About
Early Years
Christopher M. Dickens was born on December 28th, 1980 in the town of Bristol, Connecticut. I was born into a very creative and friendly family. My older brother had already shown great artistic ability and it wasn’t long before my mother had a crayon in my hand.
As I grew older I was given every artistic drawing utensil there is. I loved to paint, draw, watercolor, and sculpt. As I grew older we purchased our first computer. I was immediately interested in the new technologies available. By the time high school arrived i realized i wanted to combine my artistic abilities with my love for computers.
Education & Creativeness
I’ve always been extremely creative. Whether it is writing or drawing, I always found ways to express myself in my work. One of my greatest strengths is the fact that I never really run out of ideas. I bring utmost passion to my work because it’s the one thing I am able to create.
When it was time for college, I decided to begin my college career at Central Connecticut State University. Here I continued my studies in art and design. This is when I chose to focus much of my learning outside class and in class on web design. I felt that my best bet to put my ideas in motion would be to do just that. So I learned every web design program that was available to me. I focused heavy on flash. Then I met a few friends that were very strong in many areas. Networking, business, and among other things, the internet.
Parabol & Paradox
Around this time I moved in with my new roommate and founder of Paradox Solutions, Brian Gibeault. He along with other roommates started working on many projects together including web applications, web sites, brochures, and business applications. I then decided it was time to take my knowledge with web design and create my own small design firm to begin my freelance work. I named my firm, Parabol-Designs. To this day both companies work together with hosting and websites.
Currently my freelance work at Parabol-Designs.com has been put on hold since I have been pursuing a full time career. However, I plan on taking on projects once again.
Leadership & Excellence
Some say you’re born with leadership. Some say it’s something you learn in life. For me it’s a little of both. Growing up within a strong family with good morals I never worried about who I was or where I was going. I was always extremely confident in whatever I did and would rarely fail. Communication is where it all begins. You can’t lead without the ability to express your thoughts and opinions to others. To be able to show people the right way and the wrong way in many situations is very important in being a leader, all the while showing a kind but stern heart. The following are two examples of leadership in life.
Growing up I always played baseball. A few years ago my brother and I decided to start a semi-pro twilight baseball team in Bristol Connecticut. We created the Bristol Knights
Together we designed our hats and uniforms. We took care of everything financially and organized everything from practices to meetings.
Then came time for the on field play and management. While still playing I was also acting manager. I controlled every facet of our team on that field from the lineup to the strategic plays. For example in a close game it was my decision to leave Johnny on the bench in favor of the better defensive player in the game even if that meant Johnny wouldn’t play that day. I did all this while batting close to .400 or over every year. My position on the field was centerfield and if you know baseball that is a position of great responsibility. I’m proud to have played/managed the Knights to numerous regular season championships and to the finals my last year.
San Diego
In the spring of 2006, I wanted a new challenge and excitement in my life and where I was geographically located.. I had moved far from home, college was right down the street. My good friend over at Beinternational told me of a job for a flash / web designer over in Dubai. I was seriously considering that move until in the summer of 2006 I visited my best friend in San Diego. The weather was amazing and I instantly felt drawn to the area. So I decided to job hunt and found a job very quick. It was then that I decided to take my creative career to the west coast.
I worked at Einstein Industries for a two years, working my way from a beginner production position up to the Manager of the Flash Team. I gained knowledge and work experience with many type of people and clients during this period. Later i worked at Interactivate up until the new year. We had a beautiful office in downtown San Diego.
Back East
Around this time I started to really miss my old friends and family back east in Connecticut. So it was decided that the girlfriend and I would travel back east and continue our lives professionally and personally. We will miss all our friends and experiences we had had in San Diego but we are excited for what the future holds.
