Ford Dye

Current

Level Designer at Ubisoft Montreal

Past

Teaching staff at Madison Area Technical College
Designer at Raven Software/Activision
Marine Research Technician at Bigelow Labs for Ocean Sciences

Marine Research Technician at Skidaway Institute of Ocean Science

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Education

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Norfolk Collegiate

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Ford Dye’s Summary

Instructor of Unreal3 technology at a local college.
Level and Gameplay Designer/modeler/and scripter for Wolfenstein.
Level and Gameplay Designer/and scripter for X-Men Origins Wolverine.
Level and Gameplay Designer/modeler/ and scripter for Quake 4.
Level and Gameplay Designer/scripter on one prototype project.
Level and Gameplay Designer/scripter/ and modeler on Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Ford Dye’s Specialties:

Architecture (brush) design.
Extensive knowledge/use of Id's Radiant Editor (All versions).
Extensive Knowledge/use of Epic's UnrealEd v1, 2, and 3.
Knowledge/use of Valve's Hammer Editor v3+
Gameplay design/placement.
Extensive knowledge/use of 3DSMax/Lightwave.
Concepting layouts with SketchUp.
2D work with Photoshop.
Scripting/cinematic work with Doomscript.
Scripting work with Icarus.
Scripting/cinematic work with Kismet.
Training people in UnrealEd3/WolfEdit.

Ford Dye’s Experience

Level Designer

Ubisoft Montreal

(Computer Games industry)

November 2009 — Present (2 months)
Teaching staff

Madison Area Technical College

(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

August 2009 — October 2009 (3 months)

I was a part time teacher at MATC in Madison, WI. I taught students how to navigate, understand, and use the Unreal3 editor. I also taught them the basics of the Unreal3 engine and how it applies to current game design techniques.
Designer

Raven Software/Activision

(Public Company; ATVI; Computer Games industry)

August 2002 — August 2009 (7 years 1 month)

I worked on Jedi Knight:Jedi Academy, Quake4, Wolfenstein, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine as a designer, modeler, and scripter. I train people to use WolfEdit (Id Tech4+) and UnrealEd3 with presentations and internal, group training sessions.
Marine Research Technician

Bigelow Labs for Ocean Sciences

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Fishery industry)

October 1998 — February 2001 (2 years 5 months)

I worked in Lew Incze's lab counting and identifying copepods in samples that we collected from the Northeast Cod and Haddock fishery. This was an attempt to study the populations of the foodsource in order to determine if it was one of the factors in the decline of the fishery. We worked with the Woods Hole research facility on the Globec grant. We also took weekly collections from the Gulf of Maine to monitor the lobster fishery. I was also reponsible for the upkeep of the lab and data entry as well as bringing new preservation chemicals into use, better disposal methods for the chemicals, and better counting tool systems developed by Dr. Paffenhofer.
My main responsibilities were the identification and enumeration of copepod food sources for the Cod and Haddock Fishery, collection and preservation of samples on 1-2 month research cruises, identification and enumeration of lobster larval stages, and weekly small boat trips for collection and preservation of lobster larvae.
Marine Research Technician

Skidaway Institute of Ocean Science

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Fishery industry)

July 1995 — October 1998 (3 years 4 months)

I worked with Dr. Paffenhofer as a research technician in charge of identification and enumeration of Copepods and some Phytoplankton types in samples collected in the seas off of the Southeast coast of the US. This was part of Dr. Paffenhofer's chemo. and mechano. feeding and behavior studies with the Calanus copepods.
My main responsibilities were the identification and enumeration of copepods and some phytoplankton types from samples taken on cruises off of the East coast of the southern US, collection and preservation of samples on 1-2.5 month research cruises, and upkeep of the lab and data entry.

Ford Dye’s Education

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

B.S. , Marine Fisheries , 1992 — 1995

Graduated with a full degree in 3 years.

Activities and Societies:

Nitrox mixed gas diving to help research students set up their projects.
Assistant SCUBA diving instructor for the university.
Norfolk Collegiate

High School , 1983 — 1992

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Ford Dye’s Interests:

Running, Biking, Snowboarding, Kayaking, Hiking, Caving, SCUBA Diving, Sketching, Photography, Flash 9/Actionscript 2.0 website design, gaming, sports, skydiving, and camping.