Ben C. Kress - Flash Developer, Graphic Designer, & Photographer

I am currently working a government job at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). My purpose there is to develop and maintain web based training courses that all Argonne employees must take in order to be certified to work in thier fields of interest at Argonne. My job title is Advanced Training Technologies Developer, but I also provide a few other services. I create some safety poster design and various graphic solutions such as logos or cleaning up PowerPoint presentations :( (Am am an anti-PowerPoint Person). So, currently being employed, I do not have as much time to set aside many projects for Ben Kress Design to take on.

In 2004, I graduated from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois in study of Graphic Design/Commercial Art and Photography. Upon graduation, I decided to focus all of my efforts towards Flash based web development which is what landed me my job at Argonne. Eventually, my goal is to work for an advertising agency to gain some more experience in the field and then break off and eventually start my own design firm.

On a lighter note, I was born and raised in Decatur, Illinois and have lived there all of my life until April of 2005 when I started working for Argonne. I am currently 26 years old, and was born on June 23, 1982. I have always wanted to work in the design field, but never knew which area I wanted to involve myself in. It wasn't until I discovered Flash in college that directed my focus towards interactive design and web development. I love to see my work in action which will help me always maintain an active interest in the work that I do. Generally, if it can't be done in Flash, then I am not involved with it...