steve ford
BFA from University of Hartford, MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology,3D artist for over 15 years, worked on projects for companies like Kodak Hasbro,PBS,National Academy of Sciences(US),GlaxoSmithKline,Weyth & Skanska,as well teaching 3D& F.
| Headline: | Service Provider |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | https://sites.google.com/site/stford3d/ |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Financial, Gaming, Information Technology, Media |
| Skills: | Architecture, Business, Design, English, Event planning, Graphic design, Languages, Management, Norwegian, Public speaking |
| Location: | Norway |
| Groups: | Ignite Clean Energy (ICE) |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Getting press, Giving back, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Starting a company |
| Tags: | 3d animation, Architecture, diagrams, films, green energy, New technology, solar power, wind mills |
| Schools: | Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Hartford |
FULL BIO
For the past 15 years ive been a 3d animator in a lot of fields from TV and corporate to video games . Sometimes Im just worker but allot of the time clients want me to mange the whole project from storyboards and project planning, to final render and sound.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | NHTV, Breda the Netherlands |
| Position: | Game Instructor |
| Time period: | July 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Teaching 3D animation using Maya and Mental Ray, specificity, rigging, lighting and managing Game lab projects . Consulting for Brilliant Brenda narrow casting, setting up the asset management and deploy their technology in the most effective manner. Managing the artists. |
| Employer: | MedXplore & Milestep. Sterinkjer Norway |
| Position: | Art Director / Creative Manager |
| Time period: | April 2007 - April 2008 |
| Description: | Responsible for project planning, resources management, working the cameramen, contracting and managing freelancers, storyboarding the films, creating special effects using Maya, Photoshop, combustion, composting FX, motion tracking and video editing. Medical animation. Clients Glaxso-Smith-Kline. Weyth, Acomplia, Boeringer-Ingels. Startcraft, Skanska. |
| Employer: | U Mass. |
| Position: | Lowell, and Instructor |
| Time period: | December 2006 - April 2007 |
| Description: | Teaching 3D animation and special effects. Using AutoDesk Maya software. |
| Employer: | American Animation studios Prosser WA |
| Position: | Technical Director |
| Time period: | August 2006 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Set up pipeline, Deadlines, naming convention, review process, managed eight animators. Character Rigging using Maya and Motion Builder.
Shading networks , Compositing and Special FX. Rigged “Boomer” the eagle in Motion Builder “Paul Revere” “Willaim Dawes” the Extras and Crowd |
| Employer: | Mass Art, Boston MA |
| Position: | Instructor |
| Time period: | December 2005 - April 2006 |
| Description: | Teaching 3D animation and special effects. using AutoDesk Maya software. |
| Employer: | Great Eastern Technology, Woburn |
| Position: | Application Engineer |
| Time period: | August 2005 - April 2007 |
| Description: | Custom Maya training for: Timberland shoes, the Boston Police Forensics Department, and Springfield college, LaMitre Vascular inc, Green Monster Games, Digizyme. Wrote converter for Solidworks to Maya. |
| Employer: | Boston University’s Center of Digital Imagining Arts, Waltham MA |
| Position: | Instructor |
| Time period: | July 2005 - July 2006 |
| Description: | Ran 2week 3d animation summer camp.
Teaching 3D animation using Maya , specifically the introduction modules Character rigging , lighting and texturing. Advanced Texturing II UV mapping and Photoshop. Modeling one Poly Models, Modeling 2 Nurbs Mechanical Modeling |
| Employer: | Rush Hour, Hollywood FL |
| Position: | Maya Freelance Artist |
| Time period: | December 2004 - November 2005 |
| Description: | Created 3D animations for Stacker 2 and Slim Quick diet pill commercials. Designed logo animation for Norwegian Cruise Line commercial. Built architectural pre- visualization fly though. |
| Employer: | Eventyre Productions, Lexington, MA |
| Position: | Creative Director - Own Company |
| Time period: | December 2002 - November 2007 |
| Description: | Wrote/Directed and modeled textured Rigged 12 Furry Bears, Danny Bear having dynamic fur simulation, Animated plus Lip-synched, lit, and composted “Sharing Bears” one minute short to Tom Lehrers “I got it from Agnus” Accepted into the SIGGRAPH 2006 Animation Festival.
Medical animation of root canal demonstrating new tools for ActiV GP. Wrote/Directed and Animated French Style an 3 minute toon rendered short. Storyboards for WGBHs “American Experience” on Biological warfare. Miami Herald full page illustration for the “Latin Music festival.” Royal Palm, vegetable can labels for heart of palms, asparagus and artichoke heart. Miami Herald “dot” com television commercials and Miami Herald dot com Spanish television commercials. 3D Illustration for Innerspace. |
| Employer: | Finale Studios, Miami FL |
| Position: | Maya Technical Director – Freelance |
| Time period: | December 2000 - November 2005 |
| Description: | Ga-sing project - Technical Director- Rigging Department Head responsible for over seeing other two riggers as well as rigging the following characters; Steve Jackson, Erik Covington, Brad Porter, Steve Thomas,Buzz Lightbeer, and the Queen. Consultant on the budget and pre-production. Responsible for getting motion from Filmbox Motion builder on to the Maya Rigs.
Rigging of Horse, Wolverine, Fish, Lizard, Book and a Gate. “Clubhouse Chronicles” project modeled the little girls bedroom set and the tree house set and 3 cars, and rigged Martha character. |
| Employer: | Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami FL |
| Position: | chairman, proff |
| Time period: | November 1998 - July 2005 |
| Description: | Chairman of Computer Animation Department
1 Responsible for scheduling faculty and classes. Scheduled Computer Animation Departments using Maya Software for 3D sorting of Class rooms, faculty and students and course, using Dynamics . 2 Rewrote BFA and MFA curriculums. Structured, presented curriculum changes to Curriculum Committee 3 Set policy, reviewed and selected textbooks and software facilitating long term educational goals. Professor MFA Program Teaching all levels of the Masters of Fine Arts in Computer Animation, Classes using Maya, Intro to Animation Production, and Advanced Animation Production. Animation Studies, graduate thesis 1,2,3 Innovative and Essential Animation Studio, and Final Cut. Graduate Theory and Criticism, Storyboarding, 2D-Computer animation using US-Animation. 2 Served on admissions committee reviewing applicants credentials and portfolios. 3 Managed Masters thesis projects, drafted thesis criteria and structured thesis review boards. Professor BFA Program Responsible for planning classes and preparing tutorials for the following courses: Advanced Techniques in Computer Animation, Project Management, Modeling One, Advanced Modeling, Animation, Concept Development, and Storyboarding, Introduction to Computer Animation. History of Animation, Digital Imaging, Advanced Shading Networks 1&2. Additional Responsible for editing the Freshman, Senior, Master’s show using Flint*. Wrote two animation scripts that were executed by two classes of animation students over the course over two semesters Faculty advisor and Technical Director of undergraduate student projects. Directed and shot and conducted on screen interviews and Edited MFA department demo reel. Lead faculty development project including storyboarding animating, pre-production design, character modeling, rigging , project management animation editing, and practical dynamics |
| Employer: | Rubin Tarrant Productions, Cambridge MA |
| Position: | Art Director, Computer Animator |
| Time period: | December 1996 - November 2000 |
| Description: | Created special effects using Maya and Flint* for “Search for Alien Worlds” a project for The Learning Channel.
Developed special effects storyboards for “Thank God They’re Gone” a TLC film proposal about gigantic, extinct carnivores. Created special effects storyboards for documentary film proposal “Killer Cloud”. Storyboarded proposal for TV series “Amy Prentice,” a program centered on teaching science to children. Storyboarded and organized a grant proposal package for the National Academy of Sciences. Then created the “Galileo Mall” a multimedia experience to be attached to the NAS web site Building the “Galileo Mall” 3D model using Maya and producing the opening animation, and gravity simulations for science experiments. As well as building 3D models of Newton and Galileo and programming interactivity of the science experiments. |
| Employer: | Hasbro Interactive, Beverly MA |
| Position: | Conceptual Designer, Storyboard Artist |
| Time period: | December 1996 - November 1997 |
| Description: | Designed the visual style CD-ROM versions of “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune”. |
| Employer: | Eastman Kodak, Design Research Center, Rochester NY |
| Position: | Art Director, Storyboard Artist |
| Time period: | December 1995 - November 1997 |
| Description: | Contracted to create an animation showcasing the Kodak Snapshot Scanner 2 product. Created a 3D-mascot character, rewrote script to meet the project parameters. After interviewing and selecting a post house, overseeing animators on a daily basis. |
| Employer: | Big Machine Studios, Merrimack NH |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | December 1995 - November 1996 |
| Description: | Worked as an intern on Sun Microsystems “Rocketman” promotion for SIGGRAPH 97 |
EDUCATION
| University: | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 1996 |
| Degree: | Computer Animation, MFA |
| University: | University of Hartford |
| Time period: | 1992 |
| Degree: | Illustration, BFA |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | 2007 Sharing Bears is accepted to the London International Animation Festival, UK.
2007 Sharing Bears is accepted to the Prix Ars Electronica in, Austria. 2007 Sharing Bears is accepted to the Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia. 2006 Sharing Bears is accepted to the SIGGRAPH Animation Festival USA. 2004 Completed “French Style” 3:17 minute animation production. 1998 The Miami Women’s club painting included in a month long show. 1996 The Boston Athenæum, painting included in a month long show. 1994 PBS Station WGBH Boston Broadcast Masters thesis film, “North Wind.” 1994 The Boston Athenæum, sculpture included in a month long show. |
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ahmed walwil
Studied from Quds Open University, Worked with Jarawan Advance Technology as a Product Manager,also worked for 1 year at Nile as a PC Technician and Application Supervisor
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .