Professional Experience:

LittletonFX, Los Angeles, CA, Jul 03‚ Present
Visual Effects Consultant/Artist.
Technology and procedures consultant for visual effects production and digital mastering. Freelance visual effects artist and Apple Shake compositor for titles, trailers and effects.

Kodak Cinesite, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 01‚ Jun 03
2D Manager.
Manager responsible for operations of Visual Effects Compositing, Rotoscope and Paint. Managed twenty-five to fifty artists. Successfully integrated both Shake and Inferno systems and artists in less than three months including budgeting, vendor relations, technical implementation and installation, pipeline integration and hiring of artists.
Improved legacy 2D pipeline and procedures to increase capacity by three hundred percent with two terabytes of network and fiber storage, tripled processors and authored/edited queue management software. Rebuilt Roto department from one artist to six artists and supervisor. Designed and implemented improved and faster film-to-HD and film-to-video processes including Rec 709 color transformations and automated slate generation.
Added a Digital Image Supervisor position to implement color corrected plates in both 2D and 3D pipelines and oversee and maintain superior image quality. Supervised visual effects, titles, restoration and digital-opticals on more than a dozen feature films. Co-managed initial development of ëPolarisí (internal node-based compositing software).

StreeTax.com, Santa Monica, CA, Feb 00‚ Oct 01
Partner/President
Managed startup Internet based company to provide tax-related software for the financial industry. Oversaw business operations, hardware deployment and software design/development. Development lead on Java-based Capital Gains analysis and accounting package for traded assets.

Pacific Ocean Post, Santa Monica, CA, Aug 95‚Feb 00
Digital Effects Supervisor
Supervised all aspects of digital post-production of feature films. Managed development of intranet database applications for managing assets. Credits include Academy award winning features Independence Day, Titanic and What Dreams May Come.

Kodak Cinesite, Hollywood, CA, Oct 94 ‚ Jul 95
Digital Comp. Supervisor/Artist
Supervised digital post-production on Free Willy 2, Waterworld and Under Siege 2.

Littleton Brothers, Hermosa Beach, CA, Jun 89‚Sep 94
Digital Film & Video Production
Designed and engineered Macintosh and Silicon Graphics based graphics and animation production systems including digital film scanning and printing systems and broadcast video transfer systems. Design and production of 2D and 3D animation and graphics for motion pictures and commercial broadcast. Clients include Kodak and Apple Computer.

Halcyon Productions, Colorado Springs, CO, Mar 86‚Jun 89
Vice-President & Producer
Co-founded video presentation and consulting firm. Responsibilities included initialization and management of business operations, contracts, equipment purchasing, scripting, production and post-production supervision to produce corporate video programs. Clients included Honeywell, TRW, United Technologies and the University of Pennsylvania.

Awards:

1999 International Monitor Award:
Theatrical Releases - Electronic Visual Effects - What Dreams May Come
1997 International Monitor Award:
Theatrical Releases - Electronic Visual Effects - Independence Day

Education:

Sep 82 ‚ Apr 85 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
B.S. Computer Sciences & Engineering

Jul 81 ‚ Jun 82 University of Minnesota/Graphics Systems Engineering Lab
Minneapolis, MN