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Brief Résumé

Thoroughly enjoying my life's work.

Full résumé HERE (.doc)

Independent marketing designer and project manager since 1975. Concept-to-completion print and web production.

16 National Design Awards
• Ten print projects plus five POPAI Indians for display work.
• National Aeronautic Association Safety Award. (link)

Never Missed a Deadline
I understand that occasionally time is tight - budgets, too - and adjust to those limits with efficient production know-how.

Authored "Objects in the Heavens"
Deep-sky field book for amateur astronomers with small viewing equipment; OITHv5.1 now available.

Work history:
Whitaker-Guernsey (production apprentice)
Campbell-Mithun
Advanced Systems, Inc.
Techniques of Professional Marketing
Birren Design Company (owner, 1975 to present)
Bernard & Co.
Anderson Perlstein (Creative Director)
Powers&Swock Graphics (General Manager)
Midwest Optical Systems (Marketing Designer, 2009-2010)

Managed staff of ten creatives at Anderson Perlstein.
Managed sales and a staff of six at Powers&Swock.
Increased sales by 60% at Midwest Optical.

Education:
Art Institute of Chicago
American Academy of Art
Robert Morris Jr. College
University of Maryland
Wright Jr. College
Sumter Technical Education Center
Harper College
Continuing course work at the School of Hard Knocks
Graduated Notre Dame HS, Niles IL

Military:
Sargeant in the US Air Force; Honorably Discharged
703rd Tactical Air Support Sqdn, Shaw AFB SC
553rd Electronic Maintenance Sqdn, Korat, Thailand

This page further details several measurable project successes.

Articles and short stories have been published in sport and science books and publications.

I don't blog but participate in numerous yahoogroups for flying, astronomy, computing, history and family.

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Birren Design Company
Shooting for the stars

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