May 1998 – present

Advent Media
New Media Consulting and Design

As a freelancer I provide a comprehensive new media capability, with particular strengths as a designer, programmer and graphic artist. Clients worked for include Nortel Networks, Dofasco, IBM, Mackenzie Financial, Sun Life Financial, Rogers Media, Bell Mobility, J J Barnicke and Sunoco.

Some career highlights…

Worldsat International, Bertelsmann AG: Interactive Atlases

This project integrates interactive 3D satellite imagery of the globe (up to 1M resolution) with narration, text, pictures, videos, PDFs, URLs and more, to create a media-rich interactive atlas deliverable on DVD or Internet. My task was twofold: first to develop a database application (Filemaker Pro) to allow the publisher to assemble and link the media assets to globe co-ordinates (including search function); and a Player to allow the viewer to interact with the 3D globe and related media. Development is ongoing…

Dofasco Inc.: Annual General Meeting, May 2005

Complete visual production service, including design, art direction, storyboard, production and on-site execution.

Garo Consulting: Nutrition Made Simple Game

This CD-ROM interactive game makes learning about nutrition appealing for younger children. Animated characters, videos, and many different quizzes are all part of the fun!

IBM Learning Services

Advanced Authorware programming — courseware on product knowledge for Canadian Tire dealerships

J J Barnicke: Commercial Real Estate Sales Presentation
(Belladonna Communications)

When Canada's premiere commercial real estate realtor makes a sales call, they want the support of a premiere sales tool. This state-of-the-art multimedia presentation, built in Macromedia Director and incorporating audio, Flash and video testimonials, helps their sales force make a compelling and memorable statement.

Bell Mobility: Mobile Millennium (The St. John Group)

This event — a half-day exploration of the potential power of business without wires — was staged in the elegant Winter Garden Theatre for an invitation-only audience of senior executives of major Canadian corporations. A multimedia tour de force that dominated the proscenium arch of this magnificent theatre.

The Covenant Group: Creating a Business Plan (the INCA group)

Creating a Business Plan takes The Covenant Group's instructional programs into the realm of new media; this CD-ROM based program not only offers Norm Trainor's insights and advice, but guides the user step by step through the process of building a business plan -- with the whys and wherefores of each step. The process culminates with a professional formatted printout of the business plan. Virtuoso interactive programming in a restricted timeframe!

Kinder Surprise — Internet games (Zuka Interactive)

Online (Shockwave) games to amuse and delight — puzzles… coloring… and the Canada Quiz.

A number of examples of projects I have executed can be sampled in the Portfolio section.