It all started at a young age. My mother was in the design field (interior design and graphic design) when I was a child...so I got my creativity from her. Whereas in complete opposition, my father was in the military as an air traffic controller, so very structured and scientific about everything.
I bridge the gap between a creative and a noncreative, by taking what a creative (graphic designer) has designed and make it into a website by using very precise and well thought out coding practices. Unlike most coders, however, I can design, but do consider myself, through and through, a coder first.
My expertise lies in CSS development, coupled with XHTML, and an extensive knowledge in: PHP, ASP, XML and some JS/AJAX. Did I mention I am also strictly a code-by-hand coder? I have never used a program that would generate any (X)HTML for me. (I started in Windows Notepad, and have moved to a permanent use of Adobe HomeSite.)
At this point in my career I have worked for three companies doing what I am great at. I am currently loving each day at Third Degree Advertising, one of the top agencies in the state of Oklahoma. Prior to Third Degree I worked for an Edmond, Oklahoma based company. It was there that I dove head first into full time CSS development and web standards, in fact, I was solely responsible for taking the company into using CSS and web standards, while also keeping in mind web accessibility.