PORTFOLIO ACTIVITIES ABOUT ME RESUME

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education
2006 -            Ph.D. Media Arts & Technology
    Awarded University of California Regents Special Fellowship
    University of California, Santa Barbara, California

2002 - 2004    M.A. Interactive Telecommunications
    Full University Fellowship, Interactive Telecommunications Program
    New York University, New York

1996 - 2001    B.Sc. Computer Science
    Honors student of the College of Creative Studies
    University of California, Santa Barbara, California
 
work
01.05 -    Artist, Inventor, Freelance Technologist

2005 Artist in Residence, Harvestworks. New York State Council on the Arts Grant Recipient. Freelance hardware and software developer, clients include: The Arnell Group, Rhizome.org, Cooper Union, Vilamedia Productions, various independent Artists.

07.04 - 12.04   Senior Programmer & System Administrator
Advanced Communications Corporation

Principle programmer and maintainer of web based company's technology. Management & maintenance of high volume website, large scale mysql database, administration and maintenance of all local and collocated servers (unix), repair of hardware. General programming & maintenance of existing functionality.

12.03 - 12.04   Interactive Technology Designer
Vilamedia Productions

Creator of interactive technology for educational children's game. Created custom infrared tracking system, software, and props for children. Directed use of technology and assisted with creative game play and interaction decisions.

06.03 - 12.03   Lead Hardware & Software Engineer
Engine 27 Sound Gallery

Hardware design & implementation of interactive sound spatialization system. Created custom hardware for sensor data acquisition, designed software architecture for integration with custom spatialization system.

11.02 - 08.03   Lead Developer
Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM), Amsterdam

Aided artists in design and prototype of interactive musical controllers. Worked with artist from concept to prototype. Developed a general purpose, network enabled, sensor device for multimedia artists. Audio and video programming.

10.00 - 06.01   Researcher
Center for Research in Electronic Arts Technology, UCSB

Member of R&D team creating a portable, distributed architecture for real-time sound synthesis & spatialization in a heterogeneous computing environment. Programming in C/C++ utilizing CORBA in a Unix/Windows environment.


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