Christopher M. Wall
2110 Gachet Court #102
Orlando, FL 32807
407.493.7989
ingatz007@hotmail.com


Objective:
To join an organization where I can utilize my creative talents, skills and education to work on exciting projects in the film, video or game industry.

Experience:
Animator, November, 2002 - Present
Emerald Beach Resort
·Built a virtual model of resort from engineering blueprints.
·As the sole designer, I had control over all aspects of this project.
·Model used for virtual tours and promotional material.

Animator, August 1, 2002 - October 31, 2002
MG Studios Longwood, FL
·Created, set-up and animated two 3D characters for the show Gina D's Kids Club.
·Converted the entire cast into 2D vector drawings.
·Animated the Storytime part of the show.

Lab Assistant, September 2002 - December 2002
Full Sail Real World Education Orlando, FL
·Worked as an assistant lab instructor to students in Special Effects and Animation classes. This took knowledge of Maya's animation tools and particle systems utilizing Soft/ Rigid bodies, Fields, and Shaders.
·I also was responsible for teaching students how to debug a potential problem in their scene.

Graphic Designer, August 29, 2000 - December 2000
RWD Technologies - Latitude 360 Merritt Island, FL
·Created numerous user interfaces for e-Learning courses. This included working with the client to generate a look and feel that was desirable for the objectives of the project.
·Using HTML, assisted in debugging problems on many certification.net websites.
·Organization and Integration of course materials into a working e-Learning certification course.
·Assisted in developing the Tuning into RWD demo by creating the user interfaces for Daimler-Chrysler and created an animated Logo in 3D.
·Assisted in several Nokia proposal efforts and attended client meetings.
·Created and animated a 2d character to be used in Nokia on-line course materials
·Led efforts to expand RWD's 3D capabilities.
·Evaluated various software tools, which resulted in the purchase of LightWave3D.
·Enhanced RWD's courseware development by using the 3D medium.
·Took initiative to prepare a presentation to incorporate 3D technology into e-Learning applications.

Intern - Graphic Designer, December, 1999 - August 28, 2000
Miramac Interactive Media Merritt Island, FL
·Assisted in creating web graphics for various on-line certification training courses

Acting Experience 1990-96
Member, Junior Theatre Players of Brevard. Participated plays including Romeo and Juliet, The Secret Garden, Wind and the Willows and Alyce. Principal, CVTV television commercial. Extra, Pepsi, Sea World, Crayola and other commercials.

Clients:
NASA, Nokia, Diamler-Chrysler, Hewlet Packard, Princeton Energy, 3Com, AutoDesk, Cisco Systems

Software:
Maya, Lightwave 3D, Photoshop, Shake, After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere, Image Ready, Acrobat, PageMaker, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, ToonBoom, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Windows, MacOS and basic UNIX.

Education:
Full Sail Real World Education - Associate of Science Degree in Computer Animation, Winter Park, FL
Brevard Community College - Associate of Arts Degree in General Studies, Melbourne, FL
Washburn University - Attended Lightwave training courses that included:
Intermediate Organic Modeling and Animation, Advanced Organic Modeling and Animation, Lighting and Camera Techniques, Surfacing Techniques and Lightwave 6.0 New Features.

Honors/Awards/Organizations:
Honors Graduate with 3.5 GPA from Brevard Community College, Member of Phi Theta Kappa, attended SIGRAPH 2000, attended HOW Design Conference 2000 and numerous Photoshop World conferences.

Hobbies:
Reading, Computer Games (StarCraft, Quake, Diablo, Baldurs Gate) Skateboarding, Aikido - 3rd Kyu in the Art of Aikido, Movie Watching.

References:
Available upon request.