Todd Peterson

Current

Cad Engineer at Cohen Architectural Woodworking

Past

Owner at Pixel Mystics
Head of Studio at 3Plains
Lecturer at Seattle Central Community College

Director Software Division at Digimation
Owner at MTP Grafx

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Education

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Industry

Animation

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Todd Peterson’s Summary

3d Visualization specialist with extensive experience in 2d and 3d graphics, artist and production management, training, IT/Infrastructure, and e-learning. Interested in most anything related to 3d graphics and multimedia.

Todd Peterson’s Specialties:

Artist management, production management, IT/Infrastructure management, photo-realistic rendering, 3d modeling, lighting, special fx, particle systems, texturing, training, multimedia production.

Todd Peterson’s Experience

Cad Engineer

Cohen Architectural Woodworking

(Architecture & Planning industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)

Cad engineer responsible for creating construction and shop drawings for custom architectural woodworking and cabinet pieces. This work includes working and creating drawings for a variety of CNC equipment.
Owner

Pixel Mystics

(Animation industry)

June 2007 — October 2009 (2 years 5 months)

PixelMystics is an architectural and product visualization company specializing in 3d graphics, multimedia, animation, training, and consulting.
Head of Studio

3Plains

(E-Learning industry)

May 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 2 months)

3Plains specialized in interactive 3d graphics for online e-learning in a variety of industries. I was brought in to build, run, and manage the Seattle studio. My responsibilities included production and artist management, training, client interaction, IT/Infrastructure management, defining and managing production standards, hiring of artists, quarterly reviews, internal training, and asset management.
Lecturer

Seattle Central Community College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

January 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 5 months)

Taught basic, intermediate, and advanced classes in 3ds max, with a focus on photorealism and visualization. This was a part time position running for 6 hours every Saturday at the downtown campus.
Director Software Division

Digimation

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

December 2000 — May 2005 (4 years 6 months)

I started out at Digimation as a product manager for their 3d plug-in products. I ended up as the Director of the Software division where i managed over 30 developers around the world, worked with approximately 50 different products, trained tech support and sales personnel, presented the products at various trade shows, wrote manuals, helped support the IT/Infrastructure of the company, wrote and built installers for the products, and helped write and develop the sales and marketing materials for the products.
Owner

MTP Grafx

(Animation industry)

May 1994 — June 2001 (7 years 2 months)

This was my first company, specializing in architectural visualization. During this time I also wrote many books on 3d, AutoCAD, and combustion, as well as consulted with many companies and lectured and trade shows and colleges around the country.

Todd Peterson’s Education

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Bachelor , Architecture , 1987 — 1992

Took additional coursework in Structural Engineering and Computer Science after graduation.

Activities and Societies:

Photographer for School Journal Junior Year, Spent Summer of 1991 in Poland on an Architecture Exchange program, took extra classes in structures and computers. Achieved CDT certification Junior Year.