk 'til Dawn Productions - Greeley, CO.
Multimedia Designer
Design, interaction, and ActionScript development for a wide range of clients and projects requiring highly interactive Flash content.
A.S., Communication Technology - Aims College - Greeley, CO - 2003
Copywriting, Art Direction, Product Strategy, Typography, Grid Systems, CSS, (X)HTML/HTML5, javaScript, jQuery, CoffeeScript, SASS/SCSS, Node.js, SVN, Git.
Communication Arts 2011 Interactive Annual, Best Buy Movie Mode app/site - http://www.commarts.com/interactive/cai11/bestbuymoviemode.html
FWA Mobile of the Day, BabyCarrots.com - http://thefwa.com/mobile/babycarrots-com
FWA Mobile of the Day, Coke Zero/TRON LiveCycle iPhone game/site - http://thefwa.com/mobile/tron-livecycle-
FWA Mobile of the Day, Best Buy Movie Mode app/site - http://thefwa.com/mobile/best-buy-movie-mode
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