OBJECTIVE

To explore career opportunities in an energetic and challenging environment that can utilize, capitalize and enhance my diverse skills developed throughout the years.

EXPERIENCE

01|02 – Present

• Responsible for IT related tasks ranging from administering servers to workstation installations

• Implement a new secure private network incorporating two vpn satellite offices

• Specify |execute|maintain a company wide backup solution

• Manage and train temporary system administrator

• Port current static intranet to a dynamic php|postnuke configuration and maintain

• Responsible for maintaining|updating company’s external website

• Provide design|animation expertise with presentations and mechanical animation deliverables

01|02 – Present

• Establish|startup subsidiary of function engineering focusing on product development

• Develop an idea submission process for employee idea generation and collection

• Establish review criteria for idea selection process

• Market research top ideas to support market and production viability

• Manage the execution of one product

01|97 – Present

• Form sole proprietorship and commence startup procedures in 10|96

• Provide services including identity|web|print|2d & 3d design, animation and video graphics

• Client list|project examples included

05|00 – 12|01

• First employee to join three founders and key contributor to initial stages of startup

• Collaboratively design|develop initial prototypes generating first year revenue

• Participate in initial sales, marketing and product planning efforts

• Modeling, animation, texturing of real-time 3d characters

• Manage character development team

• Responsible for infrastructure and system administration (multi-platform environment)

• Design and program initial corporate website

02|95 – 11|96

• Envision|execute|manage motion capture facility in the entertainment technology center

• Research|incorporate|demonstrate real-time animation solutions

• Technically direct internal real-time character sales|marketing events

• Manage high school summer interns

• Organize and produce tradeshow demonstrations for various software solutions

• Computer graphics and effects production for internal corporate videos

• Provide user input for software engineering group

• Teach production software to international employees in the silicon studio producer program

• Architectural design of post-production facility in the entertainment technology center

10|90 – 12|94

• Computerize architectural firm (specify computer systems & influence purchase decisions)

• Organize|install|maintain computer equipment and software

• Teach architects new software solutions

• Generate detail and symbol libraries within CAD system

• Produce schematic, design development and construction documents

• Calculate cost estimates utilizing custom spreadsheets based on company experience

• Perform construction administration tasks on residential remodel projects

EDUCATION

08|06 – Present

01|94 – 12|94

09|84 – 06|90

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCES

Software|OS

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat | Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator, Maya, Composer

Discreet Logic Flame, Flint | Protozoa Alive! | Pulse 3D | Macromedia Flash

Basic HTML Programming | Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

PTC ProEngineer, Metacreations Canoma, QuarkXpress, 3D Studio Max

Platforms

Microsoft Windows 95 – XP | Unix (Irix 5.2 – 6.5) | Linux RedHat 7.1 – 9.0 | MacOS 7 - X

Hardware

Microsoft-based PC Workstations (custom and retail)

Apple G3, G4, iMAC

Intel-based Linux Servers (RedHat)

SGI Indy, Indigo2, O2, Octane, Onyx, Origin 200

Adic FastStor2 SDLT Tape Drives

Network Switches & Routers (Netgear, Cisco)

OTHER INTERESTS

Home-Improvement Projects, Landscaping|Gardening, Re-Finishing Furniture, Photography,

Travel, Sports Activities (Volleyball, Basketball, Softball), Party Planning

CLIENT LIST

Rubber Sole Productions has been generating graphic services since 1997. A comprehensive list of clients is listed below:

PORTFOLIO

Examples of work can be viewed at http://www.rubbersole.com/sslater/index.html

REFERENCES

Available Upon Request