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| Erik D. Pedersen |
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Mr. Pedersen is a consulting associate with 10+ years experience in self-taught HTML and Adobe PhotoShop and 25 years of graphic design and photography experience. He has over 23 years of DoD experience, fourteen of those years while with U.S. Air Force Intelligence.
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Certifications and awards
- NSA STAR award while in USAF and two cash awards while working for General Dynamics
Experience
2009 - Present General Dynamics
Senior Web Designer
- Daily creative use of Adobe PhotoShop for web and non-web related projects
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June 2009 – Dec 2009 SEISMIC LLC
Senior Web Designer & Graphic Designer
- Current full poly DoD TS/SCI clearance
- Created corporate branding and identity materials to include folders and custom label bottled water
- Re-created logo for web site, printing and various other uses
- Daily creative use of Adobe PhotoShop for web and non-web related projects
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September 2008 – April 2009 KEYW Corporation
Senior Web Designer & Graphic Designer
- Current full poly DoD TS/SCI clearance
- Created corporate branding and identity package
- Created logo for web site and various other uses
- Daily creative use of Adobe PhotoShop for web and non-web related projects
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October 2007 - September 2008 COMPASS Information Sytems
Senior Web & Graphic Designer
- Current full poly DoD TS/SCI clearance
- Polished existing COMPASS corporate branding and identity package
- Cleaned up existing web site and added Employee Benefits page
- Web and logo design for various projects
- Daily creative use of Adobe PhotoShop for web and non-web related projects
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2003 - 2007 Hewlett Packard
Senior Web Designer
- Current full poly DoD TS/SCI clearance
- Create ESES 'Corporate branding and identity package' along with completely renovating office web site from HTML on up
- Create slides, web pages, brochures and other promotional and informational materials along with any other project related requests
- Daily creative use of Adobe PhotoShop for web and non-web related projects
- Created and designed logo for a web search capability on Intelink project
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1999 - 2003 General Dynamics
Senior Web Designer
- Created General Dynamics Annapolis Junction intranet web site
- Created and maintained monthly Finance News web site. Received two cash awards for work on this project
- Create web sites and multi-media for various projects as needed
- Graphic Artist providing ads and web work for Human Resources to the Washington Post, local recruiting posters and flyers
- Enhance and consult on MS PowerPoint slide presentations
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2000 - 2004 Door44 Design, Inc.
CEO / Graphic and Web Designer
- Created and single-handedly ran web and graphic design corporation
- Web and graphic design projects ranging from business cards to new web projects and web site makeovers
- Clients and project topics ranged from lawyers, artists, fire fighting industry, chemical modeling, court reporting, carpet and flooring, prehistoric fish (Coelacanth), new age holistic healing, a professional psychic, realty, pet store, data storage solutions, DoD IT and consulting corporation, and various specialty projects
- Created FLASH special effects and animation using program called SWISH
- Consulted clients in the creation and maintenance of their web sites as well as self-marketing and optimizing for search engines
- Maintained and performed all corporate requirements
- Consulted with potential and existing clients based on their varying needs
- Provided professional customer service and support
- Active member in National Association of PhotoShop Professionals (NAPP)
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1999 - 2001 USAF Reserves Quantico Marine Base, VA
Technical Sergeant
- Open Source Intel analyst with Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, Quantico, VA
- MCI TS/SCI clearance
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1995 - 1999 United States Air Force, Ft. Meade, MD
Web Master, NSA Operations Directorate
- TS/SCI security clearance including NSA CI polygraph
- Editor of Monthly Technology/Activity Report
- Prepared MS PowerPoint slides for high level briefings on a regular basis
- Freelance web work from home and worked part-time at CompUSA in Glen Burnie, MD as a Software and Accessories Associate
- Became member in National Association of PhotoShop Professionals (NAPP)
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1990 - 1994 United States Air Force, Bad Aibling Station, Germany
Printer Systems Operator (1N2X1) / Magnetic Tape Librarian
- Updated technical training aids and position handbooks - reduced training time and clarified complex materials
- Helped construct worker friendly, more ergonomic work sections
- 1986 - 1990 United States Air Force, RAF Chicksands, England
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1986 - 1990 United States Air Force, RAF Chicksands, England
Printer Systems Operator (1N2X1)
- Mission Controller over ten workers
- Military Security Police Augmentee
- Active officer in Chicksands International Commodore Computer User's Group
- Co-Editor of base academic newsletter
- Editor Pentecostal Women of the Church newsletter
Summary of Qualifications
1982 - Present
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Education
- Self Taught (books and online courses) and College courses
- Approximately 85 college credits, initially as Commercial Art Major, Photography Minor
- HTML web authoring (HomeSite v5) computer graphics (Adobe PhotoShop v2.5 through v9 as well as other various specialized graphics programs), digital photography (Pentax ist-D, Digital SLR), digital photo-retouching, desktop publishing (FrameMaker, MS Publisher, MS Word, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Acrobat), Flash effects using SWISH (swishzone.com)
- Classes include: Writing courses, French, German and Norwegian languages, Psychology, Physical Science, Critical Thinking, Painting, Drawing, PhotoShop, Illustrator, HTML
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Other Interests
Being a Dad, Reading, Viking Runes, Creative Writing, Science Fiction, Star Wars, Volleyball, Kayaking, Fishing, Photography, computer gaming, PC hardware troubleshooting and repair, jewelry making, polymer clay sculpture, woodworking
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