1986 - 1998
Fachhochschule (College) Nuremberg, Germany
Communication Design
1988 - 1991
Art Center, College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Bachelor of Fine Art in Advertising
2004-2006
Torrance Cultural Art Center
"Painting with Watercolors", "Acrylic Painting"
2006 - 2007
El Camino College, Torrance
"Creating Web Pages I" (HTML), "Creating Web Pages II" (HTML Advanced and CSS), "Dreamweaver 8", "Flash MX 2004", "Imaging for the Web Using Fireworks", "Achieving Top Search Engine Positions", "PHP/MySQL"
2003 to Present
Clients: Akaal Organics, Dr. J. Holden, Anne Chapin, Open House Culinary,
Bruce Colin CFP, Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce, Seafox Inc,
Gaelic Construction & Design Inc, CEK Design Inc., Foundation of Local Arts,
Crown Jewel Club, Sweet Detente, Sparkles Laundromat, Sparkles Student Laundry, Coastal Laundry Services, Beach Cities Web Design, Lindahl Concrete Inc., Narowski Construction Inc., Harris Tea Company, South Bay Business Lawyers.
411 Graphics, Redondo Beach
Freelance Designer
Clients: 411 Graphics: Boy Scouts, GAP, First Impression Design, PFAC
Laredo Publishing/Rennaisance House
Illlustrations for children's educational material
for McGraw Hill and Pearson Education
1995 to 1997
Mattel Inc., El Segundo, CA
Senior Staff Designer, Package Design Group
Design and supervision of children's toy packaging
1994 to 1995
GMK, Advertising Agency, Bayreuth, Germany
Senior Staff Designer
Design of logos, newspaper ads, packaging, and brochures
1991 to 1994
Dailey & Associates, Advertising Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Staff Art Director
Clients: Honda, Sizzler's Restaurants, Asiana Airlines, California Lottery
Design of print ads and TV commercials, art direction of photo shoots
"Art Direction Magazine" Certificate of Distinction 1995
"Torrance Council of PTAs" Outstanding Newsletter 2006