
Festival Co-Founder and VP of Community Development- Detroit Windsor International Film Festival
Greater Detroit Area

Festival Co-Founder and VP of Community Development- Detroit Windsor International Film Festival
Greater Detroit Area
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Exec. Manager of the recent Inaugural Detroit Windsor International Film Festival!
Founder of the Creative Energy Alliance and author of "Unconditional Networking"! The CEA is a growing network of talented and creative people believing in collaboration and the power of inspiration.
Co-founded the Center for Creative Technologies, offering creative thinking classes to enhance our mental dexterity and inspire innovation.
Director of Creative Community Development at ASG Renaissance, seeking out new opportunities in the emerging "creative economy".
Founded the SEMAFX Network- a network of enthusiastic talented animators & digital artists! Meeting every month since April 1998, SEMAFX is the Michigan Professional Chapter for ACM SIGGRAPH.
Many experiences: Owner of Mosaic Marketing Services; Creative Director at TeleVideo Studios and Rw Productions; 3D Manager at Armstrong-White; CGI Project Manager for BlueWater Technologies & eVox Productions.
A strong advocate for the Arts & evangelist for Michigan's amazing talent and resources for Entertainment Technology, including film, video, music, animation, web, writing, performance, design and more.
Produced, directed, animated & edited over 550 corporate videos, documentaries & TV shows. I've designed animation & motion graphics for Fox Sports, ESPN, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and others.
Visual Effects Supervisor for "InZer0", a popular SciFi television series; and I have contributed effects work for several other indie films.
Charter Board Member and Chair of the original Professional Chapter of ACM Siggraph.
Acted as spokesperson for Adobe, Autodesk; lectured at High Schools, Film schools and area clubs & taught animation to 5th graders for the ELCFF.
I'm very proud of the dozens of jobs and opportunities I've generated. I've a knack for inspiring people to "Get Moving!"
I'm the proud father of two amazing boys and husband in training to my lovely wife Meaghan!
I've been called a connector, networking guru, tree shaker, advocate, evangelist, cheerleader, motivator and schmoozer! Promoting talent, resources and technology, and galvanizing the power of our combined Creative Energies is my gift, passion and mission, all rolled into one!
The SEMAFX Network, Creative Energy Alliance, ACM, Siggraph, Detroit Renaissance Creative Corridor Initiative, East Lansing Children's Film Festival, Center for Creative Technologies, Michigan Production Alliance, Greener Pastures Society, Superhouse, Imagination Exchange, Trinity Film Coalition...
Certificate of Recognition for SEMAFX from the Detroit Mayor's Office in 2006.
Letter of Commendation from Dean Kamen, founder of the FIRST Robotics Competition, for helping local schools and kids on their animation entries.