Jans W. Carton

WebSanity

• Provide design and art direction
• Perform usability and human-computer interface design
• Lead requirements gathering and information architecture activities
• Help manage web server used by over 60 national clients
• Lead design of Content Management System used by all clients
• Hands-on development of over 70 websites

Habanero Computing Solutions

• Provided design and art direction
• Performed usability and human-computer interface design
• Lead requirements gathering and information architecture activities
• Managed team of 8 designers and programmers
• Trained personnel in web design theory and best practices
• Lead two-year effort to codify the web development process
• Performed hands-on development of over 75 websites

WebHeads

• Co-founded one of the first web development companies in St. Louis
• Performed hands-on development of 15 websites

Lifetouch National School Studios

• Portrait, sports, and event photography
• Provided darkroom services for over 30 local high-schools
• Designed darkrooms for local high-schools
• Trained high-school students and teachers in basic darkroom operation and techniques

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
  • Connecticut
  • Eastern Missouri
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
• Anheuser-Busch
• Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
• Central Institute for the Deaf
• City of Bellefontaine Neighbors
• Edward Jones
• Fontbonne University
• Habitat for Humanity St. Louis
• Missouri Botanical Gardens
• National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), St. Louis
• Public Relations Society of America, St. Louis chapter
• Saint Louis Science Center
• Saint Louis Zoo
• Society of Gynecologic Nurse Oncologists
• The Standing Partnership
• United States Arbitration & Mediation - Midwest Inc.
• Washington University Center for Technology Management
• Washington University Law School
• Washington University Library
• Washington University Medical School

Central Missouri State University

• B.S., Photography
  • Minor, Studio Art

Areas Of Focus

• Website design and development theory, with a focus on user-centric design
• Web-based application design
• Web display layer coding (HTML & CSS)
• Graphic design
• Content Management Systems
• Photography

Platforms & Applications

• Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Linux (Debian), Windows (2000, XP)
• Web Browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, Chrome
• Web Server: Apache, Manila
• Web Development: BBEdit, CSSEdit, Adobe Dreamweaver
• Email: Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, Outlook Express
• Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks, GraphicConverter, Pixelmator
• Illustration: Adobe Illustrator
• Multimedia: Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime
• Word Processing: Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org Writer, Google Docs
• Spreadsheet: Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice.org Calc, Google Docs
• Presentation: Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, OpenOffice.org Impress
• Database: phpMyAdmin (MySQL)
• Page Layout: QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign