Presenters

Presenters at Chapter Events since 2009. You may type in a name or part of a name to quickly search the list.

Recruitment Manager; Framestore

Kathleen Ruffalo is the Recruitment Manager for Framestore’s US offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

VFX Supervisor; Crafty Apes

Aldo Ruggiero Bio 2020 With 2 Emmy, 2 VES nominations and with over 15 years of experience in the industry touching all aspects of production and p

Director; Exagen Oy

Greg Ruthenbeck, PhD, BEng (E&E, Hons), SMIEEE, Director, Exagen Oy, Finland.  His work is in Analysis, Simulation, and Education.  Greg’s Pres

Houdini Pro; Freelance

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Data Visualization Developer; JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jackie is a data visualization developer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who specializes in scientific image processing.

President and Creative Director; Sassoon Film Design

A pioneer in the early 1980's LGBT and Indie film movements, Michael began working in the San Francisco Bay area as a video artist producing a seri

A pioneer in the early 1980's LGBT and Indie film movements, Michael began working in the San Francisco Bay area as a video artist producing a seri

; Giant Studios

Casey Schatz graduated from CalArts in 2002 where he studied photography, theater, and computer graphics.

Animation Director; Sony Pictures ImageWorks

David Schaub, an animation director for Sony Pictures Imageworks has worked in the animation and visual effects industry for more than 15 years.

Nathan has worked on numerous films as a concept artist in the motion picture industry.

CV: WINN SCHWARTAU

The “Civilian Architect of Information Warfare”
- Commodore Pat Tyrrell OBE Royal Navy, 1996

CVO; SAC Labs

Winn Schwartau, Chief Visionary Officer for SAC Labs, A division of KnowBe4, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and a Distinguished Fello

CG Supervisor, Special Projects; Sony Pictures Imageworks
Immersive Digital Animator ; Vortex Domes

Brianna Amore, aka DJ Selektra, is a multi-talented digital artist that plays an eclectic range of psychedelic, mind-expanding sounds drawn from ye

Digital Immersive Artist; Amore360

Brianna Amore is a Los Angeles based CG artist that has been producing immersive content for the past ten years.

Chief Linguist; Speechmorphing, Inc.

Dr. Mark Seligman is Chief Linguist at Speech Morphing, Inc., a vendor of text-to-speech and speech translation services.

1979 Frank composed music for the laserdisc Odyssey. The
Music by Frank Serafine.

Filmmaker/ digital artist and co-founder of Realdream; Realdream

Fulvio Sestito aka @forzafulvio has been at the intersection of art, storytelling, and technology since an early age.

Creative Director/ Head of 3D; The Mill

Robert Sethi is Creative Director and Head of 3D and leads the Los Angeles 3D department with precision, pragmatism and the constant ability to see

Ethan directs film, immersive, and interactive projects.

S. Pearl Sharp is a writer, actor and filmmaker. A poet from childhood, Sharp attended John O.