904.803.6885

Oviedo, FL 32766 don@donpence.com

PROFILE

More than thirty years of experience in the entertainment industry including theatrical lighting, lighting for film, lighting for video, scenic design….computer animation …..digital compositing

Aggregate of fourteen years as an instructor in both the entertainment and software industries having conducted volume training groups as large as three hundred on 3-D animation (LightWave), non-linear editing software (Video Toaster Flyer) …physics….mathematics…and seminars on video lighting

Thoroughly communicates knowledge transfer to a diverse range of people…handles a multitude of details at once, meeting deadlines under pressure…contributes high energy and morale boosting effort…proven to be a(n) effective trainer (highly motivated, ambitious, and goal oriented)…instructor based (well-organized, resourceful, and self-managed)

Impassioned in the three fields of visual art: photography, lighting and graphic design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance November 2002 – Present

· Design, Art Direction, Graphics, Print Layout, 3D Animation

· 3D Animation Training

Producer Exploration Place, Wichita, KS, October, 2000 – November, 2002

· 3D content creation for Evans and Sutherland Image Generator, speaking, training

· Presentations, video production, digital creation in PhotoShop, Multigen and LightWave 3D

Operations/Project Manager, The Design Centre, Wichita, KS May 1999 – Oct 2000

· Implement and administer policy and procedure, business administration, CAS familiar

· NT network administration and information systems, web creation, project designer

· Client account representative, sales, oversee fabrication

Materials Manager, NewTek, San Antonio, TX June 1998 – January 1999

Manage purchasing of company wide materials

Manage the flow of all materials used in engineering, manufacturing, production and final product packaging

Maintenance of online database for orders, parts and inventory, NT administration

Negotiation of supplier, manufacturing and fulfillment house contracts

Training Coordinator, NewTek, San Antonio, TX, July 1997 – June 1998Coordinated authorized training centers, educational sales