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TWO PAGE SUMMARY VENTURE CAPITAL PITCH 2020 BRENT J. ZORICH MA BSID ENTREPRENEUR AND PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL ARTIST PORTFOLIO SUMMARY WWW.BRENTZORICH.COM RESUME ACADEMICS • DESIGN DEPT RANKED TOP 10 NATIONALLY • UNDERGRAD DESIGN STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT • ACCAD GRAD DEPT FOUNDED CGI IN 1960’S • UNDERGRAD DESIGN THESIS: NIKE RETAIL DESIGN • BEST PRACTICES REVIEW COMMITTEE • • COFOUNDER • • MASTERS THESIS: AUTORIGGING DINOSAURS IN PYTHON OUTREACH PROGRAM • EXECUTIVE TRAINEE • • SIGGRAPH & GDC BOOTHS • ADODE PRERELEASE ARCHITECTURE TEAM FOR FIRMS RANKED #1 AND #2 LEAD RIGGING BASKETBALL RIGGING RIGGING RIGGING PHOTOSHOP ON CENTRAL FOOTBALL PROTOTYPING PROTOTYPING THE IPAD PRO 2 GLOBALLY SMART SKINNER RIGGING PIPELINE SOFTWARE: 6. GENERATE ILM LEVEL KEYFRAME CONTROL RIG OPTIMIZE CHARACTER FOR 1. START WITH YOUR MODEL CONTROL RIG INSTANTLY 7. WITH GUI BUTTONS 8. IN GAME USE WITH GUI • WROTE ENTIRE TECHNOLOGY BY MYSELF IN MEL AND PYTHON • CUSTOMIZABLE UPON REQUEST: FEATURED AT SIGGRAPH AND GDC GENERATE AND ALIGN 2. SKELETON WITH GUI ATTACH MODEL TO • ADVISED BY ILM COFOUNDER AFFILIATE TO NOT SELL BELOW $20 MILLION SKELETON AND PICK REFERENCE IN ZBRUSH, NEXT - • 3 ACQUISITION REVIEWS WITH 3 SEPARATE FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES THE NUMBER OF SKIN 3. INFLUENCES WITH GUI GEN, OR MOBILE PROXY WITH CORRECT SKIN WEIGHTS THAT • RAISED INVESTMENT MONEY FROM BANKING ALUM OF HARVARD AND YALE ALIGNS WITH MODEL. TRANSFER WEIGHTS THEN UNREFERENCE. TEST SKIN WEIGHTING WITH • FEATURED ON THE COVER OF A WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE 4. THIS HAPPENS ALL WITHIN GUI. 5. GUI POSER LIBRARY • TECH BURNED TO WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE’S INCLUDED ACCOMPANYING DVD OVER 80 HOURS SAVED • 250 UNIVERSITIES ON 6 CONTINENTS RECEIVED PRODUCT EITHER 6. 9. IN 15 MINUTES GUI GENERATE MOCAP HIK APPLY MOCAP DATA TO OPTIMIZE CHARACTER FOR 6. RIG WITH GUI 7. HIK RIG IN MAYA 8. IN GAME USE WITH GUI MODULAR RIGGING ENGINEERING • 2745 NODES (TIMES 2 MINUTES PER NODE) • 5490 MINUTES (90 HOURS) COMPLETED IN 5 MINUTES AT THE LEVEL OF ILM BZP PRO SMART SKINNER (2139 NODES) + BZP PRO TOE TOOL (2443 NODES) + BZP PRO TAIL TOOL (2562 NODES) + BZP PRO WING TOOL (2745 NODES) = MODULAR RIGGING ENGINEERING CASE STUDY: 90 HOURS OF WORK COMPLETED IN 5 MINUTES BUCKBEAK INVERSE HIK DESIGN FOR DISNEY PROTOTYPING RIGGING PROTOTYPING PREVIOUS MODELING EXPERIENCE ADOBE SKETCHES COLOR - MONTHLIES EDITING - DAILIES COLOR CORRECTION DAILIES SHOT CRITIQUING COMPLETED CHARACTER: 80 HOURS OBI-WAN KENOBI SHOTS OPTIMUS PRIME SHOTS SAVED FOR SONY PICTURES WALT DISNEY ANIMATION WALT DISNEY ANIMATION RIG RIG SETUP SETUP BEING DRIVEN BY MY HIK COLOR CORRECTION SHOT EDITING MONTHLIES CAD BANE SHOTS HARRY POTTER & DUMBLEDORE SHOTS COMPLETED CHARACTER: 80 HOURS SAVED FOR WALT DISNEY LEX LUTHOR WARDROBE KEY PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL DIRECTION RIGGING ULTIMATE EVIL RIG PROTOTYPING BOBA FETT THE COVER OF THE FORCE UNLEASHED JABBA THE HUTT ALL BODYTYPES R AND D (SPIELBERG) FILM GAME CONVERGENCE WORK COMBINING JANGO FETT WITH AHSOKA TANO ON THE XBOX ALL BODYTYPES BOBA FETT DRAGON RIGGING SHOWN TO GEORGE LUCAS ALL BODYTYPES ALL BODYTYPES MADDEN NFL MY TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM MILESTONE (250 UNIVERSITIES ON 6 CONTINENTS RECEIVED PRODUCT) ACHIEVEMENT NOTE: SOPHOMORES IN COLLEGE ARE ABLE TO RIG CHARACTERS FIXED NON ACCURATE AT THE LEVEL OF ILM DUE TO MY TECHNOLOGY. ARM PROPORTIONS: ENDORSEMENT FROM THE SIGGRAPH CHAIR ENTIRE 10K ANIMATION REFERRING TO MY TECH AS LIBRARY RETARGETED “MINDBLOWING” TO MY RIG SETUP NON ACCURATE ACCURATE PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL ART FILM GAME CONVERGENCE • SMART SKINNER SOFTWARE CONTROL RIG TECHNICAL INFLUENCES • 80 HOURS OF LABOR COMPLETED IN 20 SECONDS (14K LINES OF CODE) • MATCH HIGHLIGHTED COMPANY TO CIRCLED BODY PART BI-MONTHLY BEST PRACTICES REVIEW COMMITTEE SELECTED BY FORMER CTO OF PETER JACKSON’S WETA DIGITAL CHARACTERS EXPLORED AT LUCAS ANIMATION ILM BLOCK PARTY 2K SPORTS LUCASFILM JANGO FETT ANIMATION MY TECHNOLOGY FEATURED @ MY BOOTHS @ SIGGRAPH & GDC LUCASARTS EA GAMES EA SPORTS TITLES EXPLORED AS EA GLOBAL RIGGING ATTENDEE THREE WORLDWIDE MAGAZINES BIOGRAPHY FEATURED IN A WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE here are few people in the 3D industry who can claim to have worked on bestselling EA games titles one year and hung out at SkywalkerT Ranch with Lucasfilm the next, but Brent Zorich is a man who can. TECHNOLOGY I’VE WRITTEN INCLUDED ON WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE DISC reated by one of the premiere riggers C in the videogame and film industry, Brent Zorich, BZP Pro’s Smart Skinner promises to rig and skin biped and quadruped characters in less than one hour. TECHNOLOGY I’VE WRITTEN FEATURED ON THE COVER OF WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE Brent J. Zorich Brent is a clever chap, having written his own Smart Skinner for Maya. On p76 he reveals how using the Smart Skinner for auto-rigging can save you hours of time. BONUS PAGES VISUAL RESUME TIMELINE ARCHITECTURE FIRM ARCHITECTURE FIRM ARCHITECTURE FIRM ARCHITECTURE FIRM RANKED #1 RANKED #2 RANKED #1 RANKED #1 WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN THESIS: AUTORIGGING REPUBLIC OF CHINA DINOSAURS IN PYTHON 1997 1998 1998 2011 PRODUCT DESIGN & BRAND & ARCHITECTURE 1998-1999 1999-2001 1999-2001 1999-2001 2003-2005 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MASTERS DEGREE PITCH TO REEBOK CEO INDUSTRIAL DES THESIS ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE RIGGING OUTREACH PROGRAM 20 WEEK TRAINING SESSION RIGGING GLOBAL REDESIGNED RIGGING SYSTEM WITH SUPERVISORS ON PRACTICES MEETINGS ON ELECTRONIC ARTS TOP TITLE, SHREK, MADAGASCAR, BETWEEN CENTRAL FOOTBALL, TO BE SHARK TALE, & FINDING EAC - EA LONDON - EA ORLANDO BIOMECHANICALLY CORRECT 2005 2005 PARTICIPANT RIGGING 2006 2006 2006 2007-2008 2007-2008 2007 2007 RIGGING RIGGING RIGGING BI-MONTHLY ATTENDEE RIGGING MILESTONE RIGGING PROTOTYPING LEAD RIGGING CREATURE R & D 2008 2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008-2009 2008-2009 LEAD RIGGING RIGGING RIGGING PROTOTYPING LEAD RIGGING RIGGING LEAD RIGGING FILM GAME CONVERGENCE WEEKLY ATTENDEE RESEARCHER BEST PRACTICES EXECUTIVE TRAINING REVIEW COMMITTEE (1 OF 10 MEMBERS) SELECTED BY FORMER CTO OF PETER JACKSON’S “BLOCK PARTY 1” WETA DIGITAL RIGGING SOFTWARE 2008-2009 2008 2008-2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2009 2008-2009 BI-MONTHLY ATTENDEE RECIPIENT LEAD RIGGING RIGGING R & D RIGGING R & D COLOR CORRECTION • SPIELBERG PROJECT • SHOT EDITING MONTHLIES DAILIES SHOT CRITIQUING QUALITY ASSURANCE • GENERAL GRIEVOUS • THE FORCE UNLEASHED ACQUISITION RIGGING SOFTWARE PENETRATION • ANAKIN SKYWALKER • • JABBA THE HUTT • • MOTION CAPTURE • FINANCES 3 ACQUISITION ATTEMPTS • AHSOKA TANO • • BOBA FETT • • FBX SCENE OPTIMIZER • 250 UNIVERSITIES ON 6 ADVISED TO NOT SELL LLC BELOW 20 MILLION DOLLARS • JANGO FETT • • ULTIMATE EVIL • (1 OF THE COMPANIES WORTH • POSE SPACE LIBRARY • CONTINENTS RECEIVED RAISED MONEY FROM BANKING (THE COVER CHARACTER) • PIPELINE & WORKFLOW • PRODUCT • KIT FISTO • OVER 120 BILLION) ANGELS ALUM OF HARVARD AND YALE 2011-CURRENT • MODULAR RIGGING • 2011-CURRENT 2008-2009 2008-2009 2017 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2011-CURRENT 2011-CURRENT 2011-CURRENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2011-CURRENT RIGGING EXPLORATION RIGGING MILESTONES RIGGING • LLC BOOTH OWNER • CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHIEF TECH AUTHOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER • MENTORSHIP RECIPIENT • CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Maya Motion Builder MEL Python Photoshop LECTURED AT ZENO (ILM’s software) OVER After Effects 240 HOURS OF ILM LEVEL MY HIK SET APPLIED ON TOP Pixar’s Renderman RIGGING COMPLETED IN OF DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION 40 UNIVERSITIES 70 MINUTES SETUP HTML C++ COVER STORY HIK 2017 2019 2019 2019-CURRENT RIGGING PROTOTYPE RIGGING PROTOTYPING RIGGING PROTOTYPING PRERELEASE TEAM UNIVERSITY OUTREACH 3 WORLDWIDE MAGAZINES SOFTWARE SKILLS WORLDWIDE MAGAZINES BIOGRAPHY Born on December 6th, 1974, after Brent J. Zorich graduated St. Charles Preparatory High School in 1993, he went into the industrial design department, ranked in the top five nationally, at The Ohio State University, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and graduated as the undergraduate design school student body president with a thesis project rebranding Nike retail. In undergrad, Brent worked in store sales and visual merchandising for Tommy Hilfiger. In 1997, as a young entrepreneur, Brent mocked up a prototype industrial design concept of a Reebok Golf Sandal incorporating the brand of Greg “The Shark” Norman, and presented the concept to the office of the CEO of Reebok, Paul Fireman, for production. While a student in the design department, Brent had a summer design internship doing illustration work for a nationally ranked luxury SUV design facility named Custom Coach in Columbus, Ohio. There he worked on transportation design for their client, John McConnell, owner of the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets (note: other clients of Custom Coach included John Madden’s “The Madden Cruiser”; Deion Sanders; President George H. Bush; and Minister Louis Farrakhan- The Leader of the “Nation of Islam”- who Brent met in person while on site). Afterwards, Brent completed an internship doing corporate interior space design at Continental Office Furniture (Herman Miller) in Columbus, Ohio. Once graduated from The Ohio State University, Brent worked at the architectural firm ranked number 2 in the world, NBBJ, as a post graduate architectural intern with the client being the “Republic of China”. He was fortunate enough to be in several “crit” sessions while on The Beijing Hotel for The Republic of China with the Chairman of Global NBBJ, Friedl Bohm. Brent then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to work for Gensler, the architectural firm ranked number 1 in the world as an interior architect, focusing on