My career began long before online tutorials, YouTube walkthroughs, or quick answers existed. If you wanted to learn something in the 90s, you had to figure it out yourself — and that’s exactly how I built the foundation of my career.

I started DJing at 13, performing at school dances, weddings, parties, and community events. What began as a passion quickly grew into a full creative hustle: I produced and sold mixtapes, developed my skills as a turntablist, and learned how to engage an audience in real time. That early mix of audio engineering, creativity, and crowd awareness became the spark that shaped everything I do today.

By 21, in 1997, I was releasing music under Last Hour Records. As the recording and mastering engineer, I had to learn graphic design, video editing, and web development from scratch — with no tutorials, no online courses, and no shortcuts. In 1998, driven purely by curiosity, I hand‑coded my first website in HTML, and that opened the door to a lifelong passion for technical creation.

In 2003, I earned my degree with a 3.67 GPA, graduating as valedictorian and honor graduate — and during that time, I also won both Gold and Silver ADDY Awards for my multimedia work. Those experiences cemented my love for blending creativity, technology, and storytelling.

Two years later, in 2005, I was hired straight out of college by TheAcademy.com, an LMS company where I built hundreds of hand‑coded courses in Classic ASP and JavaScript across industries including travel, medical, manufacturing, aviation, and hospitality. I contributed to the LMS migration from Classic ASP to ASP.NET and engineered a dynamic Flash/XML course engine that pulled images, text, and layout data at runtime — complete with effects and particle systems — all in a 16 KB footprint. In 2007, load time was everything, and this system delivered. I also created 3D characters and animations in 3ds Max and integrated Red5 media server to enable live virtual classes years before mainstream platforms existed.

In 2011, I joined Information Innovators, designing and developing Computer‑Based Training for a 24x7x365 Air Force Service Desk supporting over 350,000 users. Around 2012, I also freelanced with Decypher, working for the Pentagon to convert Flash courses to Silverlight and author anti‑hijacking, tactical, and aircraft instructional training.

When that contract ended, I moved to Peer1 Hosting (now Cogeco), where I trained the training team on advanced JavaScript integration in Captivate, video and audio editing, and graphic design. I authored courses across all business levels and helped elevate the team’s technical capabilities.

In 2015, Rackspace brought me on to support Rackspace University. I built learning for every level of the business — from call centers to sales to compliance — and contributed to LMS migrations and enterprise‑wide learning initiatives.

In 2021, I joined USAA as a contractor, supporting the Auto Injury and Property teams. I created templates, job aids, facilitator guides, eLearning modules, videos, and edited recorded calls. I also led large lunch‑and‑learn sessions, teaching developers advanced techniques in Adobe Creative Cloud, Articulate tools, and JavaScript.

Across every role, one theme has stayed constant: I’m a user‑centric designer who blends instructional strategy with deep technical execution. With over twenty years in learning design and twenty‑eight years in multimedia, I build solutions that are visually strong, scalable, and grounded in real‑world performance.

Now the real question is — how can I help your team thrive?