Joaquin G. Casares

1500 Crossing Place Apt 422A 830.352.8206
Austin, Texas 78741

Objective

To continue on a personal endeavor into the uncharted, yet budding, New Media field where there is still much to explore.

Education

The University of Texas at Austin

August 2005 - December 2010 Austin, Texas

Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science
Bachelor of Science, Radio-Television-Film
Bridging Disciplines Program, Digital Arts & Media

182 credit-hours towards a double major and interdisciplinary program. Made the Dean's Honor List in Spring 2009 and Fall 2007.

The University of Texas at Austin

June 2009 - August 2009 Austin, Texas

The Advanced Digital Media Institute

Completed an in-house educational program under The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assesement.

Qualifications

Systems

Windows: 7, Vista, XP, NT.*
Mac: OSX.
Linux: Ubuntu, Unix.*

Languages

C/C++*
CSS*
XHTML*
Java*
JavaScript

Max/MSP
MS VIsual Basic/.NET
PHP
Python*
wxPython*

Tools

Subversion*
CppUnit/JUnit*
Eclipse IDE
phpMyAdmin

Programs

Video Editing

Avid Xpress Pro HD
Final Cut Pro*
Sony Vegas*

Audio Editing

Adobe Soundbooth
Digidesign ProTools
Image-Line FL Studio
Sony Sound Forge*

Three-Dimensional

Blender*
Maxon Cinema 4D
Unity

Graphic Design

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe After Effects*
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop*

Office Productivity

Microsoft Office Specialist
with Master Certification*

* denotes proficiency. A deep familiarity otherwise.

Work History

~FAST Tex

June 2009 - Present Austin, Texas

Student Programmer/Designer Coco Kishi - 512.475.6050

Completed a PHP/JavaScript website project and collaborated on another four team-projects (Web, 3D, and Video).

Digital Media Services

August 2008 - May 2009 Austin, Texas

Student Technician/Instructor Lucas Horton - 512.475.6370

Solved technical issues and trained classes of students, staff, and faculty in using multimedia software in a classroom/lab environment.

Self-Employed Contractor

June 2008 - May 2009 Eagle Pass, Texas

Collision Reconstruction Animator Joaquin Casares - 830.352.8206

Created scaled three-dimensional animations for mediation settlements.

Bridging Disciplines Program Research Project

January 2008 - May 2008 Austin, Texas

Programmer/Researcher Dr. Bruce Pennycook - 512.471.0916

Developed ways to combine different interactive controllers into a single system (Mac and Xbox) using Max/MSP and Xcode.

Knickerbocker, Heredia, Jasso & Stewart , P.C.

June 2007 - August 2007 Eagle Pass, Texas

Collision Reconstruction Animator Claudio Heredia - 830.773.9228

Created scaled three-dimensional animations for mediation settlements using court documents.

University Psychology Department

January 2007 - March 2007 Austin, Texas

Auditory Research Candidate Dr. Dennis McFadden - 512.471.4324

Participated in mapping out otoacoustic emissions and recognization of frequencies through noise masks.

Telenetwork

September 2006 – December 2006 Austin, Texas

Technical Support Adrian Rodriguez - 512.707.3100

Technical support help desk of DSL/Dial-up connectivity for the CenturyTel ISP.

Arts Council of Eagle Pass

June 2002 – June 2003 Eagle Pass, Texas

Lights and Sound Supervisor Adolfo Flores - 830.776.1258

Worked on a small contract basis to run the lights and sound boards for the Arts Council of Eagle Pass's Youth Summer Workshops.

Activities

filename.exe Productions

August 2009 - Present Austin, Texas

Designer/Creator Joaquin Casares - 830.352.8206

Designed a pair of LED motion activated gloves which were featured on boingboing.net. Have since taken other projects to design and implement including: Multi-Laser Module Performance Skirt, LED Performance Hula Hoops, Projection Mapping Software and Implementation Package, and have begun to experiment with non-traditional three-dimensional graphics.

The Basement Cinema

May 2007 - August 2007 Eagle Pass, Texas

Owner/Founder Joaquin Casares - 830.352.8206

Identified an alternative venue in cooperation with an external buisness to bring a cinema to life during for the summer months.