Ultimate Rollercoaster, LLC
Executive Producer | August 1996 - Present

• <http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com> Design and manage a nationally recognized, highly trafficked, award-winning Internet web site about amusement parks and attractions.
• Ranks as one of the top travel sites on the Internet.
• Created unique content that attracts more than 300,000 visitors per month.
• Developed profitable advertising and affiliate programs.
• Initiated mutually beneficial promotional relationships with amusement parks.

Tustin Lexus, Tustin, CA
Sales & Leasing Associate | June 2005 - March 2006

• Responsible for the demonstration of, sale and leasing of new and pre-owned Lexus vehicles.
• Earned "Truly Outstanding" mark for sales process on majority of Lexus customer feedback surveys.
• Achieved higher than a 20% closing ratio for previous four months.

National Amusements, Los Angeles, CA
Food & Beverage Director | February 2003 - November 2004
Manager of Concession Operations | April 2002 - February 2003

• Responsible for all aspects of the concession and food & beverage operation with multiple points of sale, plus 12 Lounge in-theatre restaurant & bar concept.
• Early accomplishments were rewarded with a promotion to Food & Beverage Director after only nine months.
• Increased per-capita guest spending by 14%, reduced shortages by 84%, both exceeding company goals.
• Proved ability to motivate and supervise a team of four managers, ten supervisors and one hundred staff.
• Identified operational problems and rectified them with creative, time saving solutions increasing productivity.
• Established standard operating procedures, some of which were adopted for use in other locations.

KIKO, Long Beach, CA
Project Manager | April 2000 - September 2001
      (KIKO acronym: Knowledge In, Knowledge Out; created web based applications permitting online users (teachers
      and businesses) to create web content to be used by others for educational and training purposes.)

• Managed web site projects through planning, design, engineering and implementation.
• Directed the design of the site's user interface, features and functionality.
• Prepared written proposals and mock-ups for presentations to upper management.
• Communicated development issues to upper management and proposed solutions to maintain project deadlines.

Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, Torrance, CA
Interactive Production Artist | September 1998 - March 2000

• Worked on the web site and online advertising for Toyota Motor Sales, USA.
• Built working demos for presentations and new business proposals, prepared digital assets, animations and mock-ups.
• Received an award for outstanding production work on an Internet banner ad.
• Worked as a team with art directors and copywriters during creative development.
• Internet expertise used to offer solutions to technology limitations through the project cycle.

Ultimate Waterpark.com, Tustin, California
      Work in progress. Designed and created the companion site for Ultimate Rollercoaster.com about water parks.

Point View Film Location, Palos Verdes, California
      Designed and coded the entire site including the creation of a database driven photo gallery application.

McKee Music Therapy Services, Santa Monica, California
      Designed and coded the entire site for a music therapy service business.

AboutMyBaby, Pasadena, California
      Created HTML mock-ups showing the functionality for the site's scrapbook directory.

Working Demo, Pasadena, California
      Worked on initial design of the user interface and functionality for the company's Goldstar Events web site and participated
      in the production and design of a site for client Casey Sayre & Williams public relations.

Ghost-Ride Productions, North Hollywood, California
      Built the company's web site to establish online presence, improve product awareness and improve sales.

Find-a-Mortgage Match, Santa Ana, California
      Created the web site and coded the functionality for the company's mortgage lead generator.

Education

Chapman University, Orange, California | May 1998
      Bachelor's Degree in Communications, emphasis in Business Communications. 3.6 gpa

Awards and Recognition

Gold Pencil Award, One Show Interactive Awards - Fall 1999
Chapman Leadership Award, Chapman University - May 1998
Dean's List, Chapman University - 1996, 1998