
Macy's
Internal presentation for fixtures group
I’ve designed and built, and led teams to design and build, web sites, web apps, presentations, online ads, videos, motion graphics and other digital content. I’ve worked for big names you’ve heard of and big names you haven’t.
I taught myself how to build websites. Then I shared my expertise teaching university-level classes, at-work training, and informal evening courses. I spoke at many conferences, meet-ups and events.
I created a record-breaking presentation for Vogue; launched effective online ads for The New York Times paywall; evolved a Flash agency to HTML.
I download the tempeh bacon; I fry it up in a creative pan.
Internal presentation for fixtures group
Internal presentation for fixtures group
The POWER ISSUE presentation resulted in a record number of advertisers
The POWER ISSUE presentation resulted in a record number of advertisers
Fashion on Demond presentation
Fashion on Demond presentation (four screens)
Paywall ad design
Paywall ad design
Shake ad to get next "deal"
Trying buttons that also serve as arrows
ITrying buttons that match active areas
A fun way to show local weather and weather at some popular vacation
An example of the template demo we created at John Ryan.
A video that greets you when you enter JohnRyan, made by me and my team.
Another video that greets you when you enter JohnRyan, made by me and my team, with a wink and nod to "The Twilight Zone."
Websites Built/Worked On
Departments Built/Led
People Hired
Online Ads Built
Proposed, designed, animated and/or coded
My First Commercial Website
For MVP Health Care in Albnay, NY
My First Touch-screen Project
Museum kiosk
My First Dynamic, Custom, Editable Presentation
Built with Macromedia Director
My First Dynamic Online Ad
Banner ad for Buffalo Bisons Baseball with up-to-the-minute game promotion info
Classes taught
University-level and independant
Bachelor Degrees
Dual Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering and Music/Media Studies
A few words from recent managers, colleagues and team members. See the complete recommendations on LinkedIn
“I was particularly impressed that he can distill complex technical concepts into their constituent parts, and recognize commonalities that could then be applied across a wide array of specialties.”
Rod Boev — Front-end and full stack web development; I reported directly to Rod at Cosgrove Associates“Ted possesses a unique combination of technical skill, creativity, curiosity, and general pleasantness. These traits made him a great manager, developer, and coworker.“
Lindsey Drake — Sr Director, Operations, was senior to me at Hook & Loop/Infor“One thing that consistently impressed me was Ted's ability to see possible future problems or roadblocks for a project that no one else could see, even very senior developers.”
Raleigh Daniel Froeber — Senior Software Engineer, reported directly to me at Hook & Loop/Infor"You can tell that he really understands usability, design, and the related technical concepts. Having Ted on the team immediately reduced the burden on other developers."
Andrew Stephens — Consultant at Solution Design Group worked with me at Connexions Loyalty"The rare quality that Ted has as a manager is he brings people of all departments and disciplines together."
Aliya Robinson — Front-End Developer, reported directly to me at Hook & Loop/Infor"Ted is an incredible resource in the creative & technology sector."
Keith Gulbro — Developer, reported directly to me at John RyanSome recent recent career highlights, showing examples of my creative, technical and management experience.
For a more comprehensive and portable version, check out the PDF below or visit my LinkedIn page.
John Ryan, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN — March 2016 to December 2017
Led talented team of designers and animators to create short animations (“spots”) for the in-house digital signage agency. This included coming up with ideas for spots, copywriting, guiding the design and animation, and presenting final work to clients.
Also drove the company’s shift from Flash to HTML-based spots. This included a lot of coding and experimentation to find the ideal solution that met our creative expectations and hardware capabilities.
Connexions Loyalty
Minneapolis, MN — March 2015 to December 2015
Worked on an agile .NET team on the Chase Ultimate Rewards Travel site. Duties included styling and programming the user interface (HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery), creating mockups and proof-of-concepts, and coding the site to be fully accessible / WCAG compliant.
Contract Assignment
Infor/Hook & Loop
New York, NY — June 2013 to March 2015
Assembled and led a strong and diverse front- and back-end web and software development team for a wide variety of design, UX and technical explorations and enterprise-level products, from initial concept through release.
Image © 2014 Hook & Loop