In 2005, prior to YouTube, I was asked by the founder of OOh! TV to help design a website that presented user-uploaded videos. The concept centered around “Channels” which “Channel Providers” would create by paying a monthly fee. Advertising would play before the videos, resulting in a revenue stream for […]

NASA Goddard needed a way to publicize Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the first in a series of sun-exploring spacecraft set to launch in August 2007. I created this 15-minute long Flash® presentation, complete with professional voice over, as a commercial for a wide audience, from politicians and scientists to the […]

This web site was created for the Flight Dynamics Analysis Branch (FDAB) at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. It features a self-developed auto menu architecture, which allows for quick and painless changes.

This Flash® piece created for Metastorm, an international software company with 17 locations worldwide, was designed to showcase the company’s products. It was created by converting artist’s stills into an interactive presentation and adding animation effects. This presentation, along with demo versions of the company’s software, was burned on a […]

There are a lot of metrics maintained for every satellite launch at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Years before a launch, a statuses are collected and disseminated on a monthly basis. The legacy way that this done was manually through spreadsheets and PowerPoints. To streamline operations, create consistency, and create […]

For a 10 year period, I managed two major and well known commercial off-the-shelf aerospace products:  FreeFlyer from a.i. solutions, and Spacecraft Design Tool from Star Technologies (and later Applied Defense Solutions).  During this time, I was responsible for: 1.  Devising a new user interface for FreeFlyer. 2.  Directing software […]

Understanding how customers will use a product is essential to create requirements that will drive a successful design. There are a number of techniques that can be used to discover requirements, but any process is often a challenge when dealing with complex ideas or concepts that can be easily misunderstood. […]