Team Bios
Michael Williams - Lead Web and Multimedia Developer
Michael Williams entered the wonderful and magical world of graphic design in 1997 when he enrolled into the Visual Communication Technology program at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. He earned his Associate of Applied Science in Technology in May of 2000, and immediately transfered to Bowling Green State University that fall. It wasn't long after that he earned his Bachelor of Science in Technology.
To this day he is an avid BGSU athletics fan (GO FALCONS!) and has given back to the community in multiple ways, including designing a web site for former BG and NFL quarterback Josh Harris. You can find Josh's site at www.joshharrisqb.com. Michael was also responsible for creating the layout of the very popular Bowling Green fan site, Ay-Ziggy-Zoomba.com.
He is an expert of all (err, most!) things graphic design, including print design, photography, videography, and especially web design, in which he has a passion for creating impecabbly well-formed sites that follow the current XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1 standards. Anything less should be punishable by death (or at least a sharp ear tweaking!)
Additionally, he is an avid Star Wars fan, and has a managerie of Star Wars memorabilia new and old. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies of all kinds, reading, video gaming, and attending the occasional college football game.
Lisa Williams - Lead Videographer and Illustrator
Lisa’s main area of expertise is as a designer in the educational publications market, designing textbooks for clients such as McGraw-Hill, Harcourt, and Glencoe. She also creates illustrations, technical drawings, and page layouts for these textbooks, and is trained to use professional photography studio equipment for photo shoots.
She is professionally trained in videography and photography. Lisa has been a video camera operator for several weddings and sporting events, and does editing and live switching for companies such as Promedia Video Productions and Video Memories. Lisa also has a background in animation and web design, with a Bachelor's in Media Arts & Animation from The Art Institute of Colorado in 2002.
For fun, Lisa enjoys teaching art classes, watching movies, and traveling. She also makes jewelry and other crafts to sell at craft bazaars throughout the year. Visit her subsite, Beaded Gifts, for samples of what she makes. Her other talents include music, and she occasionally plays flute for church services, weddings, and funerals. Hear her music on the Acousic Green subsite.
Mike Niklas - Lead Audio Engineer and Musician
Mike Niklas has been an audio engineer for over 20 years and a musician for over 40. Though currently a mathematician for Wright-Patterson, Mike actively seeks out other musicians to record or jam with him. Mike plays many instruments, including guitar, bass, harmonica, flute, piano, banjo, percussion, and mandolin. If you need a backup singer or another instrument on your project, let him know! He can also write original music for you.
Mike is very capable of high quality live recordings and has recorded music at funerals and weddings to edit and put on CD for various families. He also has a recording studio and has recorded many singers and full bands. Check out our subsite, Acousic Green, to see two of the CD projects that he has completed.
On the side, Mike enjoys playing volleyball, writing music, jamming with friends, and riding his 4-wheeler.