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GERARD BUITRAGO
3314 Turtle Lake   Cell: 678-464-4025
Online Portfolio: http://gerard.buitrago.us             abuitrago@comcast.net

Computer Skills
Trial Director 5 Certified Trainer, Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Image Ready, Adobe Premiere, Concordance, IPRO, CaseMap, Time Coder Pro, TimeLine Xpress, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Director, QuickTime and QuickTime Virtual Reality, Microsoft Publisher, 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD, Ms Excel, Outlook, Ms PowerPoint, Word, Story Boarding.
 
Other Media Skills
HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP, JSP, CGI, Adobe GoLive (Certified Expert), Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft: FrontPage, Visual Interdev, Visio, FTP, Windows 2000, NT, XP, Unix.
 
Personal Skills
Fast paced, well organized, capable of handling multiple projects, bilingual (English and Spanish)

Employment
Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, GA                                       07/2006 to Present
Litigation Support Trial Consultant

  • National litigation support “go-to” person for Trial Director
  • Expert knowledge in courtroom hardware technology
    • Purchase and setup of audio visual equipment for any size/type courtroom
    • Able to troubleshoot and repair items in court on-the-fly
  • Ability to create graphics and demonstratives on-site
  • Excellent understanding of case management software and the integration and migration from case management applications to trial presentation software
  • Ability to process evidence on-site
    • Compress video – analog and digital
    • Digitize and synchronize video depositions
    • Video and Audio edits
  • Experienced in Trial advocacy and  “Courtroom rules”
  • Excellent addition to any trial team

Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA                  03/2004 to 07/2006
Trial Presentation Analyst [“Hot Seat” position.]

  • Hands-on experience in several Federal and State Courtrooms throughout the country supporting most of the best trial attorneys at Alston and Bird.
  • Assisted attorneys with any presentation needs in court including but not limited to:
    • Scanning, coding, and managing of exhibit databases of more than 10K exhibits using Trial Director
    • Creation of effective openings and closing presentations combining audio/visual tools like Ms. PowerPoint.
    • Synchronizing of video depositions with transcript with the purpose of creating video clips and for court room playing using Trial Director
    • Creation of demonstrative animations using of Macromedia Flash and 3D Studio Max to present in court
    • Video and audio editing to for trials using Adobe Premiere and some other tools
    • Purchasing, setup, and support of firm’s audio/visual equipment in courtrooms for our use supporting trial attorneys
    • Printing/redacting of exhibits at trial
    • Designed and built publicly acclaimed website for a Bill created by one of our attorneys (http://www.OpenSpaceAmerica.com) using Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver
    • Creation of internal marketing presentations in PowerPoint
    • Coding/Searching of extensive exhibit databases using Concordance and IPRO
    • Creation of DVDs and CDs for self-running presentations

TEK Systems, Atlanta, GA
Web Designer/ Developer at ALLTEL 11/02 to 01/04  

  • Designed custom graphics and web pages using Adobe Photoshop, Flash, HTML, DHTML, JSP and Javascript, for ALLTEL’s core sites. (www.alltel.com , www.BoomerangWireless.com , www.SimpleFreedom.net )
  • Used Adobe Acrobat to design interactive forms for several projects.
  • In charge of heading the graphical interface transition from dynamic shopping cart to static HTML pages for Alltel.com
  • Contract extended to work on several projects.
  • Involved in all projects throughout their complete life cycle (design, unit, integration, and system testing, product staging and production.

RDA Corporation, Atlanta, GA
 Lead Design Consultant 05/00 to 10/02  

  • As head of the design department made crucial design decisions on all business presentations and applications.
  • Lead and designed presentations for companies included Ernst & Young, Atlanta Gas Light, JPMorgan, NASDQ, among others using Ms PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, and Flash. See link: http://gerard.buitrago.us/graphicartist.htm
  • Created interactive CD presentations for the company’s sales team using Macromedia Flash and Director. See link: http://gerard.buitrago.us/cdromdev.htm
  • Designed several company logos and general graphics for proposals using Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Fireworks, and Adobe Illustrator.
  • Designed and built company’s “History Video” to be displayed on several screens using Adobe Premiere and Macromedia Flash.
  • Traveled for the company on several occasions to develop graphics and interactive forms using Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Pagemaker.
  • Wowed most clients with high designed presentations using flash and PowerPoint. See link: http://gerard.buitrago.us/animator.htm
  • Designed and created company’s newsletter “the Edge” using Adobe Pagemaker, Photoshop and Acrobat.
  • Created most of the Graphical User Interfaces using Adobe Photoshop, GoLive, HTML, DHTML, CSS, ASP, and JavaScript.
  • Improved the company's way to get business by adding graphics and prototypes to proposals.
  • Hired to cope with the addition of Design Consulting to the company’s core services.
  • Responsible for development and maintenance of company intranet using Adobe GoLive, HTML, DHTML, CSS, ASP, and JavaScript
  • Conducted FrontPage, HTML, and GUI Design training for company employees
  • Identified, communicated and followed web development performance objectives
  • Experienced with Object Oriented Process for IT projects
  • Wrote Graphic Design documentation for all projects

The Hammer Corporation, Atlanta, GA 01/00 to 05/00
 Webmaster / Multimedia Designer  

  • Developed several graphical presentations using PowerPoint, Illustrator, and Photoshop
  • Enhancement and development of the company's interactive CD-Rom presentation and Catalog using the latest version of Macromedia Director and Macromedia Flash.
  • Solely responsible for creation and maintenance of company Internet and sites primarily using HTML, DHTML, CSS, ASP, CGI, and JavaScript using MAC platform

Prismawebs, Inc, Miami, FL 01/99 to 12/99
 Chief Designer and Project Manager  

  • Designed different websites and animations using Macromedia Flash
  • Developed panoramic Virtual Tours using QuickTime VR
  • Designed of many brochures, flyers, and magazine ads for several companies using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Macromedia Freehand.
  • Constructed various web forms and interactive tools using Adobe GoLive, and FrontPage
  • Managed design and needs analysis of company Internet site
  • Implementation of e-commerce and shopping cart additions to websites designed by the company using CGI and PERL
  • Creation and maintenance of different databases using Microsoft Access.
  • Implemented company Internet site promotion using meta tag information and search engine submittals
  • Created final site layout and design using HTML, CSS, ASP, Flash, and JavaScript

Multimedia Interactive Technologies, Inc. Miami, FL 01/98 to 12/98
Multimedia Designer  

  • Creation of several websites for different companies using Microsoft FrontPage
  • 3D animations for architectural firms using AutoCAD, 3dStudio Max, and Adobe Premiere
  • Animations for different sites using Macromedia Flash

Self Employed 01/98 to 12/98
 Freelance Graphic/Multimedia Designer  

  • Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Development, UI, Presentations, Print, Advertising, Flash.

Education  

  • M. Arch: Computing in Design, Dec 1999
    University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • B.A. Architecture, Sept 1996
    Universidad Piloto de Colombia, Santafe de Bogota DC, Colombia
 
  • In Data Trial Director Certified Trainer
  • Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert
  • Adobe GoLive Certified Expert
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (Visual Interdev)

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