Show Technologies, Inc. --- To SEE Letter of Recommendation, Click Arrow >>>>
Sun Valley, Ca. 91352
Oversee Technical design, construction & installation of Theme Park & Museum attractions world-wide. Interactive, animated, electronic, and/or mechanical show-action equipment. Develop design concepts and prototypes with Senior Engineer. Check shop drawings before release. Purchase materials, tools and equipment for shop.
Hands on construction and training crews in the use of shop tools and construction methods using Fiber Optics, Fluid Systems, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, - Water FX, - Machining, Welding, Milling, - Woodworking, Finish Carpentry, Cabinetry, Laminates, - Fiberglass, Vacu-form, and Silicone Molds, Composite structures, Sculpting, - Electronic and Electrical Assembly, Computer interface programming. Coordinate crating and trucks for long distance shipping. Staff and manage installation crews. Communicate with clients. Report directly to General Manager regarding job performance, capital projects, and administrative issues.
Universal Studios Planning & Development - Wakayama, Japan "LASER TECH". I built seven (7) interactive Special FX for a Laser tag attraction. Laser beam gated doorway, Strobe & smoke FX, Lightning-bolt FX, Flaming fire wall projection, Blacklight FX, and a couple of Intellabeam projector FX.
Sentosa Heritage Museum - Sentosa Island, Singapore "Festivals of Singapore." A walk through, interactive museum attraction. I built Flickering bed of coals, Faux Fire FX, Burning Joss Sticks, Animated Cloud projectors, Faux (fiber optic) firecrackers, Animated model of Singapore, Interactive touchscreen FX, and 3-D Fiber optic Fireworks display.
Lotte World Company - Pusan, Korea - Sky Park Plaza - "Vampire Dark Ride." Managed the construction of Various rising, morphing, and lumia ghost projections, Water vapor fog FX, Faux Flaming Caldrons, Pepper's Ghost of Vampire, 120 flaming silk torches, and a show action set piece called Spinning Blades of Death.
Tianjin Science Center - Tianjin, China. Manage design and fabrication of animated bed of Nails, Robotic Arm, Animated Bike Man, Bionic Mechanical Hand, and other FX.
Taiwan National Museum of Science & Technology - Kaoshiung, Taiwan.
Manage shop designing and fabrication of Interactive science exhibits including Recombinant DNA, Talking Cell, Genetic Probability Game, Making DNA, Human & Plant Magnification.
Universal Studios Florida - Orlando, Florida - "Barney - A Day In The Park."
Managed construction of Parting Rain Curtain, Scent Cannons, Musical Rainbow, Animated Stage lift, Rain FX, Leaf drop FX, Fiber Optic Star fields, Confetti Cannons, Fiber Optic Trees, Fog FX.
Universal Studios Florida - Orlando, Florida - "Islands of Adventure".
Managed and built "Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls" Ramshackle Dynamite Shack, dock, water cannons, fiber optic FX and false pyrotechnics. "The Adventures of Spider-man" built the Levitating Crate, Levitating Statue of Liberty, Falling Bridge, Swinging Ladder, and Animated Garbage Truck with integrated audio-visual cartoon characters. Designed and built the first test mock-up for the falling buildings.
FX Fabricator / Scenic Carpenter - 1990 - 1991
Sunrise Sets and Effects
Burbank, Ca. 91504
Construction & installation of special FX for TV, Film, Theme Parks. Proficient using table saws, routers, sanders, radial arm saws, drill presses, cold saws, MIG welding, metal fabrication such as cutting, milling, bending. Worked with materials like wood, steel, plastic & fiberglass. Disney Store displays, TV commercials.
