I have always been drawn to technology and electronics and my experience design career began during my junior and senior years at the University of Kentucky. During this time my interest in the internet peaked with a Macromedia (Yes before Adobe swallowed them) Flash class which soon evolved into all type of online technology. After graduating I took a job working for Clear Channel Radio Interactive as part of their internet division.
While at Clear Channel I honed my HTML and CSS skills and also started to expand up my Photoshop knowledge. We were maintaining radio station websites all across the nation, working with radio personalities to accommodate market specific advertising and keeping current with artist profiles and news. Clear Channel began to become a bit stagnant and I began to look for opportunities where I could continue to improve my knowledge and challenge myself.
After some searching high and low I was intrigued by a position as a technical web producer for Kentucky.gov. This was a very young state portal that had a very strong team which I was determined to become a part of. After securing the position I was one of two in the creative services department; the other being my boss the director of creative services. In this close-knit team (an office of about 10) we had to work hard to establish stability and processes that would keep us ahead of our state partner. My web development skills grew along with my knowledge of semantics, usability, and accessibility.
In 2006, I was given the reins as the experience design director of Kentucky.gov guiding a team of 2 3. My focus is on designing applications and online services while maintaining 200 + websites, ranging from government agencies and departments to cities and counties.
