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Education
- Savannah College of Art & Design - Master of Fine Arts degree in Interactive Design and Video Game Production - Currently Enrrolled. Estimated completion date, Fall 2009.
- CSU East Bay . Master of Arts degree in Multimedia, May 2000.
- National School of Anthropology and History, Diploma on History and Media, December 1996. Focus on the production and content of multimedia tools helpful for history education.
- Technological Institute of Higher Studies of Monterrey - Mexico City Campus, Communication Sciences, 1995. Four and a half year program with an emphasis on mass media production and a two-year specialty in Multimedia.
Proffessional Associations
- NAPP - National Association of Photoshop Professionals
- ASIFA - International Animated Film Association
- IWA - International Webmasters' Association
Interests:
Reading, writing poetry, music and art, movies, traveling, cooking and baking, ancient history, study of any interesting topic, playing the piano (pretty badly), drawing.
Professional Experience
January 2001 to date Tenured Full Time Faculty
Cañada College - Redwood City, CA
Full time faculty in the Multimedia Art and Technology Program. Currently teaching multiple coursesand building curriculum for the program.
March-December 2000 Part time lecturer
California State University Hayward- Hayward, CA
Par time lecturer for an upper division digital graphics course (Digital Imaging II ART-3830)
January 1999 to date Freelance Web Design and Digital Art Production
Spellblade Studios - Menlo Park, CA
Founding member of the company, lead artist in several projects both web based and video game production related. Some of the projects include:
- Wizards of the Coast- Seattle, WA
Produced 65 digital illustrations for one of their Dungeons & Dragons rules supplement books. It will be published November 2000. - PCGameReview- Sunnyvale, CA
Design of the graphic user interface and layout of their PCGR.com site. - Clipper Foods - Redwood City, CA
Design and production of their e-commerce site www.dinnerdirect.com.
Translation of internal corporate documents and product information into Spanish. - RoboRally- (video game concept) produced most of the art required for the project.
1998-1999 Software Testing and Production Assistance
Maxis Inc - Walnut Creek, CA
Testing and production assistance in the following PC game projects:
- SimSafari
- MotoRacer
- SimCity 3000 and Building Architect Tool
1996 - 1997 Freelance Graphic Design and others
Grupo Radio Centro - Mexic
Graphic design of their 1996 Annual Report distributed among shareholders. Graphic design of web pages. Translation Spanish/English of their website.
1996 Production Manager
TGI (Tecnología Gráfica Industrial) - Mexico
3D Modeling Production Manager. Projects included:
The News newspaper: Managed the successful production of a 3D rendered TV commercial.
United Airlines: Production Manager, and assisted in the modeling of 3D objects.
Campos Elíseos: Modeled houses and buildings for a 5 minute animation presenting a project for a housing complex in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
1995 - 1996 Translator
Merck Sharp & Dohme - Mexico
English-Spanish translation of a 785 page technical report of pesticide studies. This document was used to register the product in many Latin American countries.
1994 - 1995 Production Assistant
Radio Sportiva 690 AM - Mexico
Reviewed world sports news and created summaries, wrote news bulletins and reports on special events such as the Olympics and various world sport championships. Assisted recording and editing of radio programs.
1992 Direction Assistant
FilmoSíntesis - Mexico
Participated in the production of more than six TV commercials, fulfilling a variety of tasks. Positions included public relations, organizing, resolving, pre-production tasks, documentation and research.
