Josh Eikenberry

Current

• Substitute Teacher at Monroe Public Schools
• Virtual worlds consultant and designer at Digeridoo Designs

Past

• Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Clever Zebra
• Independent Contractor at Millions of Us
• Contractor at Involve

• Contractor at Beta Technologies
• Contractor at Pleiades Consulting
• Intern at Milan, Michigan Downtown Development Authority

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Education

• Eastern Michigan University
• Monroe County Community College

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Industry

Architecture & Planning

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Josh Eikenberry’s Summary

I am a graphics designer focusing on the virtual world Second Life. I have five years of experience in the emerging field of virtual worlds as a result, and offer a keen insight into the inner workings of such "new" places. I have worked for many companies in this emerging field, including Millions of Us, Beta Technologies, Pleaides Consulting, and others. I have done work for their clients, which have included such household names as Xerox, Intel, Microsoft, Warner Brothers Records, and others.

I also hold an Urban Planning Bachelors Degree from Eastern Michigan, University, with a concentration in Geographical Information systems. Recent graduate.

Josh Eikenberry’s Specialties:

Extensive 3d design experience in Second Life
Virtual architecture
First-hand knowledge of virtual worlds and what makes them tick
Texturing
Machinima (learning)

Josh Eikenberry’s Experience

• Substitute Teacher

  Monroe Public Schools

  (Education Management industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  Paying the bills while I look for proper work. Handling teacher absence requests by watching their classrooms.

• Virtual worlds consultant and designer

  Digeridoo Designs

  (Design industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  Designing in Second Life with over 5 years of experience. Advanced architecture, texturing, shadowing, concept work.

• Founder and Chief Creative Officer

  Clever Zebra

  (Internet industry)

  January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

  Clever Zebra is a different way of doing business in virtual worlds. We give the product away for free (in this case, commercial-grade content in Second Life) under the GPL, and charge for services to manage those products to interested companies.
  
  I was the guy that designed creative stuff. I designed, managed, and released Zebra Corporate, a complete open-sourced virtual worlds business solution suite, including advanced geometry, scripting, high-resolution textures, and more all released under the GPLv3 license.

• Independent Contractor

  Millions of Us

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  Doing design work for MoU's clients, which have included Cnet.com, Wired.com, Warner Brothers, and Toyota.

• Contractor

  Involve

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Contractor for Second Life design work for The Weather Channel, Dell Island and various internal projects.

• Contractor

  Beta Technologies

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

  January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Second Life design work for Beta Technologies clients such as Grundfos, Xerox, and others.

• Contractor

  Pleiades Consulting

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2007 — January 2007 (1 month)

  Contracted design work for Second Life projects, including Virtual Montmartre and Virtual Harlem.

• Intern

  Milan, Michigan Downtown Development Authority

  (Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Government Administration industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  Promoting downtown Milan's various businesses, events, festivals, and so forth to the region.

Josh Eikenberry’s Education

• Eastern Michigan University

  Bachelors of Science , Urban/Regional Planning , 2005 — 2008

  Concentration/minor in Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
  Finished with a 3.21 GPA

  Activities and Societies:

  PLACE (Urban Planning club of EMU)

• Monroe County Community College

  Associates of Applied Sciences , General , 2001 — 2004

Additional Information

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Josh Eikenberry’s Interests:

Architecture, 3d design, urban planning, virtual worlds, second life, beer

Josh Eikenberry’s Groups:

Millons of Us, Eastern Michigan University, Involve, Beta Technologies, Pleiades Consulting, Otherland Group

•    Professional Second Lifers

Josh Eikenberry’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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