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Education

University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA 2006-2009

Master of Architecture - May 09

Featured in UPenn's "Work" 08 & 09

Architectural Association - London, UK 2008

Developed parametric architectral arguments

Contributed to 2012 Olympic architectural proposals

Leonardo Da Vinci School - Florence, Italy 2004

Cultural immersion and an academic focus on architecture

University of Colorado - Boulder, Co 2002-2005

B.A. Environmental Design

Graduated with honors

Won the 2004 student architectural competition for "green" sustainable studio unit spaces

Graduated with honors

Experience

Resume Facelift - Los Angeles, CA

November 2009 - Designer/ Co-Founder

Customized beautiful resumes at an affordable rate

51 Minds - Los Angeles, CA July 2009 - september 2009

Reality/TV production

Logging, Dubbing, assistant editing

Gensler - Santa Monica, CA - May 2008 - August 2008

Architectural Intern

Worked in teams on multiple projects

Office Revit expert and consultant, led revit learning sessions via web conference

Participated in large scale projects at various phases of completion

JG Johnson Architects - Denver, Co - June 2007 - August 2007

Architectural intern

Redline construction documents in Microstation

Built and presented physical models to committee meetings and city counsel

Gere/Dismer Architects - Rock Island, Ill - 2005 - 2006

Architectural intern

Plans in AutoCad

Met with clients, contractors, city officials, etc.

Presentation preparation (models, boards, etc.)

Architectural Maneuvers - Boulder, Co - 2004

Architectural intern

Constructed models and did field work for residential architectural models

Utilized AutoCad

Dirt Mcgierk - 2007 - present

dj/music production

Produced music and djed in venues in Philadelphia, London, LA, Chicago, and Iowa

Regularly arrange and release original music in mixtape format

Web/ Graphic Design - present

Work as a freelance web and graphic designer

business branding and image consulting

Publicity

Surface Magazine

2009 Thesis Guide - "our guide to america's most promising graduates"

Sucker Punch Daily

Skynet was featured on the design review sucker punch

QC Times

A feature article on "Dirt Mcgierk"

Kokkugia

Skynet project is featured on Kokkugia's website

qualifications

Programs

Adobe Creative Suite

Autodesk: 3DStudioMax, Autocad, Maya

Digital Fabrication: Milling, Waterjet,3D printing, Laser Cutting

Rhino plus Grasshopper

Scripting with Rhinoscript

Intrests

Emergent Systems

Music Production

MIDI Controllers

VST plugins for Ableton Live

Photography

Reading about the human brain and its evolution

Excersize

Jquery

Blending genres of music together

Buckminster Fuller

Drawing