Burke Shartsis

Experience

Základná škola Narnia

- Engineer, Designer, TeacherAugust 2009 - Present

Taught English classes to Slovak elementary school children. The vast majority of my time was spent expanding the technology infrastructure and designing for a wide range of mediums. It was a personal goal to show Slovaks how technology can make their lives easier.

iD Tech Camps

- Frontend Engineer, Lead Web Design InstructorJune 2006 - December 2008

Instructed classes of up to eight children with ranging experience levels from ages seven to seventeen. Helped design, create, and assist with the 2008 website revision and launch. This included the design and production of creative assets as well as their implementation into the overall site framework.

Sugar Hill

- Designer, DeveloperJanuary 2006 - September 2008

Headed up two complete redesign and development cycles including the the introduction of an online storefront and blogging platform. I would occasionally assist with apparel, poster, and flyer design as well.

San Jose State Photography Department

- Designer, DeveloperApril 2007 - August 2008

Designed, structured, and coded a new website to meet the needs of their changing department. Highlights included a dynamically changing header to showcase the departments photographic works as well as biographical pages for each staff member.

Skills

Software

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, OpenOffice Suite

Programming Experience

HTML5, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, PHP, ActionScript, jQuery, mooTools, WordPress

Education

Center for Advanced Research and Technology

Graduate 2003

Multimedia Design

Bullard High School

Graduate 2003

General Education

San Jose State University

Graduate 2008

Major - Spacial Arts, Minor - Graphic Design

University of the Nations

Graduate 2012

7 month culture & religious studies program in Slovakia and India