Going back as far as I can remember, I've had a great passion for music & technology. I've studied music and played instruments since age 5. My father was a programmer for his entire professional career and I grew up with a PC.
My first experiences writing code were with Basic. My father bought me a subscription to Antic Magazine which was a publication for Basic programmers; which I did on a 64 Bit Atari 800XL. I spent countless hours learning Basic by hand coding applications provided in the magazine and modifying and tweaking the code until I was able to eventually code from scratch on my own. I love video games, so it was only a matter of time before I was programming games in Basic.
Throughout high school and into my early twenties I managed and played in several bands. Programming was put on the back burner for a while, but technology certainly wasn't. My band years is what really helped me hone and fine tune my marketing and sales skills.
After college and a few more bands, it was only natural for me to pursue a career in marketing and sales. The internet became an invaluable resource to me right away. What a great tool to use for prospecting!
It was while I was working as an account executive with GBC that I finally came to the realization that I could be very successful leveraging internet technologies to generate revenue streams. That is what ultimately lead me to start my company.
I have recently been very involved musically again. I now have the tools and skill set to promote, market and sell my music without the backing of a major label. For the past year I have been getting back into the groove working very hard on my musicianship and writing. My goal is to continue on my path of leveraging internet technologies to fulfill my life long dreams.
I am currently working with small and medium businesses going graphic and web design in Cincinnati. If you are interested in checking out some of the work that I've done please visit my company's site, Paul Noia Design.
* Web Design & Development, Multimedia, Graphic Design, Branding & Identity, Print & Layout Design, Copywriting, eMail Marketing, Presentations, Animation, Music Composition & Sound F/X
* Advertising, Marketing & Sales
* HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS2, PHP, JavaScript, ActionScript, MySQL, Spry framework for Ajax, Interface Design, Usability, SEO, Adobe CS3 (Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Director, Fireworks, Lightwave 3D 8.0, Swift 3D, Pro Tools