Randal L. Rust

Work History

Covansys, Inc. (December 2000 – Present)

Senior Consultant

• Develop information architecture and manage user interface (UI) development for Web applications in the Health and Human Services group
• Manage one other UI designer
• Create documentation for back-end developers and off-shore team members to use as reference
• Wrote internal guidelines for compliance with Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• Significant use of PHP in IIS and Apache server environments
• Experience with Active Server Pages (ASP) and Java Server Pages (JSP) in Microsoft IIS and JRun environments
• Extensive experience designing Web sites that conform to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
• Assist in writing proposals for Web applications
• Use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Javascript to develop internet and intranet web sites for multiple platforms and browsers

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. (February 1997 – December 2000)

Technical Communications Specialist

• Managed the design of graphics for proposals, presentations, printed materials, Web sites, and multimedia for the Central Region
• Designed winning proposals and presentation for several multi million dollar projects from clients such as the City of Columbus, the City of Detroit, the City of Cincinnati and the City of Cleveland
• Multimedia CD development for business presentations, sophisticated interactive projects and training materials
• Advanced Flash scripting and animation for web sites, multimedia CD's, web commercials and software simulations
• Video and audio development for CD-based presentations and interactive projects
• Developed multiple ad campaigns
• Negotiated print costs with potential vendors
• Selected vendors for out sourcing
• Selected paper stock
• Provided materials to vendors on disc for separations and film
• Approved bluelines

R.Squared Communications (January 1999 – Present)

Freelance Design and Consulting

• Web, multimedia and print design and copywriting for:
  • SRW Environmental Services, Inc.
  • The Ohio Program Evaluator's Group
  • Ohio Environmental Service Industries
  • System 7, Inc.
  • EternalMark.com
  • Armstrong World Industries

Freelance (July 1996 – February 1997)

Freelance Design and Consulting

• Print design and copywriting for:
  • The Agency: Innovations in Advertising
  • Business Directions First
  • Minuteman Press

Financial Publications (December 1995 – July 1996)

Production Coordinator

• Coordinated the production of 40 monthly magazines and 320 advertisements
• Ad design and copywriting
• Provided separations for negatives
• Approved bluelines

Other Relevant Experience

• Teach a class called "CSS/XHTML Crash Course for Developing Accessible Web Sites"
• Beta-tested "HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS, Visual Quickstart Guide, 5th Edition" by Elizabeth Castro
• Presented "Alphabet Soup: A Web Designer's Journey to Standards and Accessibility" to the Central Ohio Macromedia User's Group in February 2002 and toe the Ohio Chapter of the Computer Human Interaction Group in June of 2002
• Wrote a companion article to the Alphabet Soup presentation that has been archived by the Web Standards Group (WaSP)
• Copy for various print advertising campaigns and magazine articles
• Technical writing for web design proposals, presentations and CD-ROMs
• Experience directing the production of large, time-sensitive projects in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to provide technical support and troubleshoot problems
• Development and documentation of standards for production processes
• Development of pricing and scheduling for Web and print design projects