Sembiki Interactive

441 Old Pittsboro Rd Unit A
Carrboro, NC 27510

email me
Tel (USA): +1-919-883-5229

Objective

Standards-compliant semantic HTML + Cross-browser-happy design with CSS + JavaScript toolkit and/or Flash interactivity = \( ._.)/

Skills

• Flash, Flex, ActionScript 2, 3
• PHP and content management systems
• Ruby on Rails
• Flickr, Google, Facebook, and Yahoo! APIs
• Standards-compliant HTML and CSS
• Non-linear video and audio editing suites, online video

Experience

Sembiki Interactive

• Interactive media and design
• Independent contractor
• Develop sites from the ground-up
• Edit/rework existing sites

TechShop Durham

• Workshop including ShopBot router, 3-D printer, Epilog laser cutter, welding equipment
• Member services, tours of facilities
• Website content

TSMworks, Inc

• Ruby-on-Rails-powered backup testing application
• Website and application design

Newfangled Web Factory

• Newfangled PHP-based CMS development and maintenance
• Research and development

Taneichi Town Board of Education, Iwate, Japan

• Created an engaging English as a second language program
• Taught elementary and middle school ESL courses

Education

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Course in computer science

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• BA in Communication Studies with Honors, December 2002
• Minor in Japanese language and culture
• Deans list, graduated with distinction

International Education

Nordjyllands Sports School, Brønderslev, Denmark

• Five-month program in outdoor leadership
• Facilitated an international class
• Organized workshops relating to international culture

Rotary Youth Exchange, Hiroshima, Japan

• Homestay with family
• Student at Hiroshima Municipal Commercial High School
• Cultural and language exchange

Availability

I am currently available for contract positions or job offers. References available upon request, or via LinkedIn.