Eric Holden


3D animation & Modeling
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PO Box 4532
Stateline NV 89449
530-314-1903

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To pursue a career within an entertainment company that encourages personal development and creative liberty

COMPUTER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Wavefront Technologies MAYA Four years focusing on modeling, character setup and rigging, animating and rendering

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, PREMIERE, ILLUSTRATOR AND AFTEREFFECTS Over seven years using Adobe products for image and video creation, editing, and enhancement

DPS REALITY AND MAYA FUSION Three years using Reality and Fusion for video compositing and editing

TRINITY AIR COMMAND, PANIMATION, & TITLEWAVE Recently acquired skills and training using Trinity products for On-Air cable graphics

Additional experience using 3D StudioMax, Softimage, FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Word, Access, and Excel


RELEVANT WORK HISTORY:

QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST Midway Home Entertainment (8/02-12/02)
Assisted the development staff in assuring product quality, user interface and overall product entertainment fuctionality and content
Maintained Filemaker Pro database of console game bugs

3D ANIMATOR INTERN Pensyl Animation (2000-2001)
Modeled and animated fish for an underwater installation
Flocking, crowd interaction programming and random MEL scripting large schools of fish

FILM MAKING INSTRUCTOR Rockland Center For the Arts (1998-2000)
Instructed several classes of children ages eight through fourteen through the film making process, from concept and storyboarding to final editing

SHOP MANAGER/ SKI & SNOWBOARD TECH Heino’s Ski and Cycle (1998-7/2004)
Supervised the distribution and maintenance of rental stock of over 800 pairs of skis and 200 snowboards
Assisted customers in selection of ski, snowboard, bicycle and hiking equipment
Certified snowboard and ski binding mechanic
Assumed assistant buyer Responsibilities: assisted store owner in purchasing store stock of all hard goods and accessories; analyzed strong selling high end goods and pricepoint equipment sales
Responsible for expert custom bootfitting: start to finish handmade cusom InstaPrint footbedsl ski and snowboard boot grinding, stretching, and padding; foot anatomy analysis and orthopedist referrals
Maintained positive relationships with all key ales representatives as well as frequent and first time customers assuring repeat visits and customer satisfaction
Designed current store business card, print ads and redeveloped store logo

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

Good aesthetic sense, highly creative and easy to work with, honest and a team worker, I like to be challenged in my skills, and to perfect them I'm willing to put forth extra time & effort, and I'm highly capable of handling pressure.
April 2002 – Placed second in the eight annual WPUNJ Student Film Festival with my animated short Ronaldo Digs It.

EDUCATION:

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, 2002, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey
Concentration in Computer Animation

MASTER BOOTFITTER, 2003, Masterfit University, Lake Harmony, PA
Masters course in expert bootfitting and custom footbed construction

demo tape available on request

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