Sales Engineer

Andre M. Germain

*** ******* *****, ****** *****

to employ my skills and initiative

intent:

Garfield, NJ 07026

in a challenging work environment

www.burstflare.com

that values creative solutions

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h: 973-***-**** c: 973-***-****

experience: Graphic designer with over six years of experience in web and print media. Over eighteen years of

computer experience, including programming, utilizing wide spectrum of platforms and software.

Quick, diligent learner; attentive to detail. Strives for quality and efficiency in process and results.

Adobe Photoshop (7 yrs), lllustrator (4 yrs), Acrobat (2 yrs), CorelDRAW (2 yrs), Director (4 yrs),

Design

Fireworks (3 yrs), Flash (3 yrs), FrameMaker (2 yrs), GoLive (2 yrs), MS Office (7 yrs), QuarkXPress (4 yrs)

HTML (7 yrs), ColdFusion (2 yrs), JavaScript (5 yrs), MS IIS (2 yrs), MS SQL Server (2 yrs), Perl/CGI (4 yrs)

Web

Video / 3D Animation After Effects (1 yr), Bryce (2 yrs), Premiere (2 yrs), Softimage XSI (1 yr), 3D Studio MAX (1 yr)

Operating Systems Windows (3.1, 9x, NT, 2000, Me), MacOS (7.1 10.1), Linux, FreeBSD, MS-DOS, Commodore BASIC

employment:

Senior Creative Designer, Jan 2002 Present; Creative Designer, Jun 2000 Dec 2001

Apogee Networks, Inc.

Bloomfield, NJ Re-engineered dynamic Internet site to be updated by non-technical employees

www.apogeenetworks.com Collaborated to create an internal, employee-maintained intranet site

Produced technical diagrams for sales and documentation with clean, consistent look-and-feel

Cooperated with marketing efforts using new media technologies such as Flash and web video

Created multimedia presentations and take-home collateral for use by sales team

Assisted engineers in human interface design initiatives; produced iconic graphics for runtime usage

Graphic Designer, May 1999 May 2000

ECU University Unions

Greenville, NC Designed promotionals (advertisements, brochures) for university activities

www.ecu.edu/mendenhall Acted as direct liaison between print media and directorial staff for job completion

Maintained and redesigned departmental Internet site

CGI Programmer, Oct 1998 Jan 1999

Wandel & Goltermann

Research Triangle Park, NC Created a database system for in-house versioning to track product dependencies and requirements

www.acterna.com

Process Engineer Intern, Dec 1997 Jan 1998; Jul 1997 Aug 1997

Seasonal work while on semester break; coordinated group with Configuration department

Configuration Technician, May 1996 Aug 1996

Installed software, hardware into mainframes; methods used led to tenfold increase in productivity

The East Carolinian Cartoonist, Sep 1996 Jan 1998

Greenville, NC Drew serial comic Nine Stitches, published in college newspaper for three semesters

Eckerd's Photo Lab Sales Associate, Jun 1995 Aug 1995

Cary, NC Operated and maintained photographic processing equipment

Exhilarama Sales Associate, Dec 1993 Dec 1994

Cary, NC Part-time: repaired and maintained coin-operated game machines

education:

Bergen Community College Sep 2001 Dec 2001

Personal exploration: courses in 2D and 3D Animation (SoftImage XSI, Premiere, After Effects)

Paramus, NJ

East Carolina University Sep 1995 May 2000

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts / Graphic Design

Greenville, NC

Graduated magna cum laude

Osaka University of Education May 1998 Sep 1998

Participated in exchange program for Graphic Design and Japanese culture

Osaka, Japan

awards and memberships:

Digital Media Visual Arts Forum Award of Excellence, Feb 1999

Award of Merit in Digital, Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Feb 1999

Academic Recognition Chancellor's List, Fall 1997

burstflare.com (creator), www.inverse.org (co-creator), ninestitches.com (creator)

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