Rick Terrill
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rick@weareuproar.com
816 200 1138
Rick is a Flash Platform expert. He has built Flash web sites and applications for clients for over 10 years. He is comfortable integrating Flash with data backends using XML, web services, or customer LoadVars solutions. His web sites currently in the wild use contemporary techniques such as AJAX + Flash integration, Papervision3D, and the Model-View-Controller design pattern. He is experienced at building and using components in Actionscript and MXML for both Flash and Flex and is experienced at integrating Flash and Flex together to maximize the creative and technical potentials of both products.
Rick has worked directly with clients for 13 years in freelance and agency environments as a designer, developer, strategist, and consultant. His work has been featured in Communication Arts, honored by The Webby Awards, In Awe Awards, the APEX awards, and the Telly Awards. Rick has several years of experience at every level of the interactive process, all the way from building servers to defining project strategy. This breadth of experience gives Rick a holistic sense for what it takes to make a project successful.
Experience
Uproar
Co-FounderAugust 2008 to Present
Uproar was founded with a mission to create great mobile user experiences by combining excellent design and engineering. Their first iPhone app was released in March of '09 and has been downloaded over 7500 times. Uproar is currently engaged in consulting activities and building their next product.
weareuproar.com
Barkley
Senior Flash DeveloperJune 2007 to April 2009
At Barkley, Rick built a portfolio of high-end Flash-driven multimedia web sites. These sites demonstrated the latest Flash techniques including video, real-time 3D, and AJAX.
Wrangler online store
wrangler.com/store
Cerner Connects — APEX Award winner
cernerconnects.com
Visit PA tourism site
visitpa.com
March of Dimes Q&A
whatareyouwondering.com
Payless on the Runway
paylessontherunway.com
(original version is now offline)
Also developed internal projects using Adobe Flex and AIR.
iMed Studios
Emerging Technologies StrategistApril 2003 to May 2007
Rick started at iMed as a Flash Developer and 3D animator. In 2005, he was asked to move to New York to help iMed strengthen their relationships with east-coast partners and clients. While in New York, he expanded iMed's Tablet PC sofware suite and social media offerings. He also helped drive a substantial increase in the revenue associated with those products. As part of the business development team, he helped envision and implement creative technology solutions for clients like Astra Zeneca and Sanofi Aventis.
Freelance
Since 1996A life-long entrepreneur, Rick began building websites for clients when he was 17. Since then, Rick has worked nationally on a freelance basis throughout his career.
Skills
iPhone & mobile interface designCocoa Touch, iPhone Development
HTML/CSS/Javascript
Objective-C
Actionscript 3 & 2
Flash CS3/CS4
Flex 2 & 3
Adobe AIR
Ruby on Rails
PHP
Education
Iowa State University
1997-2001BS Computer Science
Accredited Program