Designer + Developer + Builder + Technologist
Rockel Design LLC

May 2002 – Present

Design & Development Specialties:

• Web & App Design (UX/UI design, Photoshop/Sketch/XD wireframes and comps)
• Web Development (HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, WordPress)
• Creative Design (illustrations, graphics, typography, logos and icons)
• Wearable UI Design (icons, fonts, screens)
• 3D Modeling (Alias Studio, SketchUp)
• VR/XR/AR Design and Development (Maya, Unity, Substance)

Co-founder and Chief Engineer of Design, Ideas and Technology
ContentRobot LLC

February 2006 – October 2018

Design & Development Specialties:

• WordPress design and development (theme design and coding, widget and plugin development, mobile design)
• WordPress plugin expertise (Pods, Gravity Forms, Restrict Content Pro, FacetWP, Slider Revolution, Woo Commerce)
• WordPress CMS (software setup and configuration, plugin selection, external service integration)
• Creative Design (visual wire framing, Photoshop/Sketch comps, logo and graphic design)
• Web development technologies (HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery)
• Responsive design tools and technologies (Foundation, Bootstrap, Pure.css, media queries, Restive.JS, SAAS)
• Visual design tools (Webflow, Squarespaces, Wix, Webydo)
• App Prototyping tools (Pixate, Adobe XD, InVision, Principle, Flinto, Framer)
• iPhone/Android design and development
• LAMP-based development (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, server setup, security, performance optimization)

Management Responsibilities:

• Project management and reporting
• Budgeting and bookkeeping
• Software, SAAS and technology research and selection
• Client support and troubleshooting
• Management of outside designers, developers and sub-contractors

Milestones:

• ContentRobot's BlogDroid service acquired by Pagely July 2013
• ContentRobot launches BlogDroid service November 2012
• ContentRobot launches BlogOnCloud9 service March 2010
• ContentRobot launches WeFixWP service September 2008
• ContentRobot creates "iWPhone" the first iPhone theme and plugin for WordPress July 2007
• ContentRobot creates the first WordPress plugin for Google Website Optimizer March 2007
• MacVroom wrote the article “10 Tips for a Successful Install” in the October 2005 issue of MacFormat magazine (#160)
• MacVroom.com mentioned in the September 2005 issue of MacWorld magazine - “Hot Mods” article on Mac mini auto installs
• MacVroom.com web site mentioned in June 2005 issue of Popular Science Magazine

Books:

• Book forward by ContentRobot - "The Secret Power of Blogging" by Bruce C. Brown
• ContentRobot mentioned in "The WordPress Bible" by Aaron Brazell
• ContentRobot mentioned in "How to Make, Market and Sell Ebooks - All for Free" by Jason Matthews
• ContentRobot mentioned in "Internet Marketing From The Real Experts" by Shawn Collins
• ContentRobot mentioned in "The WordPress 2.7 Cookbook" by Jean-Baptiste Jung
• ContentRobot mentioned in "The $7.95 Marketing Plan" by Jim Kukral
• ContentRobot mentioned in "Always Be Testing" by Bryan Eisenberg

Speaking Engagements:

• WordPress Happiness Bar Participants – WordCamp NYC 2012
• WordPress Genius Bar Participants – WordCamp Boston 2010
• WordPress Genius Bar Participants – WordCamp New York 2009
• WordPress Genius Bar Participants – WordCamp Las Vegas 2009
• WordPress Experts Roundtable Discussion – Affiliate Summit West 2008

Lead Digital Designer
Timex Corporation

May 1992 – February 2006

Design & Development Specialties:

• 3D Modeling (Alias Studio) and data transfer (Alias, Camax, and Unigraphics)
• Web design and development (Photoshop comps, layout, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript)
• Creative Design (illustrations, graphics, typography, logos and icons)
• Software interface design
• Interactive Flash and Shockwave simulations
• 360 degree QTVR images, web videos and web banners

Management Responsibilities:

• Manage design initiatives with various business departments
• Supervise designers, developers and sub-contractors
• Project management and reporting
• Mac, SGI and PC (hardware and software) technical support and training
• Software, hardware and technology research and selection
• Hardware and software budgeting

Milestones:

• Timex.com Gift Guide voted Macromedia Site of the Day 2/15/05
• Timex i-Control Ring Set Demo featured on Macromedia's Director Showcase
• Timex.com web site featured in the book CyberShops by Claudia Gerdes and Jutta Nachtwey, September 2000
• Timex.com voted Macromedia Site of the Day 5/22/00
• Launched Timex.com, one of the first corporate website to offer direct to consumer e-commerce
• Designed the front cover image for Computer Graphics World Magazine article, December 1997 "Picture Perfect CAD"
• Wrote the Computer Graphics World Magazine article, May 1995 "Modelshop: Designing a Highly Detailed Watch"
• Timex 3d modeling was featured in the Alias|Wavefront case study - "How Alias keeps Timex ticking"
• Timex watch images appeared on the Alias Studio v3.2 3d-cd, Studio v5 & v6 software packaging
• Timex watch animations appeared on 1993 & 1994 Alias Studio customer demo reel

3d Modeling Specialist
Johnson & Johnson

March 1992 - May 1992

Responsibilities:

• 3D Modeling (Alias Studio)
• 3D data translation and optimization

Electronic Imaging Lab Coordinator
Bucks County Community College

September 1988 - May 1992

Responsibilities:

• Lab management (Electronic Imaging, CAD and DTP)
• System administrator (Mac, SGI and PC)
• Training for college faculty, staff, and students
• Vendor interfacing for new hardware, software and support
• Managed student workers
• Produced in-house design and animation projects
• Documented computer system procedures

Education
Bucks County Community College

1987-1992

Major - Electronic Imaging
Focus - Electronic Art & Design, Desktop Publishing, Multi-Media, 3d Modeling, Industrial Design & Animation