THOMAS NETZBAND
Website Experience Designer + Developer

412.874.6648
TomNez@gmail.com

 

EXPERIENCE
August 2009 - Present Digital Designer
DICK'S Sporting Goods Corporate Headquarters
Responsibilites include developing Flash applications for the DICK'S Sporting Goods website, and a little bit of designing and developing e-mail newsletters as well.

 

January 2006 - August 2009 Web Developer | Graphic Artist | Digital Animator
Psychology Software Tools, Inc.
Responsibilities include the design and development of Psychology Software Tools' new website. The website features an array of products, forms, image galleries, and an online store. Technologies used to create the website were Flash (AS3) with XML, ColdFusion, SQL Server 2005, XSL transformations, Javascript, HTML, and CSS.

 

November 2007 - Present Web Project Manager | Web Designer | Developer
Mimicked Life Media
Mimicked Life Media is a self start-up company created to facilitate freelance projects. Such projects have included Flash and Actionscript development, implementation of PHP and other web technologies for clients such as Duquesne University Law Review, The Jeff Reed Show, and Dr. Paul S. Cohen.

 

October 2005 - November 2005 3D Modeler | Texture Artist
The Duggan Rhodes Group
I worked a short contract position at Duggan Rhodes to help them meet critial project deadlines. Working from professional blueprints, my task was to model to scale specified areas of the Pittsburgh Mills in 3D using 3D Studio Max.

 

January 2003 - May 2003 Teaching Assistant
Alfred State College
Work included planning and presenting weekly lectures, as well as helping students with their projects inside and out of class. The class I taught was an introductory course to Alias|Wavefront's (now Autodesk) Maya 4.5

 

EDUCATION
October 2003 - September 2006 The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
Bachelors Degree, Media Arts & Animation

 

September 2001 - May 2003 Alfred State College, Alfred NY
Associates Degree, Digital Art & Design

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Adobe CS4:
Proficient in Flash, Actionscript 3.0, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Illustrator & Premiere.

 

Web Technologies:
Proficient in HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, ColdFusion, XML, XSL Transformations, and experienced with using both mySQL and SQL Server.

 

Other:
I also have extensive training and experience with 3D modeling, texturing, and animation using both 3D Studio Max and Maya.

 

ORGANIZATIONS
Pittsburgh Flash Users Group
FlashPitt 2008
Pittsburgh Web Design Day 2009

 

AWARDS
First Place Winner
Hewlett Packard / Saytek National Team Animation Competition, 2006

 

First Place Winner
99Designs.com Website Design Contest for Affiliate God redesign.