Experience
Beetiful
President & CEO
August 2015 to Present
Ownership and operation of a small graphic design business specializing in book cover design for indie authors and web design and development for small businesses and individuals.
Fontecha Designs LLC
President & CEO
February 2007 to July 2015
Ownership and operation of a small graphic design boutique specializing in web design and development for small businesses and individuals. Variety of projects range from web sites, email blasts, e-newsletters, logos, business cards, postcards, brochures, banners, property signs, inserts, PowerPoint/ Keynote presentations and social media profile customization. Additionally runs beetiful.com, a website providing graphic design services to authors and their books.
VREO, Inc
Web Designer & HTML Architect
March 2005 to January 2007
Web design and development of various website templates for the real estate community. Includes website template designs for well known real estate companies like Coldwell Banker, Realty World, Century 21, Intero, RE/MAX and EXIT Realty.
Freelance
Freelance Designer
October 2004 to January 2007
Graphic design and web development for individuals and small businesses. Includes projects for music bands, schools, software companies, weddings and other events.
Tracy Unified School Distrcit
ISET Student Technician
June 2000 to September 2002
Primarily responsible for web development and graphic design for the school district. Design, create and maintain various district web pages. Aid superintendent and other staff with the visual aspects of various presentations.
Education
California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, CA
College of Engineering – Bachelor of Science: Major in Computer Science and Minor in Art
September 2001 to December 2005
Activities and Societies:
- Chi Delta Theta Sorority
- Historian 2003-2004
- Webmistress 2003-2004
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Secretary Winter 2004-Spring 2005
- Pilipino Cultural Exchange (PCE)
- Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF)
- Building an Engineer Workshop Volunteer (2004)
Merrill F. West High School – Tracy, CA
H.S. Diploma
September 1997 to June 2001
Activities and Societies:
- Junior Varsity Tennis Team (1997)
- Varsity Tennis Team (1998-1999)
- California Scholarship Federation (CSF) (1997-2001)
- Key Club (1997-2001)
- Asian Club (1997-2000)
Awards
- Most Valuable Player – Varsity Tennis (1999)
- Valley Oak League Scholar Athlete Award (1998, 1999)
- Academic Achievement Award (1997, 1998, 1999)
- Student of the Month (February 1998)
- Honor Roll (1998, 1999, 2000)
- Exemplary Mathematics Achievement Award – Pre-Calculus (2000)
- Golden State Exams Excellence Award
- First-year Algebra with Honors (1997)
- Geometry with High Honors (1998)
- Chemistry with Recognition (1999)
- ACE Academic Excellence Award – Computer Science and Information Systems with Recognition (2000),
- Top 5% of class
Skills
Disciplines
Design is a passion. Coding is my area of study. Photography is a hobby. Video creation and animation is a dalliance.
Design
Code
Photography
Animation / Videos
Project Types
The distribution of the type of projects I typically work on for clients.
Websites
Book Covers
Print Design (Postcards, Flyers, etc. )
Logos
Other
Graphic and Web Design Software
I work mostly with the programs in the Adobe Create Suite
Photoshop
Illustrator
Dreamweaver
InDesign
Acrobat
Flash
After Effects
Office Software
I occasionally create Word templates or PowerPoint templates for clients.
Word
PowerPoint
Excel
Scripting and Programming Languages
With my Computer Science major I’ve had experience with a lot of other languages that I haven’t included here. The following languages are the ones I use the most during website creation.
HTML
CSS
PHP
Javascript
JQuery
MySQL
CMS
90% off the websites I create are built upon the WordPress platform. WordPress is my preferred content management system but I occasionally work with others platforms when requested by the client.
WordPress
Perch
ExpressionEngine
SquareSpace
Email Services
These are the two main email services my clients like to use.