Summary
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Desktop IT - OS Install or troubleshooting or Networking or AntiVirus or Backup or etc, etc
Solution Engineering and Programming for video playback and editing - HD and SD, compressed and uncompressed
General Programming - C, shell scripting, Lisp, Prolog
OpenGL software development OS X, Windows, Irix for interactive real-time systems
Digital Video hardware, switchers, DVEs, VTRs, projectors, etc.
Video formats and standards - SMPTE 274M 296M 259M non-standard formats IMAX to www
Media Networks fibre channel, gigabit ethernet + link aggregation, RAID configuration
Capture or Media Management or Compression - DV, HDV, WMV, H. 264 MPEG2, Sorenson, FLV, etc.
Final Cut Studio Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Motion, LiveType, Compressor, Photoshop, etc, etc.
Edit Suite Workflow optimization and automation
Cluster configuration distributed compression and rendering for OS X QMaster
System configuration and management for the following platforms : Apple OS X PowerPC and Intel
Intel Windows XP
SGI IRIX
Excellent General Troubleshooting Skills


Awards
2001 Special recognition at SGI for outstanding performance and dedication 1999 POST Award for invention of OrbitalFX control system 1992 NASA Group Achievement Award for contributions to the intelligent scheduling project. NAB National Association of Broadcasters SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers YLEM Artists using Science and Technology IOTA Association for Visual Music REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Employment

2006 -  2008

2007 -  2008

Designed and integrated realtime video playback solution into their terrain viewer application
Misc. video support

2001 - 2007 Freelance Clients include Intel, Cisco, Cadence, Sony...; experience used : High-Definition Video Editing System engineering, troubleshooting, optimization ; Assistant Editor
Integrated 4 FCP edit stations over trunked gigabit Ethernet
Workflow analysis, system engineering recommendations
Video capture, edit, compression, etc.
Miscellaneous IT - focusing on network troubleshooting, system installation, etc.

1999 - 2001 Silicon Graphics - Solutions Engineer for uncompressed HD video on high-end platforms Onyx2 and Onyx3000. Responsible for system configuration, bandwidth analysis, digital media tools, disk and kernel tuning, network setup, etc. Taught courses on HD video, conducted executive demos, built and manned SGI's Digital Cinema area at NAB. Showcase projects include : IMAX Designed and integrated a synchronized Stereo-3D uncompressed Digital Cinema playback system both streams greater than HD resolution.
DreamWorks - Consulted on digital dailies presentation system.
Pixar - Assembled uncompressed frames of a Toy Story 2 trailer into playable HD clip.
Guggenheim Museum - Handled graphics to HD video tape capture for an installation.
Paul Allen or Vulcan Group - Configured and installed an uncompressed Digital Cinema system.
Jaleo - Configured an Onyx3000 for compositing 3 streams of uncompressed HD in real-time.
SGI internal - Added uncompressed HD capabilities to the Reality Center environment

1995 - 1999 Abekas Video Systems later Scitex or Accom - Senior Software Engineer on broadcast special effects and switcher equipment, the DVEous digital video special effects system. Consulted for ABC, Fox, etc.

1992 - 1995 Freelance VJ or Video performance artist, graphic designer, video producer and director. Projects included a television commercial, a corporate promotional video, graphic design for product labels and business cards and directing an educational video series.

1992 - 1995 Paradise Productions - self-employed as a video performance artist graphic designer, video producer and director. Developed a unique style of live video mixing, layering original computer graphics, interactive computer art, live camera input and video sampling to create a compelling collage of visual imagery. Performed with Herbie Hancock, Astrophysicist Dr.Fiorella Torenzi and others. Commercial projects included a television commercial, a corporate promotional video, graphic design for product labels and business cards and directing an educational video series. Also began research in the area of Visual Music, designing a software system for processing MIDI information into real-time graphics and video effects.
1989 - 1992 NASA Ames Research Center via Sterling Software - Research Programmer in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory developing an intelligent scheduling system. Developed an advanced software architecture integrating Object-Oriented Programming with expert system techniques. The system was used at Kennedy Space

Center and earned the NASA Group Achievement Award.
1986 - 1989 Lockheed Artificial Intelligence Center - Technical Project Manager for a team developing an expert system diagnosis tool. Produced deliverables on time and exceeding expectations.

1999 -  2001

1982 -  1986

Education