Forest Royse

724-309-3745 cell	contact@ForestRoyse.com	1302 Lancaster Avenue
412-723-3524 home	www.ForestRoyse.com	Pittsburgh, PA 15218

CAREER PROFILE

Web professional with Webmaster Certificate and over three years of experience, including website design, development, maintenance, and marketing. Also experienced with search engine optimization, multimedia integration, e-mail marketing, copy writing and editing, 3-D modeling & animation, digital photography, and image editing.

SKILL SET

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Web Consultant, self-employed, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008-present

• Write proposals and contracts and create design comps for new clients.
• Independently manage and complete web projects to meet client expectations.

Multimedia Specialist, Dimension X Corporation, Jeannette, PA, 2005-2007

• Collaborated with graphic design and client services teams to develop client websites of various project scopes, from small brochureware sites to large catalog-based sites including Flash components, custom database-driven web applications, and e-commerce solutions.
• Independently modeled, animated, and rendered 3-D product application concepts for use in video, print, and web media.
• Designed and developed interactive corporate presentations and trade show videos.
• Researched, wrote, and presented client project proposals.

Web Designer / Developer, FBINAACA.com, Dana Point, CA, 2003

• Advised client about domain name and web hosting solutions and requirements.
• Designed a modular site structure consistent with the organization's mission using CSS, HTML, and PHP.
• Created several customized application forms with validation scripting and CSS-based print formatting.

Web Designer / Developer, Focifind.com, Dana Point, CA, 2002

• Developed web site concept and determined technical and design requirements necessary to implement a dynamic architecture.
• Established a development environment utilizing Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
• Created all site graphics using Adobe Photoshop.
• Created a secure content management system in order to manage site content and enable remote editing capabilities.
• Coordinated efforts and established advertising agreements with several partner companies.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Math Tutor, Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA, 2004-2005

• Tutored students in several levels of college algebra, providing personal instruction and assistance.
• Maintained a record of each session including time, date, course, material covered, and student progress.
• Completed training sessions and hour requirements to earn CRLA Regular Tutoring Certification.

Associate General Contractor, Royse Builders, Greensburg, PA, 2003-2004

• Shared responsibility for all phases of spec home construction including: interior and exterior design component selection, audio/electrical engineering for home theater, floor plan layout, house location on two-acre lot, excavation management and subcontractor selection/supervision.
• Acquired hands-on experience with electrical fixture installation, framing, siding, roofing, door and window installation, drywall/plaster finishing, ceramic tile installation and flat cement work.

SAT Math Tutor, Sylvan Learning Systems (Ivy West), Dana Point, CA, 2002-2003

• Coordinated tutoring sessions with parents and students by phone and monitored student progress.
• Traveled to high school students' homes and provided instructional support, individually and in a group setting.
• Honored with "1-on-1 Rookie of the Year" award for taking on a large number of students with little notice.

Systems Engineer, Electronic Technology Systems Inc. (ABB), Natrona Heights, PA, 2000-2001

• Worked in small engineering teams to complete control system retrofit projects with fast turnaround times.
• Developed project requirements utilizing original and often incomplete documentation for existing hardware-based control systems.
• Coordinated project efforts with customers, engineers, and internal purchasing and manufacturing departments.
• Completed a Visual Basic for Microsoft Excel stress calculation program and verified its accuracy against our in-house stress calculation package. New program does not have to be run in a real-time environment, potentially saving up to 100 man-hours per project.

Systems Engineer, Bailey Controls (ABB), Cleveland, OH, 1998-2000

• Successfully completed nine projects lasting from a few months to over a year by working in engineering teams and collaborating with specialists.
• Implemented customer requirements and company standards to partition I/O databases and create graphical logic instructions for Bailey's hardware automation systems.
• Guaranteed fulfillment of customer requirements by demonstrating and verifying the operation of control systems during checkout process.
• Prepared spreadsheets and made engineering calculations required for customer proposals which often required using new, unfamiliar software.

EDUCATION

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998
BS in Chemical Engineering, Minor in Industrial Design

Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington, PA, 2001
Webmaster Certificate Program

Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA, 2005
Flash ActionScript 3-Credit Course

Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, 2007
4 credits in “Instructional Design for Technologies Enhanced Learning” Masters Program