I had the privilege of working with this great group of creatives for 3 years. Flycaster and Company focuses on strategic branding and high-quality design for outdoor industries.
(Clients include Albemarle Boats and EdgeWater Boats)

They took me under their wing as their "young grasshopper". The amount of knowledge I learned working directly under the guidance and direction of creative director Tony DiFranco and executive trainer John Spence greatly surpassed training any school alone would've provided.

Learn more about Flycaster & Co from their website.

A managing partner of Flycaster and Company, John Spence's main job is traveling the world training top company's on achieving business excellence and success. I was lucky enough to have the chance to work on his promotional materials because the concepts of success and leadership that he consistently delivers has been ingrained into my head.

During my time at Flycaster and Company, I worked on many of his videos for his promotional DVDs and developed his leadership blog, which he actively uses to date.

Learn more about John by visiting his website and blog.

I worked alongside the president of Sharkfin Creative, Chris Cuadras, while I was with Flycaster and Company. Based out of Lake City, His company provides a strong focus on quality photography and eye-catching branding and design.

Learn more about Sharkfin Creative by visiting their website.

I earned an A.S. in graphic design and an A.S. in Interactive Media Production from Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville Florida. I enjoyed attending SFCC and working with (and in competing with) the many other students while in the graphic design program (and also later on, the Interactive Media Program).

During the course of my studying I eventually took a job with the department working as a computer lab tutor and instructor assistant. (...and yes, I still remember a lot of you that came in during my lab hours. Hope you're all doing well.)

What I learned from these two programs helped build a good foundation for what I know and still study today. I give my thanks to instructors that gave students like me a good starting point: Marc Shahboz, Buni Dewiliby, Wes Lindberg, and of course former department adviser Patrick Grigsby.

Learn more about Graphic Design Technology at SFCC at their website. Also visit Marc Shahboz's website and his animation studio Humouring the Fates website.

I proudly served our country alongside some of the finest men and women of our nation's armed forces. I dedicated +6 years of my life in the Florida Air Force National Guard (Reserves). I was trained in weather (Intel) operation support. My duty was to provide pilots and command staff detailed weather analysis with forecast situations on how they will affect the current and upcoming operations.

I was a member of 159th Weather Flight stationed at Camp Blanding in Starke, FL and later joined the 125th Fighter Squadron, Operations Support Flight in Jacksonville, FL.

Learn more about the FLANG by visitin their website.