I started working as a production artist at my high school newspaper - laying out the paper and designing advertisements. That led to a career as several newspapers and magazines, from the Santa Maria TImes to the OC Register, working as a graphic designer which included learning about press operations and color seperations. I started working with website coding and became an Integration lead at two companies, leading teams of up to 5, before striking out on my own in 2002 to work as a freelance designer and developer under the company name Vivid Dream Design. I started working as a production artist at my high school newspaper - laying out the paper and designing advertisements. That led to a career as several newspapers and magazines, from the Santa Maria TImes to the OC Register, working as a graphic designer which included learning about press operations and color seperations. I started working with website coding and became an Integration lead at two companies, leading teams