CV

Sarandos Klikizos Designer, Developer, IT Expert Lifelong reader, learner, artist, maker, cyclist, cook.

Experience

Owner/Operator/Designer/Developer/IT · Hidden Door Studio, LLC

Milwaukee, WI

Founded my official design studio. Working with small and medium business owners in need of design, IT, business & technical services.

Aug 2026 – Present
Web Lead, Designer, IT Analyst · Pabst Theater Group

Milwaukee, WI

Sep 2010 – May 2020
Designer/Developer · Sole Proprietor, Freelance

Varied

2006 – 2026

Skills

Soft Skills

Communication: Written and verbal, distilling technical concepts succinctly to non-technical users or stakeholders

Problem Solving: Root cause analysis, complex diagnostic troubleshooting

Adaptability: Collaboration, learning new skills, software, protocols

Programming Languages

JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP

HTML, Markdown, CSS

I've worked with: Turbo Pascal, Basic, VB, PBasic, Perl, Java, C, C++, ActionScript, Processing, Lua, GCode, C#, Ruby, and more!

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Expert knowledge in harness, loop/workflow, context & prompt engineering

MCP servers and orchestration, n8n

Claude, Claude Code with VSCode, Claude API

ChatGPT/Codex, NotebookLM, Cursor

Software

Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, AfterEffects)

Word Processing (Word, Free/LibreOffice)

Excel/Sheets, formulas

Open Source Design tools (gImp 3.2, Inkscape, Scribus,

Cloud Relational DB (Airtable, Baserow)

CRMs, ERPs (Twenty, Odoo, SAP, OpenERP)

Project Management and Collaboration (Basecamp, Trello, Asana, Jira, Monday)

Figma, Penpot, Framer

Frameworks/Libraries

React, Next

RadixUI, shadcn/ui Tailwind, Bootstrap

Drupal, Wordpress

Marketing

Google: GTM, Analytics

Ad placement and web integration (Meta/FB, AdSense)

Social media platforms, content planning, formats, meta understanding

SEO optimization, configuration

Copywriting, pitches, sales

Design

Typography: print, animated, dynamic, page layout

Identity: Logo, branding, style guides

User Experience: interaction, research, testing, accessibility

Storyboarding, quick drawing

Photo/Video/Sound

Digital and analog photography

Video camera operation

Non-linear editing: video, sound

Sound recording/mixing

Animation, interaction

Illustration

Traditional Media: pen, marker, charcoal, graphite, oil, acrylic, gouache

Digital: vector graphics, 3D modeling

Information Technology & Architecture

Linux Administration

Networking: DNS, VLANS, VPNs, DHCP, AD, LDAP

Virtualization & Containerization: Docker/Compose, Kubernetes XCP-ng, Proxmox

Security: Firewall and system hardening, risk mitigation, identity and access management

Technical writing

Operational Skills

Process Creation and Improvement

Project/Time Management

Data Analysis

Quality Assurance/Vetting

Risk Asssessment

Budget Management

Customer Service

Education

University of Wisconsin MilwaukeeMay 2010
BFA, Digital Interactivity, Video, Animation, Sound (Now DVC)
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