Summary of Experience

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Skills

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• AI programming
• Acting: Stage, Film, Voice Over, Dialects, International Phonetic Alphabet, Stage Combat
• Programming languages: C++, PERL, Gertie
• Development environments: Unix, CVS, Purify, Windows 9x
• Software tools: Photoshop, PRAAT, Macsyma
• Computer Animation

Experience

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• Developed 3D interactive cartoons in an intimate team environment with a shared code base of approximately 275K lines of C/C++ and 60K lines of custom AI scripting language (Gertie).
• Programmed in C++, PERL, and Gertie in a Unix environment for distribution to Windows computers over the Web.
• Led development of three characters in interactive cartoons, working at multiple levels of abstraction from simple animation up to high level character goals.
• Developed a system for manipulating speech for the purpose of varying emotional and semantic content.
• Led experiments in speech analysis and manipulation, using the results to improve our characters' expressiveness.
• Developed more intuitive controls for limb manipulation.
• Wrote several sections for a patent application describing integral parts of our character building technology.
• Wrote several chapters for a manual describing our proprietary AI programming language for building interactive characters.
• Performed as a voice actor for three characters.
• Led character development workshops for fellow Character Builders.
• Watered the plants and set the Big Clock.

• 7 professional productions (9/98 - 12/01)
• Deeley, Old Times, Peabody House Theatre Cooperative
• Foreman/Preacher, Dancing at the Revolution, Peabody House Theatre Cooperative
• Kent, Edward II, Pet Brick Productions
• Jack, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pet Brick Productions
• John, Absent Friends, Brandeis University
• Claudio, Much Ado About Nothing, Peabody House Theatre Cooperative
• Pinkham, The Heart of Art, Brandeis University
• 2 film roles.
• 6 graduate school productions.
• 14 college productions.
• 3 community theatre productions.

• Led improvisation class in warm-ups.
• Modeled improvisational structures with instructor.

• Assisted three person team in development and maintenance of an integrated work order and inventory system for the publishing industry using Visual FoxPro, SQL, and Crystal Reports.

• Took over development of a program that simulates hydrogen diffusion in a metal alloy.
• Analyzed correctness of the program by comparison with known scientific data.

• Addressed patron concerns in person and by phone.
• Directed patrons to appropriate resources or other library personnel.
• Took on other tasks as assigned.

• Addressed patron concerns in person and by phone.
• Directed patrons to appropriate resources or other library personnel.
• Took on other tasks as assigned.

Education

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• Graduated Cum Laude with 3.5/4.0 cumulative GPA, 3.7 GPA in Mathematics, 3.6 GPA in Computer Science
• Four Year Departmental Award in Theatre and Communications Studies
• Freshman Physics Award

Activities

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• One of five committee members conceiving and implementing a flexible and sustainable governing structure for the group.
• Organized and ran monthly activity planning meetings for six months.
• Lead various activities and events of social and spiritual nature.

• Insight I: The Awakening Heart (12/00)
• Insight II: Opening the Heart (8/01)
• Insight III: Centering in the Heart (6/02)