Ian Strandberg

Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Imaging Specialist

 

 

 

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 Studebaker Museum on the digital acquisition and archiving of extensive print media archives. [Studebaker Museum]

 

§         Consulting with the National New York Central Railroad Museum on the design and production of marketing materials (both print and web) for the 2004 Trackside Terror Halloween attraction. [NNYC Railroad Museum]

 

§         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

 

 

§         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.

 

 

 

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

 

 

§         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).