This morning at our creative re-group I had to stand up in front of the class and tell my peers and the people at the main agency who I was and how I got to where I’m at today.

here are my notes, I dont really like talking infront of people and especially about myself but I’m told it went well… these were my cliffs notes to make sure I didnt forget anything, typed on my treo from the train ride home the night before.

Notes about my career.
In the 6 th grade I found out about graphic design from my dad the photography teacher

I skipped highschool and sold shoes for 5 years and was going to be a nike ekin but they made less money than an entry level graphic designer so I went to college instead

george brown for 3 years magoring in design, was incredibly bored and spent time discovering online communities of like minded designers and began teaching myself flash.

Finished school without a portfolio or ‘book’ but instead I had a job at helios.

At helios I became a lead flash developer and art director as well I became a motion graphics operator after my first year there while working on some kids choice awards for nickelodeon.

At helios I learned to do product photoshoots on non existent budgets. Blow up celebrities interact with robots and crush just about anything. I built complete sites by myself and have run the gamut in brands that i’ve worked with both online and in broadcast and some print.

Client list
ytv
ok47
dodge
nike
virgin mobile canada
temple street productions
nicelodeon
fuse tv
vice
k2
second city
archives of canada

moved to maclaren in april of 2005 and i’m currently an interactive art director

i’m 95% on chev caddy and hummer
my last big project was the gm youth portal

grew up skateboarding and rollerblading and in my off office hours I spend helping out friends with various companies

francoshade
director victor solomon
photographer lynnette astaire
motion graphics artist matt andrews

you can check out regalbear.com

i’m part of a collective of like minded designers who upkeep a blog that discusses shoes skate and other mash culture life style topics. Exclusivestm.com

we also have a collective by which we are comissioned work . Tentively called the duplex collective url

newsletter info coming soon

i’m married to my oh so luverly wife jen and I have a 5 month old girl named emily

I enjoy long walks with humans on the beach. Hot sauce in large quantities and anything with the following

vectors
pixels
actionscript
xml
hex values
ambient occlusion
sub surface scattering
global illumination
half cabs
404 beats
wu- tang
and starwars

if you got question or are generally inquisitive bow is a good time to ask questions