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Professional Experience

Center for Advanced Spatial Techonologies,CAST
Geospatial Visualization and Animation Developer; 2009 - Present
Responsible for investigation in new 3D technologies to develop strategies andworkflows for creating visualizations that are educational, informational andengaging.

  • Researching and developing workflows for point cloud manipulation and rendering, 3D standards for Building Information Modeling and Augmented Reality.
  • Currently developing an interactive 3D environment for the Prairie Grove Civil War Battle.
  • Taught 3D visualization at the Geomatics Field School in Cuzco and Machu Picchu, Peru.

 

Google
3D Data Specialist, 2008 - 2009
Responsible for 3D data preparation through a variety of processes for publicdistribution in Google Earth.

  • Edit and clean-up of auto-generated LiDAR and oblique photography 3D buildings through internal Google software on Team Origami. Trained new team members in best practices for 3D building clean-up.
  • Creation and QA of Google SketchUp 3D buildings. Created 3D buildings for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) tour in Google Earth as well as other high profile buildings. Reviewed user-generated buildings submitted through the 3D Warehouse.
  • Google SketchUp and Google Earth Outreach: Participated in an education outreach group to determine best fit for middle school, high school and college education for Google application workshops, recently attended the Google Teacher Academy in New York to assist in training teachers Google Applications. Demonstrated the 2008 US Voter Info Google map during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. Presented hour long hands-on demonstration to 19 K-12 teachers at the Colorado School of Mines as part of the GK-12 Learning Partnerships and Bechtel K-5 Excellence Initiative. Traveled to San Mateo, CA for the Maker Fair and demonstrated Google SketchUp and Google Earth to attendees.
  • Graphic Design: Directed team creating a large mural for the Google Toronto office.

 

SkyLook Visuals
Partner and Creative Director, 2006 - 2007
Developed 3D interactiveenvironments for city visualizations and spatial relationship studies andcreated and directed various graphic projects.

  • Coordinate with clients to ensure needs are met and communicate those needs to team members.
  • Created 3D models which are displayed in the “Best of 3D” warehouse layer in Google Earth.
  • Research new technologies to engage web users in 3D environments such as Google Earth, Second Life, and x3D.
  • Assist in the creation of an interactive real estate market analysis map utilizing a GIS to educate clients of market potential.

 

Center for Advanced SpatialTechonologies, CAST
3D Visualization Specialist and Multimedia Designer, 2001 - 2007
Participated in multiple 3D research projects to develop effective andeasy-to-use visualizations for the public.

  • Served on a research team for large-scale point cloud data dissemination through Google Earth and X3D. Traveled to Tiwanaku, Bolivia and participated in 3D laser scan data collection project.
  • Researched interactive model visualizations using Google Earth. Modeled house sections and interior furnishings were placed into individual layers so users could “switch out” appliances.
  • Developed work flow for automatic dissemination of diseased tree locations in Google Earth through database export.

 

CRATE Project Director, May2001 - December 2007

http://www.cast.uark.edu/cast/crate

Directed projects from 2001 – 2006which ranged from 3D animated short films to online map.

  • 2006 Project involved the creation of over 300 3D buildings for tier 1 and tier 2 areas of Fayetteville, AR using LiDAR, Pictometry “bird's eye” imagery, and ground level photography; buildings were created in Google SketchUp and displayed in Google Earth. The 2006 3D Fayetteville project was featured in the “Google Pick” 3D Warehouse category and in several publications including Slashdot and NewScientist.
  • Created and developed 3D Archaeological artifacts for the 2001 and 2002 project . Animated films from 2001 and 2002 were shown at the 2001 and 2002 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2002 Digital Film Festival, and the 2002 Fayetteville Film Festival.
  • Created and developed characters, props, and story for the 2004 project .
  • Used the ACCAD motion capture facility at Ohio State University to capture animation for all of the 2004 short films.

 

EAST Technical Support Instructor, March2001 - December 2007

http://www.eastproject.org

Instructed one and two-day coursesin Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Premiere, and SoftImage|XSI to over 200 students,elementary thru college.

  • Instructed workshops at the EAST Conference in 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2007 in Adobe Dreamweaver, Premiere, Photoshop, SoftImage|XSI, and Google SketchUp. Class instruction in SoftImage|XSI and Google SketchUp focused on combining software packages by demonstrating model building in Google SketchUp and importing models into SoftImage|XSI for animation and rendering.

 

Multimedia Designer, April1999 - December 2007

http://www.cast.uark.edu

Maintained over 20,000 individualpages as the primary website designer and developer for CAST and developedoutreach products including brochures, posters, and presentation materials.