Education
1996-1998 - Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, CO Associate Degree of Applied Science in Multimedia. Emphasis in computer animation and scripting.
1988-1992 - Metropoitan State College, Denver, CO Course of study: Engineering
 
1978-1979 - Arizona Automotive Institute, Drafting Division, (Architecture) Glendale, AZ 1080 clock hours of class room training covering principles of commercial construction and current practices approved by the National Building Codes. Presentation drawings, estimations and model construction.
 
Skills
Watercolor and acrylic painting on canvas and 'Painter' on computer.
 
Experience

"Olson Designs..."

11/97-Present. Design and development of various web sites, 3d creation, Graphic Design—advertising, architectural plans and multimedia presentations.

Personal contract with Ultramar Diamond Shamrock San Antonio, TX Worked with the Pipeline/Terminals group creating Alignment and Plan and Profile sheets, topography, Metes and Bounds, Plats, survey and Right-of-way information from various notes and documents to computer files. Designed new various base maps for County maps in 5 states to be used in conjunction with pipeline systems operations.

 
7/89-11/97 - Total Petroleum, Inc. Denver

Graphic Artist

Designed company newsletter layout using typography, graphics and photo manipulation. Also created Total Petroleum T-shirts, letterhead, production graphs and book cover design.

Electrical Designer

Worked with AutoCAD and AutoCAD 3d to create drawing packages for the Pipeline/Transportation dept including design of wiring diagrams, concrete sections and conduit layouts for crude stations and product terminals. Control and status of alarm systems using Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitions (SCADA).Translated engineering drawings from raster files to vector files.
 
3/87 - 7/89 - Stearns Catalytic Denver, CO

Field Assignment

Contractor for U.S. Army to JACADS. (Johnston Atoll Chemical and Demilitarization Systems). Handled Mechanical/ Electrical drafting design of Mortar and Projectile Mortar Demilitarization machines used to demilitarize chemical munitions. Work included drafting and design with some hands on experience.
Electrical Designer
Generated cable tray, lighting and instrumentation systems. Drawing on hazardous and non-hazardous modules. Design of connection and block diagrams (on contract from ARCO) Operation of Auto-trol and AutoCAD computers.
 
10/79 - 11/84 - CDI Corporation. Arvada, CO / General Devices, Inc. Broomfield, CO CDI Corp. and General Devices under contract with the Department of Energy to perform drafting of electrical, mechanical and structural design with light architectural layout. Also drafted land maps and tracts. Extensive use of Leroy lettering on Mylar drawings. Created and revised drawings, including wiring, single line, switching diagrams, panel arrangements, yard plans, charts, graphs and freehand lettering.