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Thirty years
of making things
work.

Graphic designer, document manager, AI engineering practitioner. Springfield, MO — and building something worth looking at.

30+ years design & document management
1 shipped AI-directed full-stack app
∞ problems that needed a system
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I bring an uncommon combination to the table: thirty years of professional design and document management experience, a project manager's instinct for systems and clarity, and a fast-developing practice in AI-directed software engineering. I don't write code by hand — I direct AI to produce complete, production-ready applications through precise prompting, iterative refinement, and a designer's eye for what good looks like.

Currently building a portfolio of showcase web projects at tobyziegler.com — each one conceived, directed, troubleshot, and deployed without writing a single line of code by hand. It's a new kind of engineering practice, and I'm genuinely excited about where it's going.

Core Competencies

AI Engineering & Prompt Design
Directing AI models to produce complete, production-grade applications through structured prompting, iterative debugging, and quality review
Graphic Design & Visual Communication
30+ years across print, digital, UI/UX, and document design; strong instinct for what works and why
Project & Document Management
End-to-end coordination of complex projects across large organizations; deep expertise in documentation systems, workflows, and records management
Technical Breadth
Working familiarity with PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML/CSS, Python, Java, C#; comfortable reading, debugging, and directing code across stacks

Experience

Graphic Designer & Document Manager
February 2001 – Present
CoxHealth — Springfield, Missouri
  • Chair, Document Control Oversight Committee — setting standards and policy for documentation practices across the health system
  • Sole builder for the Addressograph / Patientworks system; responsible for all forms in a mission-critical patient records platform
  • Coordinated design and documentation projects across 300+ departments, managing vendor and contractor relationships throughout
  • Maintained and managed a library of 10,000+ active files with rigorous version control and lifecycle tracking
  • Led the organization's transition from fully analog to all-digital design and document workflows
  • 10+ years developing internal software tools to support document management, design production, and departmental operations
Co-Owner
DirectBuy of Springfield
  • Directed sales process for new memberships, from initial contact through close
  • Coordinated telemarketing follow-up campaigns and supervised receiving operations
Artist
Sweetheart Cup Company
  • Managed the company-wide template library across Freehand, Illustrator, and Photoshop — the foundation every project was built on
  • Produced thousands of individual product designs annually for cups, tubs, and containers
  • Owned the full project lifecycle from customer brief through final production handoff
Design Manager
Christian County Headliner News
  • Managed all digital production for the entire newspaper
  • Collaborated with the news team on layout, article placement, and special feature infographics
  • Created or supervised all advertising artwork
Production Supervisor
Branson Daily News
  • Supervised the digital production crew, artists, and advertising production staff
  • Responsible for all daily pre-press processes and on-time plate delivery
Designer
Springfield News-Leader
  • Produced speculative and paid advertising artwork and layouts
  • Managed all aspects of preproduction through press-ready plate output

Portfolio Projects

Dad-a-Base ↗
2025
dadabase.tobyziegler.com
  • Full-stack web application: joke database with search, voting, moderation queue, and admin panel
  • Built entirely through AI-directed engineering — PHP 8.1, MySQL, vanilla JavaScript, deployed to Namecheap shared hosting via Git
  • AI-powered categorization via Anthropic API; multi-category assignment, bulk import/export (CSV & JSON), bcrypt admin authentication
  • Designed with a warm editorial aesthetic; iteratively refined through prompting for accessibility, mobile responsiveness, and UX polish
Toby's Study ↗
tobyziegler.com
  • Personal portfolio site featuring a study/library metaphor with subdomains as "rooms"
  • Built in PHP/HTML/CSS/vanilla JavaScript with no frameworks — designed from scratch through AI-directed engineering
  • Fluid typography, noise-texture layering, custom CSS bookcase component, and a consistent warm editorial design system

Education

Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri
MS.PM — Master of Science in Project Management  · In Progress
BAS.TM — Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology Management
Minor in Computer Science
Minor in Web Application Development
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield, Missouri
AAS.CIS — Associate in Applied Science, Computer Information Science
AS.EGR — Associate of Science, Engineering (Mechanical & Electrical)
AA — Associate of Arts
CT.SP.CP — Certificate of Specialization, Computer Programming
CT.CIS — Certificate of Achievement, Computer Information Science
CT.EGR — Certificate of Achievement, Engineering
Capstone: Designed and deployed customized Raspberry Pi digital signage for OTC campus, using locally cached, network-driven content with DNS addressing and hierarchical device management.