-- DAVID A. SHEPPARD -- das@svisions.com -- http://www.svisions.com -- OBJECTIVE: One-time and continuing consulting projects in design, technical illustration, and corporate graphics. Clear, powerful, and effective communications. Rates: $45 to $65/hour, negotiable. EDUCATION B.S. in Computer Science, M.I.T. 1982, with an minor in Visual Arts & Design. Mastered a variety of computational and information processing structures, languages and methods; built a solid foundation in mathematics and the sciences. Research and thesis at the M.I.T. Visible Language Workshop: "An Animation Language in a Tree-Structured Process Environment". EMPLOYMENT 1983-present: SOUND VISIONS -- Web Design / Technical Illustration / Consulting Projects include: * Website development, design, integration & team management * Technical Illustration and expert Photoshop work * Animation & Interactive: FLASH, Director & Lingo programing * Powerpoint & Director presentations, Corporate image, Marketing graphics * PC & Mac DTP, consulting, training, and systems design * Video production, shoot management, titles, graphics & editing * Audio mixing & editing; demo tapes, albums, album cover & CD graphics 1990-1996 THE MEDIA LABORATORY, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA -- Systems Engineer * Co-designed, Web documented, and supervised installation of $5 million fiber-to-the-desktop network. * Illustrated successful $5 million grant application * Primary contributor, intranet documentation site for NeCSys (NEtwork Computing SYStems group): technical how-to for researchers & staff * Performed large-scale computer systems and research group support 1985-1989 THINKING MACHINES CORPORATION, Cambridge, MA -- Research Engineer * Designed & produced scientific visualization and computer animation projects with researchers and visiting scientists * Co-inventor of the DataVault, a patented fault-tolerant ultra-high-speed disk array. (US Patent #4,899,342) * Wrote low-level driver software for computer animation, used in award-winning animations by Karl Sims. * Created and Presented internal seminar series on CM and Datavault use * Performed final test, QA and field engineering for first three massively parallel supercomputers (model CM-1) 1984-1985 LASERDATA, INC., Cambridge, MA -- Production & Software Engineer * Redesigned company Logo and image graphics. * Engineered, documented, prototyped and supervised fabrication of LaserData's LaserDisc Mux Interface product. * Wrote utility and driver-level code for LaserDisc systems. 1982-1984 APPLICON, INC., Burlington, MA -- Graphics System Software Engineer * Refined and implemented the "Drawing Composer" and "Views" portion of the Bravo! CAD system. * Presented workshops on system use to sales and applications teams. Portfolio examples, partial client list, references: http://www.svisions.com/ Designed & Developed by Sound Visions Consulting: http://www.planarsemi.com -- Semiconductor manufacturer (2002, 100% Sound Visions) http://www.rhranch.com -- Ranch Resort client (2002, 95%) http://www.KineticsCosmetics.com -- Cosmetics eCommerce site (2001, 100% Sound Visions) http://www.newcolabs.com -- Internet Broadcasting Client (2001,90%) http://www.gildedotter.com/ -- Brew Pub client (2002,100%) http://www.kutshers.com/splash.htm -- Resort Client (2001, all except video) http://www.melissaharris.com -- Artist/Greeting Cards (1998,100%) http://www.goddessoracle.com -- (1998,100%) Further descriptions at http://www.svisions.com/sv/f-web-design.html)