1. Marvin Ridgell

2. Education Nordenfjorde Verden Univerisetet Thy & Mors Ø, Denmark MFA Master of Fine Arts (photography, film making, video production, history & Danish) Assembled Altair kit computer University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Den Præstegarn Fjerritslev, Denmark BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts (photography, video production, film making, History of Art) Completed studies in Denmark, at Den Præstegarn, with a short course in Danish at Folkeuniversitetet København Professional experience Calumet Township Trustee Gary, IN Help Desk / Computer Technician Hardware/Software trouble shooting Hardware/Software installation & configuration Training staff in the proper use of MS Word, Excel, Access & Publisher Database design, programming & administration Recommended Asterix VoIP in 2007, VoIP outsourced to AT&T in 2008 Implemented housekeeping procedure for PC’s (defrag, trashcan empties, hard drive cleanup’s, etc.) JW Holding Group & Associates Portage, IN Designed, programmed, deployed & used inventory database w/Paradox Installed hardware/software/peripherals Set up vendor/supply chain & requisition (purchase order) system Sourcing equipment & supplies for government procurement projects Linked census data to GIS maps using MapInfo City of Gary Gary, IN Assistant to Director Planning & Economic Development Assisted with CDBG preparation Assisted Mayor Thomas V. Barnes & Department Director Enyi Nwabarra prepare city budget Designed, programmed & deployed census block group database w/Paradox for Federally funded projects NW Indiana Regional Planning Commission Portage, IN Systems Administrator Installed, managed & maintained Novell 3.0 & 3.1 and Microsoft DOS, Windows & Server Database design, programming, maintenance & administration Hardware/software installation, configuration & tweaking College of Marketing & Design Dublin, Ireland Lecturer Video Production, Video Graphics, Animation History of Graphic Design Photography (35mm & Large Format) Jamaica School of Art Kingston, Jamaica WI Lecturer Graphic Design Lithography Silk Screening (Serigraphy) Photography 2510 N. 12 th Street Milwaukee, WI 53206-2506 Phone 414-562-9317 Cell Phone 920-217-1718 E-mail mridgell@gmail.com http://marvinssite.yolasite.com/

3. Streaming conversions from Flash to Video

4. Some Applications I Own & Use Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 Dreamweaver Fireworks Alcohol 120% Borland C++ Borland/WordPerfect Paradox Google Google Chrome Google Earth Pro 4.2 Google SketchUp 7 Picasa 3 MacroMedia Coldfusion MX (Does not work with Vista 64bit) Dreamweaver MX Fireworks MX Flash MX Microsoft Access Excel Expression FrontPage PowerPoint Project Publisher Virtual Earth Visio Visual Studio 2008 Word Sun Java Javascript NetBeans IDE 6.7.1 MapInfo Professional 9.5 OmniPage Professional 17

5. Video Clips & Streaming Video Displays Here we see a scene from the play RENT – a modern version of the Giacomo Puccini opera La Bohème

6. Hope to hear from you soon.