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KEVIN D RONKKO

105 NE Byron Place,
Corvallis OR 97330
541-740-7349

ronkkok@gmail.com
Objective: to work as a successful team member on a web design team.
Relevant Skills
· Proficiency with HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript languages and FTP software.
· Skilled in color theory, two dimensional and color design, and in understanding fine art.
· Experienced in sound and visual creation, editing, and compression.
Graphic Design Experience
·  Hewlett Packard, Corvallis, Oregon                                                                              2011-present

Member of a design team working on a Global account. Worked on production designs and prints for HP, DreamWorks, Disney, Warner Brothers and other content providers. Worked in the HP Digital Printing Oasis, fulfilling orders for HP employees and answering questions to HP employees about company products. Performed Lab testing of Kiosks, checking for product accuracy within the xml metadata.

Web Design Experience
·  Entrepreneur interactive media and music web site
PumpingBeat Web Productions                                                                                          2000 – present
http://www.pumpingbeat.com/

Pumping Beat, a creative web site, has included varied writing, video, and audio of original content from this web author. It was transformed into an official freelance business in 2010.
·  Web master of Wild Dogs of New England                                                                   2010-present
http://www.wilddogsne.com/
This site features a beautiful header created with Illustrator and Photoshop and a jQuery navigation bar. The content was edited in house at pumpingBeat.
·  Redesign and ongoing maintenance StrawberryGenes, University of New Hampshire  2010
http://strawberrygenes.unh.edu/
This site benefits from a catchy jQuery slideshow. There is a lot of detailed editing that has gone into the presentations on this science lab web site. The header was created in Photoshop CS4.
·  Design and maintenance MintWeb, University of New Hampshire                    2007-present
http://mintweb.unh.edu/
This site features a FLASH slide show for convenient presentation of scientific data.

Writing Experience
·  Wrote and Illustrated The Singing Drummer: add vocals to your beat.
·  Wrote several fiction works while studying with authors Dan Gleason and Steve Hickoff.
·  Wrote several articles for Find Schools Online.

Other Business Teamwork and Leadership Experience
·  Help Desk Supervisor at The National Passport Information Center, 2008.
·  Assistant Volunteer Coordinator at Great Bay Coast Watch, Durham, NH, 2001.

Honors
·  Dean’s List, Granite State College, Concord, NH.
·  American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers PLUS five time award winner.
·  The Vic Firth Education Team lifetime member.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Major: Interactive Media Design, degree expected: 2012,
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Cumulative GPA: 3.85.

Associate in Arts, General Studies, Granite State College, May 2002.
Vocational degree, Central Maine Community College, Graphic Arts Technology.