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EDUCATION
Pratt Institute • MFA Digital Art, 2002.
Princeton University • BA Politics, 1993.

EXPERIENCE
Executive Director, Smartspaces.org (NY, NY) 2007 - present
-- Founder & Executive Director of non-profit dedicated to placing artwork in windows of temporarily vacant real estate, a fiscally sponsored project of NYFA; http://www.smartspaces.org

Games for Change (NY, NY) January 2007 - present
Special Projects Consultant

-- Strategic planning, development, and organizational support to build community of practice for individuals and organizations using digital games for social change; http://www.gamesforchange.org

Pratt Institute (NY, NY) 2004 - present
Adjunct Assistant Professor , Foundation Department
4-Dimensional Design I and II (http://pratt.edu/~escott)

Digital Designer & Consultant (NY, NY) 1999 - present
-- Concept, design, production, writing, and project management for digital media content

Presentation Consultant (NY, NY) 2001 - present
-- Storyboarding, visual concepts, writing and editing of multimedia corporate presentations; clients include: Epic Games, Heinz, Intuit, Marriott, RR Donnelley, Showtime Networks.

New York Institute of Technology (NY, NY) 2004 - 2006
Visiting Instructor, Communication Arts Department
Multimedia Tools, Graduate Level

Juno Online Services (NY, NY) 1998 - 1999
Product Manager
-- Mediated technical & marketing staff to set priorities, plan features, write functional specifications, track development of e-mail client software (versions 2.011, 3.0, 4.0).
-- Planned and executed usability testing, including test plans and analysis.

Advisory Board Company/Corporate Executive Board (Washington, DC) 1993 - 1997
Consultant (04/96 - 09/97)
-- Research, analysis, writing and visual concepts for strategy studies delivered to senior executives in client base of more than 300 leading financial services companies worldwide.
-- Managed team of analysts, supervising performance and development.
Analyst (05/95 - 04/96)
-- Research, analysis and writing for team-based strategy studies.
-- Trained junior staff in research methodology and industry trends.
Research Associate (10/93 - 09/94)
-- Performed topical primary and secondary research as well as basic qualitative and quantitative analysis.

SKILLS
-- OS: Macintosh, Windows, UNIX
-- Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Apple iLife Suite, Quark, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere, Alias Wavefront Maya, HTML, Javascript, Dreamweaver, Director, Flash, Microsoft Office, Visio, Lexis/Nexis and UMI databases.

EXHIBITION HISTORY
-- LACDA/Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (Los Angeles, CA) - DigitalArt.LA juried exhbition; August 2008.
-- Pickled Art Center (Beijing, China) - P.O.P: Photographs/Prints/Painting on Paper group show; May 2008.
-- Art & Psyche Conference (San Francisco, CA) - "Then, There" dynamic installation; May 2008.
-- Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) - Foundation Faculty group show; September 2007.
-- 80 Washington Square East Gallery (New York, NY) - "David" (Juror Award); 30th Annual Small Works group show; February 2007.
-- SIGGRAPH 2004 Art Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) - "anthroDance" animation.
-- SIGGRAPH 2003 Art Gallery (San Diego, CA) - "harmonic" multimedia prints.
-- AIA Gallery (Portland, OR) - "harmonic" solo show; April 2003.
-- Steuben Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) - Pratt Institute MFA Thesis Show; November 2002.
-- Pratt CGIM Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) - "Sugar & Spice" group show; April 2001.
-- D.U.M.B.O. General Store (Brooklyn, NY) - "Here and Now" group show; September 2001.