Sandro Alberti

Current

• Program Chair- International Resources 2010 at ACM SIGGRAPH
• Luxiliary Member at Lux Art Institute
• International Committee at ACM SIGGRAPH

• Teaching Associate at Universidad de Guadalajara
• Organizer/ Owner at fen-om (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

• Program Chair- International Resources 2009 at ACM SIGGRAPH
• Lead Designer at Youreeeka!
• Designer/ Developer at Time Zone Multimedia

• Instructor/ Steering Committee Member at Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito
• Instructor at Art Institute
• Web Designer/ Consultant at Inspired Arts
• Production Supervisor at Comptons New Media

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Education

• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, Berkeley

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Industry

Design

Sandro Alberti’s Summary

Extensive academic and design-industry experience (14+ years). Continually involved in academic contexts (in conjunction to professional/industry pursuits), as instructor, academic consultant, invited juror. Very interested in the building of knowledge both inside and out of ‘classroom walls’, inciting students to ‘push the envelope’, attend various events/ lectures, and develop continued, lifelong learning. Leveraging the Web to share design theory, calendar events, essays, thoughts, projects, portfolios online. Experience spans crossborder conditions, between Mexico and USA; engaging multicultural creativity. Experience supervising/ managing staffs, since 1992. Highly-focused on Information Technology (Web design + interactive media). Engaged in coding and production of information technology, as well as research, time management, and client-team interaction. Committed to community promotion of the Arts and Information Technology

Sandro Alberti’s Specialties:

Digital media (design + code development; XHTML, CSS, AJaX, interactive Flash, PHP, Web video, analytics, mobile applications), CMS (Drupal, Wordpress, Expression Engine), architecture, fashion design, graphic design; Certified Paypal Developer (see: www.paypal.com/Certification/dc_directory.html#California)

Sandro Alberti’s Experience

• Program Chair- International Resources 2010

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  (Non-Profit; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Supervising 12 person subcommittee. In charge of annual services provided by ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources, including:
  -- English Review Service and translation services for annual conference presenters, regional ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters, and others.
  -- Communication amongst ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters in different world regions.
  -- Production of multilingual podcasts and guided tours for the annual conference gallery experiences.
  
  In charge of the International Center at the annual SIGGRAPH conference, including a lounge area for foreign attendees to call 'home', and a large, well-equipped presentation area scheduling international events including the Japan and Latin America SIGs, the ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters, the Inter-Society for Electronic Arts, and the annual student SpaceTime digital media competition.

• Luxiliary Member

  Lux Art Institute

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Volunteer position at educational/museum institution, assisting with digital design + databases, as well as anything that needs being done (from mailing out invitations/announcements, to helping set-up and greeting guests at special events). "Loving it at the Lux"; "Dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux"

• International Committee

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  (Non-Profit; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  In charge of conference promotion/ publicity in Mexico. Development of Web site for Mexican market, which offers refined and experimental content, + available in Spanish. Also, coordination/supervision of multilingual tours in the SIGGRAPH technology gallery. And a member of the English Review committee for SIGGRAPH-Asia, to be held in Singapore in 2008 and Japan in 2009.

• Teaching Associate

  Universidad de Guadalajara

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)

  Consulting in architectural-design courses at the University Center for Art, Architecture, and Design. Beginning in 2001, this has included collaborations in an urban evaluation/ virtual-reality development: ‘ZMG-axis’

• Organizer/ Owner

  fen-om (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Design industry)

  January 1996 — Present (13 years 11 months)

  Non-profit diffusion of design-related information. Social rebranding for the city of Guadalajara- Mexico. Development of experimental technology applications, emphasizing ubiquitous computing and geo-localization.

• Program Chair- International Resources 2009

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  (Non-Profit; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  September 2008 — August 2009 (1 year )

  In charge of activities at the International Center, SIGGRAPH-2009 Conference (to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana). Including document-translation services, conference introductory overviews, SIG meetings/receptions with international culture focus, + guided tours of both the conference art-design galleries and the city at large. Also active as liaison between International Resources and the various SIGGRAPH Chapters worldwide.

• Lead Designer

  Youreeeka!

  (Online Media industry)

  May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)

  Front-end design/development for content distribution online. Development of Web pages and embeddable content based on Flash, AJaX, PHP, XML, XHTML+.

• Designer/ Developer

  Time Zone Multimedia

  (Media Production industry)

  November 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  Development/design of corporate and personal Web identities. Involvement with project across all phases, including client meetings, design drafts, diagram development, site production (XHTML, CSS, AJaX, interactive Flash, PHP, Web video, analytics, mobile applications). Clients: IGS, European Stone Company, The Tutoring Network, Saundra Pelletier, Cardio Coach, ISCTR, KeepComingBack.

• Instructor/ Steering Committee Member

  Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Helped establish Learning Center component ('La Academia'; Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito). Taught development of microprocessors and robotics to children (Parallax Basic Stamp + Arduino). These were combined with art-multimedia projects and urban research highlighting local history of the Eden Gardens community (site of the project and home of several of the underserved children that were the focus of the program).

• Instructor

  Art Institute

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 6 months)

  Instructor in Graphic Design, Multimedia, and Interior Design programs. Development of various upper-division courses, including Portfolio, Independent Project, and Exhibition Design.

• Web Designer/ Consultant

  Inspired Arts

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

  February 1998 — June 2000 (2 years 5 months)

  Project coordination. Organizational patterns, design, technology evaluation, presentations. Clients included Chicken of the Sea, Aeromexico, CORE-NIC, Easton Sports, San Diego Tech Times, vacationhawaii.com, remax-resortptoperties.com, Intelliscape Films.

• Production Supervisor

  Comptons New Media

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 1992 — June 1994 (2 years 6 months)

  In charge of supervising a 10-person team. Production of images and other content for CD-ROM products. Design of original art for opening screens in various products. Evaluation of system efficiency. The product line was focused on the publication of educational software on CD-ROM.

Sandro Alberti’s Education

• University of California, Los Angeles

  Masters , Architecture, Digital Media , 1994 — 1997

• University of California, Berkeley

  B.A. , Architecture, Italian Literature , 1990 — 1994

Additional Information

Sandro Alberti’s Interests:

Urbanism, architecture, design theory, community service (currently the Lux Art Institute + SIGGRAPH), contemporary art, tech gadgets

Sandro Alberti’s Groups:

American Institute of Graphic Arts, Association for Computing Machinery, CSS Web 2.0 Designers/SEO Group of San Diego, Friends of San Diego Architecture, Institute for Figuring, Khandakapala Buddhist Center, LA County Museum of Art, LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, Lux Art Institute, Machine Project, Mexican College of Architects- Guadalajara, Museum of Contemporary Art- San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art- Los Angeles, North County Web Design Meetup, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego Game Development Group, San Diego Web Designers, San Diego Web Technologies Group, San Dieguito Art Guild, SIGGRAPH, UCLA Alumni Association, UCSD Alumni Association

•    UCLA Alumni
•    The Official Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Group
•    UCSD Alumni
•    ACM SIGGRAPH
•    iPhone Group
•    Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley
•    iPhone Developers - www.iPhoneintouch.com
•    UCLA Arts & Architecture (Not Official)
•    Guadalajara
•    SIGGRAPH Latino CG
•    Paypal Developers
•    Laval Virtual

Sandro Alberti’s Honors:

Grand Prize winner- Wallcovering Source/ Interior Design magazine
Honorable Mention- Arquine Contest
Second Place- III Independent Art Fair (‘FAIM’)
Godfather- University of Veracruz
Honorable Mention- Union Square, SF

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