Edward C. Gonzalez II
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Experience
Web Developer
October 2008 - Present
- Turning Stone Resort · Casino
- Verona, NY
- Assist in the design, creation, and implementation of Web applications.
- Also helps design, develop, and maintain the company’s websites and applications using cutting edge web technologies.
Freelance Artist
July 2005 - Present
- Self-Employed
- Pitcher, NY
- Companies include MSA, Precise Litigation Technologies, and On Target Systems.
- Modeling and detail reduction on laser scanned data.
- Flash animation and design work.
- 3D rendering of company products for online marketing.
- Designed and did the front end development of websites for various companies.
Web Designer
March 2008 - October 2008
- Turning Stone Resort · Casino
- Verona, NY
- In charge of cross browser CSS functionality of company websites.
- E-mail campaign designs and development for events.
- Designed and did the front end development of sites for different departments and services.
- Collaborated with third party companies (such as the PGA, local radio stations, and public relations agencies)
Game Artist/Lead Modeler
March 2006 - November 2007
- Sim Ops Studios
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Modeling, texturing, rigging, and animating.
- Design user interfaces and websites for simulations.
- Coordinate Projects involving multiple companies.
Internship
July 2005 - March 2006
- Cinemanix Productions
- Cranberry, PA
- Modeling, texturing, rigging, and animating using XSI.
Lead Modeler
October 2004 - December 2004
- Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center & The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
- Night of the Living Dead: Survival
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Directed a team of modelers to fulfill obligations on time and under budget.
- Critiqued and modified models as needed.
Education
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
October 2003 - June 2006
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Bachelors Degree.
- Major: Media Arts and Animation.
- Cumulative GPA: 3.40.
S.U.N.Y. Alfred
August 2001 - May 2003
- Alfred, NY
- Associates Degree - Major: Computer Art and Design.
- Graduated with honors.
- Cumulative GPA: 3.75.
Skills
Software
- Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Autodesk Maya, Motion Builder, Apple Shake, Discreet 3d Studio Max, Nevercenter Silo, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Skymatter Mudbox, Softimage XSI.
Web
- CSS, JavaScript, MYSQL, PHP, SEO, XHTML, XML.
Game Titles
CODE3D Multi-player
Ship Date: Early 2008
- Genre: Serious Games
- Description: This allows for the same functionality as the Instructor Edition. Except now you can have an entire class room of students running through the same scenario, that the instructor can change anything real time and track the decision making skills made by the students.
CODE3D Instructor Edition V1.0
Ship Date: May 2007
- Genre: Serious Games
- Description: You can create your own interactive 3D worlds. Instructors in firefighting, Haz Mat, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Response can construct highly realistic situations and environments, where students can safely prepare for real-world risks and decision making.
Thermal Enforcer
Ship Date: March 2007
- Genre: Serious Games / Edutainment
- Description: A drive by shooting has taken place and the suspects have been followed to a wooded area by a school. You, as a member of the SWAT team, must find the unknown number of suspects as well as gather evidence before the school opens. You must rely heavily on your MSA TIC to track the heat signatures of the suspects to gain tactical advantage, so you see them before they see you.
Sim Ops Academy
Ship Date: November 2006
- Genre: Serious Games
- Description: Geared towards firefighters and hazmat teams, SOA teaches container identification and the types of chemicals/product that would be in those containers. The threats posed from those containers if they were damaged and proper procedure to contain the hazard is also covered.
FireSlayer Challenge: Thermal Response
Ship Date: April 2006
- Genre: Serious Games / Edutainment
- Description: You play as Captain Johns and use your MSA TIC (Thermal Imaging Camera), in the low visibility environments, to find the people trapped in a burning apartment before it's too late. You also learn how to use the newest TIC model made by MSA.
Night of the Living Dead: Survival
Ship Date: TBA
- Genre: Strategy / Horror
- Description: Based of the classic movie by George A. Romero. You play as Ben, a strong willed individual, who tries to coordinate your resources to provide the best defense against the zombie onslaught.
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Updates
New Look
2009.02.09
I have finally updated the look to the site but more importantly I have finally a "back end". BrokenLegGuy.com is more of a homogenized web site now. I'm using php to pull in common elements into all of the versions listed in the global navigation in the top of all the pages.
I am allowing the old versions of BrokenLegGuy.com to be seen by the light of day again because I want you to be able to see where I've come from and compare it to where I am now and give you an idea where I'll be in the future. I fully encourage you to view the source of the old and the new. You'll see it's night and day. I plan on getting the portfolio section to update across all the pages at once as well as some other goodies I'm thinking up. Drop me a line and tell me what you think.
Spam-be-gone
2008.11.29
I have avoided an update section because I usually forget to write what I've done or just didn't feel like it. So please be understanding or email me telling me to light the fire under my butt and get to updating.
Well I finally got sick of all the bot messages about...well, forget what they were about. The good news is now I will no longer be receiving those emails. I've added a "people" checker. The phrase you now have to type in, to send me a message, is a combination between and image and html text. I'll be making the phrase change every time the page is reloaded using some combination of image and text. I figure that if those spammers really want to send me something they're gonna to have to do it by hand. That way I'll be wasting the maximum amount of their time. It's sort of a pay back.