design

It's official - britney.com has been drupalized, b*tch. We used panels2 for the homepage layout. That is indeed shaping up to be a powerful weapon. Not the homepage, silly, panels2 (warning - still in alpha). This was a good theming challenge and I love Doug's tabloid design. Very fun. Poor Britney tho. See what happens to girls who marry Fresno boys?

With over 14 years of professional experience developing and designing websites, Suzi is a CSS and front end development Ninja, an expert in Drupal theming, Drupal implementation and configuration, cross-browser and cross-platform issues, an excellent mentor and an open-source enthusiast.

experience

April 2008 - March 2010 Senior Director, New Media, Sony Music, Global Digital Business Group, NY, NY
Hired, led and managed artist website production team including developers, site content administrators, system administrators and offsite vendors. Gathered funding for and guided platform development for the globalization of Sony's multisite project (approx. 150 Drupal sites to date). Managed migration of 40+ sites from Drupal 5 to 6. Recent production work -- implemented and themed (either alone or as part of team) the following sites: Alicia Keys, The Avett Brothers, Them Crooked Vultures, P!nk, Michael Jackson (included skinning of custom built 'memories' application on amazon cloud servers), Court Yard Hounds, Adam Lambert, Jason Michael Carroll, Kris Allen, Lenka, Britney Spears, Pitbull, Legacy Recordings

September 2007 - April 2008 Drupal Consultant, Sony BMG, Global Digital Business Group, NY, NY
Drupal theming and training for the multisite project (too many sites to list) and MyPlay, Sony's music and video portal site.

2006-2007 Lead Designer, Project Manager, Advomatic, LLC, NY, NY
Theming expert and project lead for mid-sized Drupal development firm. Themed and implemented new Drupal websites for Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Greenopia, Jewcy Media, Public Agenda, the New York Observer, Lufthansa, United Federation of Teachers, California Nurses Association. For the Sony BMG Drupal-based multisite project, specialized in theming 'rush' sites with an average 3 day turnaround. Provided ongoing theme development for Air America Radio, Democrats.com, Bioneers, TPM Cafe, Mountain News, Personal Democracy Forum, Courage Campaign and RadioIO among many others. Created and implemented a new design concept (including some logo design) for the Living Liberally network of sites. Provided custom MySpace and YouTube channel design and implementation for John Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign.

2000-2006 main brain, think inkless, Fresno, CA
Founder and principal of think inkless, a digital design and web development studio. Provider of web design and development, graphic design and production, database development, broadcast email programming and distribution, web hosting, search engine optimization, PPC ad development and maintenance and technical consulting. Developed Drupal sites, provided custom theme development, and migrated static content for Fresno Famous, Fresno Metropolitan Museum and Central Valley Air Quality (CVAQ) Coalition. Full design concept and implementation for CVAQ. Please visit the archived site here to view the full portfolio of past projects. *Note many of these sites have changed since my implementations. Archived versions are available on request.

2001-2002 Lead Technical Editor, New Riders Publishing
Worked as TE 1 on contract for the book "Javascript + CSS + DOM Magic" by Makiko Itoh (co-edited by Cal Henderson). Responsible for technical accuracy of all written and electronic materials via rigorous testing and debugging of DHTML applications and exercises. Provided corrected code and feedback on readability and relevance of content for intermediate-level audience. Amazon listing, book website.

1998-2000 Senior Web Producer, Bernard Hodes Group, Palo Alto, CA
Lead programmer and web designer for the interactive division (western region) of this international advertising agency. Produced websites for Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, HP, Copper Mountain Networks, Tektronix, and many others. Developed intranet and database for western region projects and interactive training materials.

1996-1998 Production Manager, CareerMosaic, Palo Alto, CA
Hired as "employee #1" for this in-house startup, trained and supervised programming and design team of the first and largest recruitment site on the web (company ceased operations/sold in 2000). Managed and produced a highly successful multi-million dollar advertising campaign on yahoo.com (many ads had 50%+ CTR). Produced and maintained hundreds of career websites for clients such as: HP, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Disney, The IRS, Oracle, G.E., KPMG, Citibank, Lockheed Martin.

tools

code: hand coding of xhtml/css/php/js/jquery (etc.)
other tools: SVN, local dev/MAMP/LAMP stack, full browser/OS testing environments
graphics: photoshop, fireworks, illustrator

education

B.A. Communication Studies, Minor in Telecommunications (focus on Radio/Audio production) (1994)
California State University, Fresno
Additional coursework in web accessibility per Section 508 laws and federally funded websites.

References available upon request.