Ian
Strandberg Graphic
Designer, Illustrator and Imaging Specialist |
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QUALIFICATIONS |
Over seven
years of experience in digital image processing and digital image
manipulation including work in anti-counterfeiting. |
SOFTWARE
& TECHNICAL
SKILLS |
3D
Studio Max Flash FrontPage Illustrator Office
Suite Photoshop Visual
Basic (and VBA) Mac OS Windows
(3.x, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2K, XP) |
Extensive
computer hardware and software skills including: Basic
Database Design Hardware/Software
Installation Programming Repair Training Troubleshooting |
EDUCATION |
Presently
enrolled and attending classes at Indiana University South Bend |
EXPERIENCE |
1/2002 –
Present |
Ian
Strandberg Consulting |
South
Bend, IN |
|
Consulting
and Freelance |
|
§
Art
director and creative consultant for Wicked Jester Entertainment creative event
production group. [Wicked Jester Entertainment] §
Consulting
with the §
Consulting
with the §
Designed
and created a poster detailing the assembly of complex accelerator parts for
Notre Dame’s Nuclear Structure Lab. [Notre Dame] §
Designed
and created the mascot and logo for the rollout of a major web application
testing initiative at Moody’s KMV. [Moody’s KMV] §
Developed
image processing techniques in support of digital watermark embedding tools.
[Digimarc] §
Provided
web page and content testing services in support of the re-launch of Digimarc’s web resources for the ImageBridge reader
applet. [Digimarc] |
|
4/2000 –
11/2001 |
Digimarc
Corporation |
Tualatin,
OR |
|
Anti-Counterfeiting
Technology Project Lead and Digital Asset Manager |
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§
Responsible
for the quality of document-security watermark detector technology
implementation and integration. §
Developed
image processing, generation and manipulation techniques for use in detector
technology testing (Photoshop).
Trained others in the department. §
Developed
product mock-ups and presentations using Illustrator, Photoshop and 3D Studio
Max. §
Managed
quality assurance efforts on a one-year device driver integration
project--developed technology-oriented test plans based on customer
requirements and system demands. All milestones and deliveries were completed
on time and to the satisfaction of both upper-management and the customer. §
Designed
software-based automated scanning tools to execute and process over 12,000
specialized scans—made it possible to generate an image-test-set in 1/5th of
the normal time, saving the QA team over 30 man-days. |
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4/1999 –
4/2000 |
Freightliner
Corporation |
Portland,
OR |
|
Software
Quality Assurance Project Lead (Contract) |
|
§
Responsible
for the quality of high-visibility, mission critical software in use at every
Freightliner dealership across the country. |
|
4/1997 –
4/1999 |
Intel
Corporation |
Hillsboro,
OR |
|
Videophone/Videoconferencing
Application Test Engineer |
|
§
Responsible
for the quality of the Intel Teamstation business
videoconferencing product, the Intel Videophone home videoconferencing
product and the Intel DVD player product. §
Processed
video for use in automated video streams and video stream testing. |
|
10/1996
- 4/1997 |
Symantec
Corporation |
Beaverton,
OR |
|
Localization
Test Engineer (Contract) |
|
§
Responsible
for localization testing of LiveUpdate, Norton
Anti-Virus and Norton Navigator. |
|
10/1993
- 10/1996 |
Media
Architects Incorporated |
Tigard,
OR |
|
Image
Processing and Multimedia Technology Test Engineer |
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§
Responsible
for testing desktop and web based multimedia imaging technology. §
Design
and developed trade show demonstration programs including a web based “paint”
application and other multimedia offerings using tools in competition with
the precursors to Shockwave and Flash. §
Designed
and created test images for use in image processing tests (Photoshop). §
Designed
and implemented graphics and layout for Media Architects JOLT! software (Photoshop, HTML). |