What does Jeff do for a living?

After 17 years as a custom painter in the Paint and Body business customizing top-end sports vehicles ($100K and up) for professional atheletes in the DFW Metroplex area and painting some pretty wild and intriguing gas tanks, fenders and frames for Harley owners, I decided it was time for a change...so I cut my hair and evolved somewhat.

Now, with over ten years of experience designing websites, I have both mastered and employed the creativity and organizational skills required for comprehensive web design from concept through to delivery. From story boarding to page building, from simple graphics to complete media sites, my detail-oriented approach to a client's needs consistently produces successful results. And quality workmanship is always my objective.

Info about my last two full-time employment gigs...

Jungle Jim's International Market
Fairfield, OH 45014
Salary - Webmaster
April 2007 - Current

Hired in April, 2007 by a card game. Never before in my life have I ever had the final decision of my hire depend on whether I beat the house in a game of 21. I never gamble nor play "gamble" style card games, not that I am a prude but I view me and gambling as "Here, take my money , because you are going get it anyway and let me get on to the bar." Anyways I get a 19 and beat the house so I am hired at my requested salary but for a few more requested hoursa week than I was asking - I must have embarrassed the owner since I beat hi in 21 being a novice and all... ; )of Webmaster. Job duties included to develop and maintain online content for Hanser Music Group brand websites, daily site maintenance and daily web server administration duties.

Responsibilities included the design and development of brand websites from concept to prototype to final site launch, website hosting and webmaster duties, website promotion, search engine optimization and position management, research current trends concerning web development and web strategies for web site usability, content development, management, editing and proofreading, forum management, link exchange program, interactive multimedia design and creation, analyze and present Web Trends reports on a monthly basis to all divisional managers for their respective brands and to participate in marketing meetings with each division marketing teams and any outside services employed by any division.

Milestones achieved as an employee of Hanser Music Group:

* BC Rich Guitars brand website listed at #47 by Music Trades Magazine's "Top Industry Websites" in 2006.

* Kustom Amplification brand website listed at #88 by Music Trades Magazine's "Top Industry Websites" in 2006.

* Web traffic to BC Rich Guitars increased from two million to over 10 million hits per month.

* Web traffic to Kustom Amps increased from less than a million hits monthly to over four million hits.

* BC Rich Support Forums membership grew from 1200 members to over 6500 registered members from 2005 to 2006.

* BC Rich and Kustom Amps consistently maintained high page ranking in Search results.

* Implented brand/product mini-websites which increased sales of specific product lines.

* Successfully migrated all company owned brand websites from internal web server to external hosting solution to expand capabilities to stream audio and video files.

The Webmaster position was terminated in Hebron, KY and relocated to Clearwater, FL. I chose to remain in Cincinnati with my wife.

Hanser Music Group
Hebron, KY 41048
Salary - Webmaster
March 2004 - November 2006

Hired in April, 2004 by the IT Director for Hanser Holdings International (HHI), Dan Hickman for the position of Webmaster. Job duties included to develop and maintain online content for Hanser Music Group brand websites, daily site maintenance and daily web server administration duties.

Responsibilities included the design and development of brand websites from concept to prototype to final site launch, website hosting and webmaster duties, website promotion, search engine optimization and position management, research current trends concerning web development and web strategies for web site usability, content development, management, editing and proofreading, forum management, link exchange program, interactive multimedia design and creation, analyze and present Web Trends reports on a monthly basis to all divisional managers for their respective brands and to participate in marketing meetings with each division marketing teams and any outside services employed by any division.

Milestones achieved as an employee of Hanser Music Group:

* BC Rich Guitars brand website listed at #47 by Music Trades Magazine's "Top Industry Websites" in 2006.

* Kustom Amplification brand website listed at #88 by Music Trades Magazine's "Top Industry Websites" in 2006.

* Web traffic to BC Rich Guitars increased from two million to over 10 million hits per month.

* Web traffic to Kustom Amps increased from less than a million hits monthly to over four million hits.

* BC Rich Support Forums membership grew from 1200 members to over 6500 registered members from 2005 to 2006.

* BC Rich and Kustom Amps consistently maintained high page ranking in Search results.

* Implented brand/product mini-websites which increased sales of specific product lines.

* Successfully migrated all company owned brand websites from internal web server to external hosting solution to expand capabilities to stream audio and video files.

The Webmaster position was terminated in Hebron, KY and relocated to Clearwater, FL. I chose to remain in Cincinnati with my wife.


The Orion Company, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH 45216
Salary - Senior Web Designer
August 2000 - February 2003

STAR Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Orion
Cincinnati, OH 45216
Salary - Senior Multimedia Content Developer
August 2000 - July 2003

Hired in August 2000 by William Durbrow, partner of The Orion Company. Duties included client consultations, I.P. and DNS work, NT and UNIX server management, oversee all phases of web development projects including but not limited to design, layout, content, graphics, etc.

Expanded my position with The Orion Company, Inc. in June 2001, by taking on additional duties assigned by John Blank, partner, for Orion's Software Development Division, STAR Services, LLC. My responsibility focused on the visual appeal and end user friendliness of employee training and retention software products. Work included client consultations, project story boarding, graphic, image and shockwave development along with sound and video editing and conversions.

Some of the CBT Projects worked on were:

STAR Services:
Employment Training and Retention Solutions

Coca-Cola NREST:
Employee Satisfaction Tracking Survey

Golden Corral Restaurants:
Multimedia Employee Computer-Based Training

Golden Corral Restaurants:
Management Phase Testing

Hooters Restuarants:
Interactive Employee Multimedia Training

RMD Corp. Franchise Group Restuarants:
Interactive Employee Multimedia Training

McDonalds Corporation:
Computer-Based Customer Survey

McDonalds Corporation:
Interactive Employee Training & Tracking

Sea Island Shrimp House:
Interactive Employee Multimedia Training

Some of the web work included:

The Orion Company, Inc. company website:
Handicapping King: Sporting Odds Membership Site
Handicapping Queen: Same Concept. Different Gender Handicapper
NREST: National Restuarant Employee Satisfaction Tracking
STAR Services company website
ELSPEO: Professional Employee Organization
Temp Jobs Today: Temporary Employment Service
CarePros: Health Care Staffing
Bad Frog Brewery: Bad Frog Beer and Merchandise
National Marketing & Engineering Air Compressor Sales

Info regarding former employers...

Netcrafters, Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Salary - Senior Content Developer
April 2000 - August 2000

Sycamore Software Development Corporation
Cincinnati, Ohio
Salary - Web Developer/Analyst
September 1999 - April 2000

The Orion Company / Custom Software Solutions
Cincinnati, Ohio
Salary - Information System Consultant
May 1998 - August 1999