Stats
15
Years of Designing
8
Years in Design Management
35
People Managed
25
Designers Managed
450+
Designers Taught
15k+
Cheese Sticks Consumed
Services & Capabilities
Design
- Application Design
- Art Direction
- Brand Identity
- Concept Development
- Information Architecture
- Photography
- Prototyping
- Responsive Design
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- User Stories
- Wireframing
Frameworks, Services, & Languages
- Algolia
- Amazon Web Services
- Firebase
- Forge
- FlareApp
- GIT
- Google Maps API
- Google Transcribe
- HotJar
- HTML & CSS
- Inertia.js
- JavaScript
- Laravel
- Mailgun
- Mailtrap
- MYSQL
- Node
- Particle.io
- PHP
- Pinterest API
- SASS
- Shell
- Stripe
- Twitter API
- Uploadcare
- Vue
- Webflow
- WordPress
Management
- Agile Methodology
- Budget/Finance
- Client/Designer Workflow
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Team Management
Primary Software Stack
Laravel
Vue
Inertia
TailwindCSS
Nova
Clients
I've collaborated with major brands and companies worldwide by providing them with research, design, prototyping, and development. I've made games, apps, internal and external tools. The web is my specialty.
My Startups
I have been creating businesses for the last 16 years. I am very proud of my failures and success and the incredible learning and insights I have gained.
The Ultimate Collage Maker App
Founder
2013 – Present / Moodzer.com
Created online web application used by thousands of creatives to quickly build mood boards—after discovering need for designers to create project mood boards more-efficiently. Designed, developed application. Created business model. Launched corporate strategy. Hired developers, designers to expand functionality.
Online Learning Platform
Co-Founder
2017 – 2020 / CodeTime.io
Created website to enhance overall design community, complement lectures at ArtCenter and CSUN. Built online instructional video channel with 90+ video series, 700+ free lessons providing resources for any designer—100%-free, available to anyone.
Bootstrap CSS Theme Generator
Co-Founder
2017 – 2018
Created theme generator for popular Bootstrap 4 framework—empowering users to easily-customize Bootstrap CSS via fun, intuitive, instant generator—saving designers & developers excessive time, eliminating the need to code.
Interactive Design Agency
Co-Founder
2010 – 2011
Founded this agency designing & developing in-house product design, focusing on clients seeking interactive projects. Consulted with clients, drafted proposals; led presentations, web development, design.
Lifestyle Clothing Company
Founder
2005 – 2010
Leveraged passion for illustrations and printing to found alternative lifestyle fashion company. Created 300+ designs, cultivated relationships with wholesalers, buyers / retailers. Manufactured samples, partnered on large production runs—created $10K+ monthly recurring revenue within first 90 days.
Teaching
With almost ten years of teaching interaction design, I am very proud to have helped students connect creative and communicative mediums and am honored to have impacted their careers and guided their growth as designers and developers.
ArtCenter College of Design
2017 – Present
I teach courses spanning multiple levels within the graduate and undergraduate Graphic Design and Interaction departments, including:
- Graduate Visual Interaction Design
- Visual Interaction Design 1, 2, 3
- Digital Solution Making
- Interaction Prototype 1, 2, 3, 4
- Advanced Interactive Prototyping
California State University, Northidge
2011 – 2018
I taught web design courses ranging from intermediate to advanced, with an emphasis on WordPress-based applications, website creation, and prototyping. Course learning outcomes included core web fundamentals, creative briefs, sitemaps, wireframes, mood boards, style tiles, design compositions, and front/back-end development.
- Introduction to Web Art
- Web Design
- Advanced Web Design
Leadership Values
Better
However, you find something, leave it better than you found it. It could be fixing some code, or maybe it's picking up some random trash on the ground.
Open
Even if you think you are an expert at something, approach every challenge with an open unjaded mind.
Fast
Race to your failures so you can sit back and enjoy your successes.
Experiences
Everything we interact with actively or passively is an experience we must understand and analyze.
Beyond
Anticipate a need or problem before it even arises. A client may approach you with a problem today, but the real problem they may face is not yet known.
Fearless
Learning to code can be intimidating, but approaching it without fear will expedite your growth.
Talks / Workshops
I give keynotes and talks about design, product management, and code for conferences and universities.
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04/2021
Future Roles in Interaction Design
Clubhouse with Petrula Vrontikis
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10/2020
How to Land your Dream Job
TheFutur
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10/2018
Mood Boards
California State University, Northridge
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07/2018
IoT, Digital Companies and the E-Business Revolution
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06/2018
Design Slam
ArtCenter College of Design
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04/2016
The Web
California State University, Northridge
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12/2016
Code Bootcamp
California State University, Northridge
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04/2015
The Web
California State University, Northridge
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04/2014
The Web
California State University, Northridge
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04/2011
Basic HTML
California State University, Northridge