As the Studio Director and a Partner at Design Commission I work in a variety of capacities ranging from sales and account management to user experience and visual design. Design Commission is an interactive design studio with a focus on Web site design and interactive experiences. My passion for the Web makes DC the ideal place for me as I have the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting companies on the Web today.

For four years I worked as a freelance graphic designer on project ranging from print collatoral for the high-end speaker company, Aperion, to packaging project for Bakoda snowboard equipment, to interactive design for AT&T Wireless and Sony ImageStation.

During my brief time at Electronic Arts I worked with an incredible team of designers, developers and project managers on the launch of EA.com, the companies first, but ill-fated venture into on-line gaming. My responsiblities included interface design, marketing design and playing video games. I seriously had a PlayStation in my cube.

I was going to be rich... we all were. This would be my first, but not my last, "dot com" experience. 800.com sold consumer electronics (because we all knew what a good idea it was to sell 50 inch tv sets on the web... and then ship them across the country for free) and I was employee number 13 or 14 or something. My role at 800.com started out as a photoshop-jock and gradually transitioned into a banner-ad monkey. Eventually I helped design sections of the site with patient guidance of the Doug Alexander and Ewan Croft. Both of whome are partly responsi