Tony Ridder is an outstanding digital artist. He possesses great skills in Photography and Graphic Art Design (Photoshop and Digital Imaging). That is an awesome pair to have on your resume he continues to excel in these fields. It was a pleasure working with him at CDIA and as he has moved on to pursue professional and personal goals, I will miss his charismatic attitude to teaching and his professional demeanor.

I’ve worked with Tony Ridder on a many projects at Boston University and can offer nothing but the highest praise for his work. As a professional photographer, photography instructor, and digital designer Tony has over delivered again and again for the BU team. Tony is also a natural consensus-builder, effectively reaching students, graduates, the administration and the surrounding community with his creative work and the passion he brings to each project he leads.

Tony has an aptitude for aesthetics and understanding clients that makes him stand out from the thousands of freelance graphic and web designers on the Internet. He pays close attention to what you say during consultation sessions and tries to capture the essence of your requests in his designs. In other words, he doesn’t just create something that looks visually pleasing, but he also makes sure that it reflects the values of your website, product, or organization. A versatile designer with experience using Wacom tablets, Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDRAW, and a variety of markup and programming languages, and commercial photography.Tony would be a great hire for any job. Thank you Tony very much for adding value to my company and service our clients.

I had the pleasure of working with Tony during my tenure as Chief of Staff of Sprint's 4G Business Unit. He was responsible for executive level stills for use by corporate and industry communications, and in face many of his shots of our executives landed on the cover of industry trade publications. Whether is was during a photo shoot or video production, Tony understand how to put his subjects at ease and convey our intended message in a cutting edge and effective way with a high level of artistry. On a personal level, Tony has graciously taken the time to guide my personal photographic equipment choices and provide recommendations to improve my results, in a manner that an amateur such as myself could understand!

Tony is one of those photographers who make it look so easy and make you think this can't be that hard... until you try and do it yourself and you realize how superbly talented he really is. Tony has a keen sense of lighting in a studio setting that seems to just come naturally and truly understands the mechanics of cameras. It's like he was born with a camera in his hand. Not only is Tony great behind the camera, he also takes the time to teach others who are willing to learn. He is a master of his craft.

Tony is an extremely reliable and talented Illustrator who, at a moments call, is willing to show up and work relentlessly to get the job done.

Tony's ability to evoke and direct emotional responses through imagery borders on the surreal. I'm glad that I know him to be a good man, because this is too much power to be left in the hands of many advertisers.

Tony Ridder is a true "renaissance man" of new media, a soup-to-nuts creative genius who has the rare ability to lead all aspects of your media or communications campaign and deliver fantastic results. He's a world-class graphics artist with a unique style all his own, an expert programmer who can work in complicated platforms like Flash, Illustrator and Photoshop, an in-demand photographer who has shot many C-level executives, a strategic thinker who has launched many internal and external web sites...and he's also an inimitable collaborator unafraid to put on the turkey suit so the project makes deadline (I'll let you ask him about that one.) Tony is a gift to all of us who work in communications and I hope I can work with him again.

Working with Tony Ridder was a professional joy! A creative genius, there seemed to be no end to his talents. Tony would literally blow our clients away with his incredible graphic designs, logos and photography. He had a wonderful rapport with our clientele, made especially strong because he would listen to their needs and then educate and guide them through his creative process. Tony’s abilities helped expand our deliverable services and this in turn increased our business sales.

Tony is by far one of the most talented individuals I've ever had the opportunity to work with. His talent is superior in a multitude of mediums. His photography, illustrations, and web design are brilliant. Tony is able to thrive and deliver even in situations where little direction is provided. He is able to provide a variety of concepts when necessary and is able to take constructive feedback on deliverables and quickly turn around modifications. Many times, I would provide Tony a high level concept of what I was looking for and in return would receive deliverables that were beyond what I could have imagined. Tony's designs were integral in the award winning Intranet from Nextel Communications. He is that rare individual who is a self-starter and is able to work effectively on site, as well as remotely. I would hire Tony again in a heartbeat, if given the opportunity.

Tony and I have worked closely together at Nextel and at Sprint Nextel on a number of projects for our Sales, Marketing and Government Affairs departments at both companies for several years. What I love the most about Tony is he quickly understands the overall communications goal and he always will give you a fresh solution -- nothing is ever canned. In particular, his work on our intranet and some intricate public policy debates we've engaged in have been essential to our company acheiving our communications goals and delivering for our customers. The fact that he is simply fun to work with is an extra bonus. His enthusiasm for the task at hand is contagious.

I had the pleasure to work with Tony at Nextel and Sprint Nextel on the corporate intranet, and witnessed his ability find effective visual solutions to promote everything from new handsets to new benefits packages. He is a talented designer and photographer, a super team player and an all-around great guy. He would be an asset to any organization.