Héctor Padilla

Héctor Padilla

Interactive Media Development - RadicalGolem

Zapopan Area, Mexico

Current
  • Contract Developer - Consultant at UShow
  • Interactive Media Consulting at RadicalGolem
  • Board of Directors at IGDA-Mexico
  • Graduate Student at University of Alberta
Past
  • Chair Digital Art Department at ITESM Campus Guadalajara
  • Contract work at Slide.com
  • Game Development TA at University of Alberta - Support from Bioware
  • Contract work at PureSafety.com
  • Multimedia Developer at ITESM
  • Comic Book Arists - Co Founder at KaraOkulta
  • GUI Developer at Innox
Education
  • Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
  • University of Alberta
Connections
140 connections
Industry
Computer Games
Websites

Héctor Padilla’s Summary

I have worked in the multimedia industry since 1996.

Over the years I have done studies on traditional art, figure drawing, hand drawn animation, music, singing and theater. This, among a bachelor's in Computer Engineering and and MSc in Computer Science gives me a good edge in what comes to Digital Art, Interactive Media and Game Design. :-)

I wish linked in had "Multimedia" as industry of expertise... I am right between computer games and software. O.o

Héctor Padilla’s Specialties:

Multimedia: Game Design, Graphic Design, ActionScript, Photoshop and Adobe products in general.

Programming: Strong programming skills with a focus on interpreted languages like Python, ActionScript, Lua, Ruby, etc. Years working with CSS magic. :-)

Personal: Strong people skills and project management experience. Personal PR and Sales management.


Héctor Padilla’s Experience

  • Contract Developer - Consultant

    UShow

    (Computer Games industry)

    2008Present (less than a year)

  • Interactive Media Consulting

    RadicalGolem

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

    October 2007Present (10 months)

    Working on several multimedia related projects with different clients. Some current/past clients are:

    - ArcanaComics
    - Slide.com
    - PureSafety
    - Bouchard Consulting
    - Casacor
    - ITESM
    - UofA
    - ...etc

    Always interested in getting involved in more!. :-D

  • Board of Directors

    IGDA-Mexico

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)

    October 2007Present (10 months)

  • Graduate Student

    University of Alberta

    (Educational Institution; Design industry)

    August 2005Present (3 years)

    Research in Interactive Media and Education.

    Teacher Assistant in interdisciplinary video game development class for the past 2 years.

  • Chair Digital Art Department

    ITESM Campus Guadalajara

    (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

    July 2007January 2008 (7 months)

    Chair of Digital Art Department, tied to the University curriculum of "Bachelor in Animation and Digital Art", and creating joint ventures and projects with both companies and university worldwide to develop the Digital Arts industry in Mexico.

  • Contract work

    Slide.com

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2007April 2007 (4 months)

  • Game Development TA

    University of Alberta - Support from Bioware

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Computer Games industry)

    August 2005April 2007 (1 year 9 months)

    Interdisciplinary class in which students from different departments would get together to make a game. The class was focussed on game design, the students would learn about story telling, conceptual art, audio editing, 3D modeling, etc. The basics of all this fields to give them a feeling of everything behind the making of a good game. To put the game together we used the Aurora Toolset from Bioware

  • Contract work

    PureSafety.com

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)

    June 2006January 2007 (8 months)

  • Multimedia Developer

    ITESM

    (Educational Institution; E-Learning industry)

    August 1999July 2005 (6 years)

  • Comic Book Arists - Co Founder

    KaraOkulta

    (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

    November 2003May 2005 (1 year 7 months)

  • GUI Developer

    Innox

    (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    May 2003June 2004 (1 year 2 months)


Héctor Padilla’s Education

  • Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

    Bachelor, Computer Systems Engineering, 19982003

  • University of Alberta


Additional Information

Héctor Padilla’s Websites:

Héctor Padilla’s Interests:

illustration, digital art, video game design

Héctor Padilla’s Groups:

  •    International Game Developers Association member
  •    GamesProducers member
  •    Game Developers member

Héctor Padilla’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
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