Richard Aber’s Résumé

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I have a love of technology that has led me down many paths, from design, to prepress, to web development and IT. I have successfully blended these seemingly disparate skills into a powerful capability. Understanding how technologies co-exist, how they interact with one another, and how you can leverage them together, while putting on a pleasing aesthetic. My objective is to develop new and exciting websites and content, help clients and coworkers understand the technologies they use, and providing an appealing user experience while delivering what the client needs like no one else can. I seek a new Team to collaborate with, a Team that has varied experiences and capabilities to complement my own, a Team that I can learn new skills with, and teach new skills to.

My extensive experience in many areas of the graphics industry, from advertising design and prepress production to server configuration and web development make for a powerful combination of graphics and technical expertise. Need a website? I can do that. Need email marketing? I can do that. Need a design? I can do that too. With skills that extend beyond visual appeal, I develop websites with PHP, Perl, and MySQL. I configure and theme Content Management Systems like Joomla!, WordPress, and Expression Engine. I design print jobs that fly through preflight and print right the first time. Virtually any task thrown at me, technical or graphical, I can find the solution to, or I can develop a solution for.

With outstanding graphics expertise, intimate knowledge of prepress, and technical proficiency with internet technologies, I will provide you with a one-stop expert to provide solutions to all your internet needs.

I seek to obtain a position that will utilize my graphics expertise and technical knowledge, to challenge myself at all levels. I am a problem solver, so if you have a problem, I am your solution.

Skills and Abilities

Employment History

Employer: Echo Press (A Forum Communications Newspaper)

Title: Web Developer / IT Specialist
Location: Alexandria, MN
Duration: 04/2009 – Present
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Employer: Shortprinter.com

Title: Web Developer / Designer
Location: Fargo, ND
Duration: 10/2008 – 01/2009
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Employer: Knight Printing

Title: Web Developer / Prepress Technician / Graphic Designer
Location: Fargo, ND
Duration: 04/2004 – 10/2008
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Employer: Knight Printing of Grand Forks / Century Creations Printing

Title: Graphics Department Head
Location: Grand Forks, ND
Duration: 09/2001 – 04/2004
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Employer: Echelon Technologies

Title: Webmaster
Location: Grand Forks, ND
Duration: 12/2001 – 01/2003
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Employer: Lakes Area Recreation

Title: Independent Contract Webmaster
Location: Alexandria, MN
Duration: 03/2001 – 09/2001
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Employer: Herald-Register Publishing Co.

Title: Lead Graphic Designer
Location: Grinnell, IA
Duration: 08/1999 – 09/2000
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Education

Major: Web Design Program (Evening Classes)
School: North Dakota State College of Science (Fargo Skills & Technology Extension)
Location: Fargo, ND Extension
Degree: None, Completed 1 year of 2-year program, Paid for by employer
Completion Date: 09/2004 – 05/2005
Courses: HTML, CSS, Java, Perl, MySQL, Flash

Major: Communication Art & Design
School: Alexandria Technical College
Location: Alexandria, MN
Degree: Two-Year Degree
Completion Date: 09/1996 – 05/1998
Courses: HTML, PhotoShop, QuarkXPress, FreeHand, Ad Design, Layout Design, Package Design, Logo Design, Storyboarding, Typography, Illustration, Color Theory, Life Drawing, Traditional Painting, Airbrushing, Pen and Ink

School: Jefferson Senior High School
Location: Alexandria, MN
Degree: Diploma
Completion Date: 05/1995
Courses: General high school studies with emphasis on art

Licenses/Certificates/Additional Training

Mailpiece Quality Control (MQC) Specialist
9/18/2006
United States Postal Service

Professional Honors

Collegiate Honors