Ben Throop

Current

• Founder at Emergent Behavior LLC

Past

• Lead Technical Artist at Vicarious Visions/Activision
• Senior Artist at Sony Computer Entertainment America
• Artist at Inland Productions

• Artist at Global Learning Technologies

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Education

• State University of New York at Oswego

Recommended

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Connections

133 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Ben Throop’s Summary

Ben is a nine year industry veteran of Sony and Activision studios, specializing in technical art, pipeline production, and getting the most out of hardware, engines, and the people that make them.

After finishing Spiderman 3 Wii/PS2 with Vicarious Visions, Ben embarked on a new venture by founding Emergent Behavior LLC, which leverages his experience designing tools for game development to build rich web applications for niche markets.

He now spends his days immersed in web technology while keeping a toe in games through consulting.

Ben Throop’s Specialties:

Modeling/Texturing/Animation
Special Effects
Pipeline development and pre-production
Advanced Maxscript
10 Years 3dsmax experience
Engineer-Speak
I Solve Problems

Ben Throop’s Experience

• Founder

  Emergent Behavior LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Founder.
  Creating RIAs for emerging consumer markets.
  Developing with Flex/AS 3.0, PHP, mySQL

• Lead Technical Artist

  Vicarious Visions/Activision

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ATVI; Computer Games industry)

  June 2004 — May 2007 (3 years)

  - Design and implement content pipelines
  - Solve difficult technical art issues
  - Broad knowledge of console hardware
  - Mentor staff
  
  Titles:
  - Spiderman2 PSP
  - Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam DS
  - Over the Hedge DS
  - Spiderman3 PS2/PSP/Wii

• Senior Artist

  Sony Computer Entertainment America

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Games industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years)

  Lead Character Artist
  Lead FX Artist
  Moonlighting Technical Artist
  
  Titles:
  - Syphon Filter 3
  - Syphon Filter: Omega Strain
  - Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror

• Artist

  Inland Productions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  August 1998 — December 2000 (2 years 5 months)

  - Arctic Thunder (Midway - PS2/Xbox)
  - Ultimate Hunt Challenge (EA - PC)
  - WCW Thunder (THQ - PS1)

• Artist

  Global Learning Technologies

  (Computer Games industry)

  1997 — 1997 (less than a year)

Ben Throop’s Education

• State University of New York at Oswego

  BFA, Art/Computer Science, 1992 — 1997

Additional Information

Ben Throop’s Websites:

• My Website

Ben Throop’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch