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Fifth Ace Entertainment (v2.0)
Launched June 2006
Dan, the owner of Fifth Ace Entertainment, is one client that has fully taken advantage of how a web site can add value to a company. Using his web site, Dan books and assigns his DJs to events, promotes club appearances, creates contracts and invoices, maintains a client list, monitors payments and edits the content of his web site all through one custom adminstration panel.
Dan's clients can login to 5thace.com to sign contracts, view account status, submit payments, and specify what songs they want played at their event. Wedding clients also submit the names of people involved in the wedding, what style of dinner music they want, and what songs they want played at special moments such as the bride and groom's first dance.
Fifth Ace Entertainment (v1.0)
Launched April 2003
In the first edition of the Fifth Ace Entertainment web site, emphasis was placed on the company's services and fun attitude. So for the site, I developed fun, interactive icons using Flash. These icons depicted a bride and groom at their wedding, a dance floor full of dancers, a bar full of jammin patrons, and a rave full of people hungry for another tune from DJ Fifth Ace.
The web site was also utilized to allow people to sign up for Fifth Ace Sponsored Events, including an annual New Year's Eve Party and the Annual Steelers Road Trip, where 60 rabid Steeler fans boarded a bus bound for Cincinnati.
Clients enjoyed the fun attitude that the web site portrayed so effectively.
Andy Russell Charitable Foundation v2.0
Launched February 2010
Pittsburgh Steelers hall-of-famer, Andy Russell, needed a web site to promote his annual Celebrity Golf Outing that benefits his organization, The Andy Russell Charitable Foundation. The web site is primarily a brochure site whose purpose is to inform the user of the Foundation's charter and objectives. Additionally, users can sign up for the Celebrity Golf Outing and purchase advertising by downloading forms from the web site.
Andy Russell Charitable Foundation v1.0
Launched June 2006
Pittsburgh Steelers hall-of-famer, Andy Russell, needed a web site to promote his annual Celebrity Golf Outing that benefits his organization, The Andy Russell Charitable Foundation. The web site is primarily a brochure site whose purpose is to inform the user of the Foundation's charter and objectives. Additionally, users can sign up for the Celebrity Golf Outing and purchase advertising by downloading forms from the web site.
The charm of this web site is it's randomly changing color scheme. On each page load, the color scheme changes as well as the header graphic.
DailyDorm.com
Launched September 2006
After running a successful dot-com from 1997-2001, I was longing to re-enter the dot-com arena by 2005. The result was DailyDorm.com.
The general idea was to create a campus newspaper feel and apply it on a national level. Let the students write the news, let the readers rate the writers, then let everyone discuss the story.
Chamberlin Ridge
Launched March 2006
Chamberlin Ridge is a real estate development located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Jefferson Hills. Visitors to the site are able to explore the interactive plan map of the development. The map prominently displays which lots are available, sold or under contract. Clicking on a lot on the map will take the user to a Lot Details page that provides pertinent information about the lot, such as price, acreage and a detailed diagram of the lot. In addition, users can take a virtual tour of model homes. Visitors can also download important literature about Chamberlin Ridge, contact the real estate agent with questions, and also join a mailing list to stay up-to-date on special deals and events.
The entire web site is configurable with a custom administration panel. Chamberlin Ridge web administrators use this control panel to maintain lot information, documentation, maps, images and all site content.
CB Richard Ellis - Pittsburgh
Launched May 2004
CB Richard Ellis is a nation-wide real estate company specializing in corporate real estate. The Pittsburgh office utilized an external web application to maintain their real estate properties and publish their listings to the web. I was charged with the task of creating a web site to highlight this system.
The web site seamlessly integrated the real estate listing application, and provided users with necessary general information and contacts that every web site needs. A custom administration panel allowed CBRE web admins to maintain web site content.
The CBRE Pittsburgh web site was shut down in the fall of 2006 because the Pittsburgh branch was asked to merge it's web content into the national corporate site.
ProTech PTS
Launched January 2009
I was commissioned by ProTech to create a comprehensive website solution to highlight the company's course offerings and the training locations. A lot of work went into the design and the architecture of the synchronization of data between their in-house database systems and the website.
HPW Associates LLC
Launched February 2009
HPW Associates, LLC was established in 2001 to provide applied research, evaluation and program performance measurement in government, non-profit and private arenas.
Owner, Dr. Holly Wald wanted a new website that was clean and professional, but at the same time, not boring. Using a flash header and a clean color palate, Dr. Wald was ecstatic with her new website.
University of Pittsburgh
Ice Hockey
Web Site Prototype
I played hockey for Pitt during the 2001-2002 season, my senior year at the university. At that time I developed a logo for Pitt Hockey as well as a design for the new web site. Another developer created the stats tracking and team management system, which still impresses me to this day.
The screen cap you see above is a prototype I developed in the summer of 2006. Unfortunately, due to copyright and licensing issues, the university wouldn't allow us to use the Pitt logo or the word "official". There were some other concerns as well. According to Pitt, leaving this content in could cause the team to lose its status as a club.
The Burgh Live, LLC
Launched May, 2007
The Burgh Live, LLC is a Pittsburgh based consulting firm focused on bringing Internet and Technology solutions to business. TBL is also the primary web host for the websites that I develop.
This project was somewhat unique. The owner approched me with a design concept he had put together and asked me to help refine it. Over the next four hours, he and I worked collaboratively over Instant Messenger to complete the design of his website, working out the layout, graphics, color scheme and logo all in that single session. The result was a clean and effective design that gracefully portrays the company message.
Afterwards, I developed the web page framework and style sheet so that he can go off and create his own pages.
This project was a true testament to how Internet services can significantly affect the speed of a collaborative process.
Mac-1 Construction
Launched March 2008
This project was developed for a construction company basex in Phoenix, Arizona. This CSS based design features a large image on the home page which proudly displays the incredible workmanship done by the people at Mac-1 Construction.
The site also features a nice gallery of the company's projects.
Real Estate Agent
Rindy Bliss
Launched August, 2007
This site was developed for local real estate agent, Rindy Bliss.
This project included a custom administration panel with interfaces that allow Rindy to edit the content and images of her pages on her own.
Holiday Health & Racquet Club
Launched January 2005
The Holiday Health & Racquet Club is a great fitness club located on Rt 286 in Plum Boro. I was a member there for a long time and enjoyed playing lots of racquetball.
Bob, the owner, wanted a new web site with a new logo and a healthy feel. Within a month, Bob was up and running with his club's new public personna at HolidayHealthClub.com. The web site features the club's new logo and a Miami-style color scheme that makes the user feel good about the services offered.
JLM Pacific Epoch
Launched May 2009
JLM Pacific Epoch is a company that monitors and stores information about all of the entities doing business in China, including Companies, People, Products and Venture Funds.
They needed a simple interface for customers to find the information they need and display it in a clean and concise manner.
The database can only be viewed by paying subscribers.
Vocollect Collaboration Center
Launched July 2009
Since 2009, I've been the collaboration administrator and community manager of the Vocollect Collaboration Center (or Collab, for short), an internal social community of Vocollect employees and contractors built on Jive Software's SBS 4.5.
I was responsible for the administration of the software, design and adoption of a collaboration culture within Vocollect.
R.A. Snoznik - Custom Homebuilder
Launched June 2011
In addition to a beautiful and modern design, R.A. Snoznik required a flexible photo gallery solution that would allow them to easily create and manage multiple photo galleries and also have the ability to specify which galleries were to be placed on each page.
I created an AJAX-based gallery management system that allowed them to create new galleries, add and resize photos, sort and copy with simple drag and drop mouse actions.
Ressyn
In Development
NeoLeagues
In Development
