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Dudley Bryan Jr.

Phone: 617-926-5605
Fax: 781-634-0560
Contact: justme@cleverboy.com







OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position that provides an opportunity
for growth and is commensurate with my experience,
capabilities, and need to be challenged.



EXPERIENCE

7/2003 - 10/2003 SmartBargains Boston, MA

Consultant - Helping the web production team stay on schedule during an intense development cycle. The company needed technical assistance in transferring their website from .ASP to ASP.NET. In addition, assistance was needed in integrating a new related website dubbed "AOLOUTLETS.com" with AOL's Screen Names API, with a high degree of quality assurance throughout.




6/2003 – 6/2003 SmartBargains Boston, MA

Consultant - Assisting production team during temporary absence of key members.


4/2003 – 4/2003 SmartBargains Boston, MA

Consultant - Assisting production team during temporary absence of key members.



5/2000 - 11/2002 EMT Braintree, MA
Director of Interactive Media - Coordinated work between programmers and art production talents for an up and coming start-up. Recommended and led implementation on various solutions for business imperatives from the company leadership.


2/2000 - 5/2000 Web Hire Lexington, MA
UI Designer - Contributed UI design/development expertise towards the migration of a key software product to a web-based application.


9/1999 - 12/1999 iCreate International Highlands, NJ
Cartoonist - Produced 200 illustrations for licensable art collection.


4/1999 - Present Direct Nexus Inc Watertown, MA
Executive Producer - Consulted independently and in partnerships for various clients toward the completion of company websites and/or assorted creative needs.


11/1998 - 5/2000 SmarterKids.com (Previously Virtual Knowledge) Needham, MA
Web Developer - Design and implementation in a wide-range of areas of the website. Programming and collaborating closely with programmers on various projects. Primarily responsible for the development and maintenance of the "Parent Center", the area for dynamic suggestions and content available through SmarterKids.com.

9/1997 - 9/1997 Marvel Interactive & Zero Gravity Entertainment Watertown, MA

Game Developer - Hired to assist in creating game for Marvel Entertainment's X-Men. Responsibilities included, texture creation, illustration, sound editing/design, and map design.


8/1996 - 8/1996 New Riders Publishing Indianapolis, IN

Contributing Author - "Director Power Solutions" (Chapters 8, 9, 10) A publication comprised of various experts, covering a range of topics related to Macromedia Director and multimedia development.


7/1994 - 8/1997 America Online Dulles, VA

Community Leader - Contributed graphic development within the Consumer Electronics area of America Online.


9/1993 - 11/1998 Virtual Knowledge (Virtual Entertainment) Needham, MA

Senior Multimedia Developer - Lead art team on various commercially released kids multimedia products. Performed an assortment of creative duties including: Animation, interface design, voice talent, original songs, logo designs, video edittings, etc.


9/1992 - 9/1993 Dr. T's Music Software Needham, MA

Multimedia Developer - Developed graphics and animation for interactive kids software.


6/1992 - 12/1992 Breakaway Presentations Stow, MA

Animator - Various duties. Clients: Ivory Tower Publishing Company Inc., Boston Edison


5/1992 - 5/1992 Harvard Community Health Plan Boston, MA

Illustrator - 2 page cartooning assignment. Pages demonstrated the dangers of rape and the availability of counseling for troubled families.


1/1992 - 5/1992 LEGO Futura APS Cambridge, MA

Graphics Artist - Created graphics and animation for internal technology demonstration.













SKILLS
Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience
Photoshop Expert Currently used 10 years
User Interface Design Expert Currently used 5 years
Web Design Expert Currently used 10 years
Adobe Premiere Intermediate 1 year ago 6 years
Macromedia Director Intermediate 3 years ago 8 years
Macromedia Flash Intermediate Currently used 3 years
Adobe ImageReady Expert Currently used 3 years
Macromedia Dreamweaver Expert Currently used 3 years
Storyboarding Expert 1 year ago 4 years

















REFERENCES
Paul McAuliffe Ad-Vantage, Inc. President
Phone Number: 1-617-282-8593
Email Address: paul@ad-vantageinc.com
Reference Type: Professional

Richard Viard SmartBargains Production Manager
Phone Number: 617-456-2914
Email Address: rviard@smartbargains.com
Reference Type: Professional

Gary Macdougall FreeportWeb, Inc.
Phone Number: 1-617-282-8593
Email Address: gary@freeportway.com
Reference Type: Professional CEO













ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I am webmaster for a community of comic creators at Figma.com, a website I maintain in my elusive freetime. Tutorials I have written for this website are located here:
http://www.figma.com/howto/dbryan/db_color_01.htm
http://www.figma.com/howto/dbryan/db_color_02.htm
http://www.figma.com/howto/dbryan/db_color_03.htm
http://www.figma.com/howto/dbryan/db_color_07.htm
http://www.figma.com/howto/dbryan/db_poser_intro_01.htm
Recently I launched a novelty website called Confessional.com, which runs using a web-based system I designed/programmed by myself.
I have also programmed and designed a web-based application for tracking/managing domain names, called "DomainFolio". Here are some screenshots of the password protected environment:
http://www.domainapps.com/screenshots/latest_home.gif
http://www.domainapps.com/screenshots/latest_listing.gif
http://www.domainapps.com/screenshots/latest_view.gif