Xplore Design - Exhibit Design, CMS Website Design, Graphic Design, Interactive Design

Among Mark's skill-sets are:

• Extensive knowledge of graphic exhibit production and design, from concept to installation.
• Multi-years of experience in managing collaborative teams for large scale project implementation.
• Comprehensive color theory, color management and four color process knowledge.
• Advanced scanning/image capture experience.
• Extensive experience with a wide variety of graphic design and production environments.
• Adept instructional skills and curriculum development for training courses and presentations.
• Highly motivated and ethical, with demonstrated management, communication and leadership skills.
• Software, Advanced Proficiency: Entire Adobe Creative Suite, including; Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat and Acrobat Workflow;@Last Software’s SketchUp (CAD and 3-D rapid prototyping); Microsoft Word, Excel, FileMaker Pro; FastTrack Schedule.
• Unbelievably hard working.
• Dedicated to client satisfaction.

Mark is a graduate of Alma College, Alma Michigan

His degree is a Bachelor of Fine Arts, (BFA) Honors in the Department of Art and Design. 05/1989
Concentration in Graphic Design/Printmaking/Illustration.

Mark's business services focus on:

• Advanced CMS Website Design, with emphasis in interface design and navigability
• World-class exhibit design with a focus on cultural and natural resource interpretation.
• Enabling client’s vision to become a reality through adept communication and consistent design execution.
• Digital illustration, image manipulation, compositing and correction.
• Brand development and consistent company and/or agency messaging
• Detailed and descriptive concept rendering services that motivate project funding.

Mark has also worked extensively in managing production environments involving large heatset web press operations, hi-end color separation and film services, and large format silkscreen print production.

He is an avid mountaineer, backpacker, and alpine skier. Fishing and hunting take place when the more primitive urges take hold, which is frequently. A voracious reader, he'll consume just about anything from pulp science fiction to abstracts on metaphysics and philosophy. If it is a nice summer day, you might find him in his garage making sawdust in a noble but strange attempt at making useful things out of wood.