KEVIN MICHAEL
GOLDSMITH
3278 NW Esplanade
Seattle, WA 98117
(206) 297-2650
kevin @ unitcircle.com
http://www.etext.org/Zines/UnitCircle/kevin/
OBJECTIVES
To push the boundaries of interactive multimedia and computer graphics
EXPERIENCE
Senior Developer July 2000 - present
BootlegTV Seattle, WA
Designing and architecting a streaming media platform.
Software Design Engineer Sept 1994 - July 2000
Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA
Worked on the Encoder UI team in the Digital Media Division
on Windows Media version 7.0 from August 1999 - July 2000.
Previously, I Worked in the Virtual Worlds Group of Microsoft Research
from September 1994 until August 1999. The goal of the project was to define
the future of multiuser on-line virtual environments. First version of project
called V-Chat. Created prototypes of V-Chat, designed significant parts
of the software architecture, wrote production code for audio support.
Development lead for V-Chat authoring system shipped to all content
developers. Following V-Chat, I led a Development group of four to create
a next generation authoring tool for virtual environments. That work was
shipped in the Microsoft Virtual Worlds Platform v1.0, v1.1, v1.5 and v2.0
releases. The shipped tools were based on a hybrid DHTML and C++, OLE and
COM User Interface.
Research and Development Staff April 1994 - Sept 1994
(Colossal) Pictures San Francisco, CA
Developed a Renderman interface for the Alive performance
animation system. Developed tools for (C)P animators using
softImage and Ark, and technical consulted on a networked VR game
Owner March 1993 - present
Unit Circle Media San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Manage all business aspects of a record label and on-line and
paper magazine
Member of Technical Staff May 1992 - April 1994
Silicon Graphics Inc. Mountain View, CA
Executed several projects, including: Gallery, a virtual reality Art
Gallery for the Reality Engine Computer, developed with a team of
three other people; Trainer, a multimedia computer-based training
station for the United Airlines maintenance base, developed with
consultation from the United Airlines technology groups; The Out Of
Box Experience, a joint project between Silicon Graphics and Colossal
Pictures. Headed the programming team leading programmers from both
companies. This project shipped as part of every SGI Indy system; 3D
Annotator, developed a prototype of a product that allows users to
attach audio, video clips, images and text to 3D objects. This was
later developed into the IRIS Annotator.
Programmer May 1991 - May 1992
IBM Information Technology Center Pittsburgh, PA.
Worked on an editing system for the TACTUS multimedia toolkit.
Acknowledged in Tactus: toolkit-level support for synchronized
interactive multimedia (Dannenberg, Nuendorffer, Newcomer,
Rubine, Anderson), Multimedia Systems, Springer-Verlag, 1993
Programmer Jan. 1990 - Oct. 1990
Center For Integrated Pittsburgh, PA
Manufacturing Decision Systems
Developed a graphical interface and command-language interpreter
in Common Lisp for the CDART military scheduler project
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer
Science, graduated May 1992. course work focused on Computer
Graphics, Software Engineering, Computer and Electronic Music and
New Media Arts
PUBLISHING CREDITS
Open GL Programming Guide, Addison Wesley, 1993, color plate 24
Inventor Mentor, Addison Wesley, 1994, color plates 27, 30, 37-40
1994 Catalog, Center for Creative Imaging
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Moxy's Pirate Television Show, 1994-5 season, Cartoon Network.
Developed software animation tools used in the production
HONORS
Siggraph 1995, Moxy excerpts in Computer Animation Festival
and Electronic Theatre
COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows95/98/2000, Unix (SGI, SUN and
IBM systems), Macintosh, VMS
Programming Languages: C++, VBScript, JavaScript, Common Lisp, C, xLisp, Pascal
Development Libraries: ATL, MFC, COM, OLE, ActiveX, DHTML, Win32, DirectX, IRIS
Inventor, Motif, SoftImage DKIT, Renderman, Open GL, ATK
REFERENCES
available upon request