Education
B.S., Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2002)
B.S., Criminal Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1997)
Professional Experience
INSOMNIACTIVE Productions
Owner (2002- present)
Freelance Web and print design, videography, and IT services; clients include Greenhill Dynasty, Kingfisher Editions, Dorothy McDaniel’s Flower Market, AIDS Alabama, Red Bull, and GCW Pro Wrestling
ESTRADA CMS
Web UI Engineer (2006-2007)
Using CSS, implemented cliented-supplied designs inside of the Estrada content management system (cross-platform, cross-browser); some minor javascript coding and troubleshooting.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
Web Designer (2005- )
Design and maintenance of IT departmental websites; management of Google Search Appliance; writing and management of Customer Services Documentation group
Program Coordinator I (2002-2004)
Technical Writer (2001-2002) (graduate assistant position)
Redesign and maintenance of Academic Computing departmental website; coordination of IT Internship program; workshop and conference planning and organization; editing of technical papers; web content and creation; design and layout of public relation materials; technical writing (white papers and user manuals); and copyediting
BIRMINGHAM WEEKLY
Contributing Writer (2001- present)
Interim Art Director (2002)
Music reviews, entertainment picks, and column writing; created advertorial content and covers; scanned and manipulated editorial photographic content
PRIVATE AIR MAGAZINE
Contributing Editor (2004-2005)
Gadgets (tech toys and audio/video) departmental columns and occasional features
VIDEO DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
Webmaster / Content Editor (2001-2004)
Content creation and editing, gathering of pertinent news items, and maintaining and updating the ViDe website (www.vide.net)
RevolutionSF.com Birmingham, AL
Comics Editor / Art Director (2001-2002)
Review and column writing, organizing and editing additional feature material and external submissions, multimedia content creation, and coverage of comic industry-related events
HECKLERS ENTERTAINMENT
Online Editor (2000-2001)
Reporting and writing stories and columns for two websites (www.zealot.com and www.ant.com); posting of content to the Internet; copyediting; and creating multimedia features including audio, video and interactive content
BIRMINGHAM POST-HERALD
Editorial Assistant (1998)
Layout, web programming, data entry, copyediting and participation in Marketing Committee (creating and executing marketing plans)
TAPESOUTH, INC.
Production Manager (1992-1995)
Layout and design of CD booklets and cassette J-cards, coordination of production schedule and project management, and quality control
Other Experience: Music
Band Related
The Avery Ellis Exhibit(s) - Bassist (2003- present)
Full Moon Blanket - Bassist (1998-2002)
Lunasect - Stage guitar, keyboard, and electronics (2001-2002)
Fischerelle - Lead Guitarist (1995-1996)
Recordings
The Exhibit(s): Devil Took The Wheel: Music From, Inspired By, and Completely Unrelated to the Soundtrack to Hide and Creep (2006)
WHAT PRICE, ETERNITY? (film score, 2004)
SILENCE (film score, 2004)
LILAH AND THE ALIEN (film score, 2004)
HIDE AND CREEP (film score contributor, 2004, with the Avery Ellis Exhibit(s))
FIRST TIME AROUND... AGAIN (film score, 2003)
SEVEN YEAR SWITCH (film score, 2002, with Daniel Farris)
GOODNIGHT, MOON (film score, 2002)
Lunasect: Points of Departure (2002, Asst. Engineer, clean guitar on Without You All I Am Is a Lie, contribution of 3:47 AM - The Stairwell)
Anyone Can Play Guitar: A Tribute to Radiohead (2001, Asst. Engineer and acoustic guitar on How to Disappear Completely...)
Crimson Stain Mystery: Iron Lung (1999)(Gauntlet Press) - bonus disc included with the hardcover edition of Caitlin Kiernan's Silk , containing a cover of House of the Rising Sun and Iron Lung, music by Kenn.
Highway 82 Revisited (1996, bass and rhythm guitar on Daniel Farris' Drown) (WMSV Radio / Mississippi State University)
Frames Per Second: No More Heroes (1999, with Jonas Grey and Daniel Farris)
Fischerelle: Steel Innuendoes (1995, lead guitar on I Believed You )
Barbie Williamson: Harbinger (1994, guitar and percussion)
Other Experience: FILM
Shorts and Features
Muckfuppet (2006): Director, Editor, Writer, Audio Post
TvÅ RÖrmontÖr och Fyra Het Hyndan (2005, produced for the July, 2005 Sidewalk Scramble): Editor, Writer, Audio Post
WHAT PRICE, ETERNITY? (2004, produced for the November, 2004 Sidewalk Scramble): Director, Editor, Audio Post, "Serena 'The Ox' Sarducci'
PROGRAMMING TO DIE FOR (2004, dir: Sam Frazier): Grip, "TV Announcer"
LILAH AND THE ALIEN (2004, dir: Melissa Banczak): Editor, Audio and Video post-production, "Agent #2"
HIDE AND CREEP (2004, dir: Chance Shirley): Audio, Audio post-production, "Kenn"
SILENCE (2004): Writer, director, etc. Featuring Kevin Finney and Kiomi Gornik.
TAG! (2004, produced for the 2004 Red Bull Writer's Block): Director, editor, etc.
MOVIES ARE ONIONS, TOO (2004, produced for the February, 2004 Sidewalk Scramble): Writer, Director, Editor, etc. A meta-mocumentary for HIDE AND CREEP.
FIRST TIME AROUND... AGAIN (2003): Writer, cinetographer, editor, "Tim Crowse"
GOODNIGHT, MOON (2002): Writer, director, "Franky"
Music Videos (unreleased)
Lunasect, Empty Eye
Lunasect, 33° and Raining
Other Experience: Writing
Published in Mental Floss magazine (May-June 2006, "10 Modes of Transportation That Never Got Into Gear"; Sept-Oct 2006, "Einstein Lives! 10 Places You'd Never Think to Find Albert")
Grand Prize, Best Short Screenplay, 2005 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival ("Muckfuppet")
Finalist, Best Short Screenplay, 2003 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival ("The Art of Self-Defense")
Finalist, Best Short Screenplay, 2002 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival ("First Time Around... Again")
Best Short Screenplay, 2001 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival ("Memory of Motion")
Finalist, Best Screenplay, 2000 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival ("The Beauty of Distance")
I Can See Your House From Here (2001-2002) -- weekly column on science-fiction and comics-related material; appeared on RevolutionSF.