Graham Ross

Current

• Instructor at Academy of Art University
• Anesthesia IT Support at UCSF Medical Center

Past

• Academic Tutor at Academy of Art University
• Anesthesia Comptuer Support at UCSF
• Computer Sales Associate at University of California, San Francisco

• Intern at Fluid Animation
• Programmer at Riha Design Group
• Freelance - Prototype Development at The Bradford Group
• Camera Technician - Panavision Chicago at Panavision

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Education

• Academy of Art University
• DePaul University
• University of Iowa

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Recommended

8 people have recommended Graham

Connections

108 connections

Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Blog

Graham Ross’s Summary

The ultimate job for me would be at a company where I can continue to learn and hone my skills as a 3d artist and programmer. I've learned that as long as I'm progressing and developing my skills, I'll always be satisfied with my work.

Graham Ross’s Specialties:

In addition to a love of computer animation, I can also draw and have had experience animating in 2d. Also I spent some time taking programming classes before transferring to the Academy of Art and am experienced working with Maya and 3DSmax.

Graham Ross’s Experience

• Instructor

  Academy of Art University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Anesthesia IT Support

  UCSF Medical Center

  (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Academic Tutor

  Academy of Art University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 2009 — August 2009 (7 months)

• Anesthesia Comptuer Support

  UCSF

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  May 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)

  Assist users in setting up accounts, monitoring their network and general computer maintenance including software installation, network setup and hardware upkeep.

• Computer Sales Associate

  University of California, San Francisco

  (Animation industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

• Intern

  Fluid Animation

  (Animation industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

  Researched and developed real-time renderer using MEL, MayaAPI and OpenGL and assisted in creating and organizing of multiple rendering passes.

• Programmer

  Riha Design Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  July 2004 — January 2005 (7 months)

  Utilized VirTools & UT2004 game engine to provide real-time walkthroughs for clients and assisted in expansion of company into 3D design

• Freelance - Prototype Development

  The Bradford Group

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  February 2004 — February 2004 (1 month)

  Developed fully textured and rendered models of prototypes in a 3d virtual environment

• Camera Technician - Panavision Chicago

  Panavision

  (Public Company; Entertainment industry)

  May 2001 — March 2002 (11 months)

  Worked as a camera technician, servicing and maintaining high end movie cameras and lenses for local film shoots.

Graham Ross’s Education

• Academy of Art University

  MFA , Character Animation , 2005 — 2008

• DePaul University

  M.S. , Computer Graphics and Animation , 2003 — 2005

  Attended school for a year and a half before transferring to the Academy of Art in San Francisco

• University of Iowa

  B.A. , Film Production/English , 1996 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Hawkeye Marching Band, Alpha Phi Omega life member, Miracles in Motion, Film Reviewer for The Daily Iowan

Additional Information

Graham Ross’s Websites:

• My Blog

Graham Ross’s Interests:

Cinema, Literature, Improv Comedy, Theater, Video Games, Jazz Music, Art History, Creative Writing, Photography

Graham Ross’s Groups:

Alpha Phi Omega life member, ASIFA-SF, SIGGRAPH

•    ACM SIGGRAPH
•    University of Iowa Alumni Networking
•    Animation, Media & Entertainment
•    Iowa Hawkeyes
•    Academy of Art San Francisco
•    Academy of Art University network
•    BayAreaVFX
•    ASIFA
•    GameRecruiter
•    Animation and Film Jobs
•    Jobs In Games
•    CG CON: THE COMPUTER GRAPHICS CONFERENCE

Graham Ross’s Honors:

Creator Spotlight on Aniboom -
http://blog.aniboom.com/post/2009/07/23/Creator-Spotlight-Graham-Ross.aspx

Creator Spotlight on Studio Cronos blog -
http://www.cronos4.com/blog/493/inspirations/graham-ross-one-small-step/

Featured on ASIFA-SF blog -
http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/07/20/two-small-steps-for-asifa-sf/

Academy of Art Fall Animation Festival 2007- Award of Recognition

Alpha Phi Omega 1999-2000 - Most community service hours accumulated

Graham Ross’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch