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Brett Jones

Pursuing BS and MS from Illinois University, Teaching Assistant at Illinois University (2008), Intern at Electronic Arts (2007), Reasearch Associate at Walt Disney Imagineering.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Full-Time Student
Website: http://www.brettrjones.com
Industries: Computing, Entertainment, Gaming, Media
Skills: Business, C/C++, Computer Engineering, Design, Engineering, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Java, Languages and Platforms, Marketing, Python, Software Engineering, System Administration, Unix, Windows, Windows applications
Location: Urbana, IL
Groups: V. Dale Cozad New Venture Competition
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Getting press, Helping friends, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups
Schools: University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign

FULL BIO

I am currently a masters student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Computer Science, focusing on ubiquitous computing, human computer interaction and computer graphics (and anything else that I find interesting). I am interested in anything that I find truly awesome. I am currently working on spatially augmented reality for performance and new media, although I am always interested in new things.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Walt Disney Imagineering
Position: Research Associate
Time period: July 2009 - August 2009
Description: Created a prototype projection mapping system focusing on real-time tracking.

Employer: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Position: Teaching Assistant
Time period: December 2009

Employer: Walt Disney Imagineering
Position: Creative Technology Group Intern
Time period: December 2008
Description: Developed systems, tools and concepts for immersive ride pre-visualization and concept prototyping. Distributed virtual reality systems integration and programming, Maya tools interface creation and prototyping new interactive experiences.

Employer: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Position: Teaching Assistant
Time period: December 2008

Employer: Electronic Arts
Position: Technical Artist Intern
Time period: December 2007
Description: Developed tools to improve the workflow for the creation of CG assets. Worked closely with artists and engineers to develop solutions for the content pipeline and build process. Focus upon developing Maya Python/MEL scripts and C# tools.

EDUCATION

University: University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign
Time period: 2010
Degree: Computer Science, MSc

University: University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign
Time period: 2008
Degree: Computer Science, BSc

PUBLICATIONS

Articles: Herring, S., B. Jones, and B.P. Bailey. Idea Generation Techniques among Creative Professionals.
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42), 2009.

INFORMATION

Sports: Running, Ultimate Frisbee, Video Games
Hobbies: Tinkering, Art, Photography, Guitar, Film.
Clubs: UIUC Student Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH (http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/siggraph/UH)
2008-09 Research Director: Mentor undergraduates in graphics research projects
2006-07 Chair : Led a community of programmers, artists and designers dedicated to the development of short films, graphics research and video games.
Awards: Siebel Scholar Fellowship (2010), Bronze Tablet – University Highest Honors (2008), Dunn Systems Undergraduate Scholarship (2008), Daniel L. Slotnick Scholarship (2007 & 2008), Ruth and Harold Hayward Scholarship, 2007, Illinois General Assembly Legislative Scholarship (2005)