3D animator/medical illustrator New York

Peter L. Kuempel, M.A.M.S.

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3D Animator and Illustrator with 10 years experience in the fields of Medical Animation/ Illustration and Commercial Animation/

Motion Graphics.

E xperience

3D Medical Animator, Illustrator and Videographer Columbia University Medical Center October 2009 – Present

COACH (Comprehensive Online Archived Care Heuristic) is a medical educational website made up of multimedia surgical atlases

that include video, animation, diagrams, and image archives developed to provide information and pre-training for the surgical

residents at Columbia University

• Create a wide variety of 3D medical animations, simulations, illustrations, and instructional surgical videos for COACH.

• Work with surgeons and medical experts to develop and write scripts, record and edit narration, design and sync moving

storyboards, direct and produce full length high quality 3D animations intended for resident surgical education.

• Manage multiple camera set up, operation, and recording of surgery live in New York Presbyterian’s O.R. environment.

• Create graphics, edit in various formats, and handle post production of videos that are beneficial to surgical instruction.

Computer Animator/ Content Developer Viewpoint Corporation/ Enliven Marketing Technologies April 2007- July 2008

• Created 3D interactive content for a variety of industries including Medical, Automotive, Aerospace, Military, and Entertainment.

• Produced storyboards, illustrations and 3D modeling to construct high-end 3D animations and develop interactive product tours for

the web, television, print, mobile, in-game, and hi-definition free-form three dimensional holograms.

Medical Illustrator/ Animator- 3FX Inc. August 2005- November 2006

• Created high quality 3D animations and illustrations for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, health care and device industries focusing

on detailed disease-state pathophysiology, drug mechanisms of action, as well as medical and surgical device demonstrations.

• Took projects from beginning to completion, which entailed researching the science, meeting with clients and technical experts,

developing character sketches and correlating 3D models, producing storyboards, animating, 3D compositing and editing.

Medical Multimedia Artist- Weinberger Sinus Clinic July 2003- July 2005

• Developed animations and illustrations specifically designed for clinic patient education as well as more complex instruction al

visual presentations intended for Physicians and medical professionals.

• Produced PR projects such as interactive Flash pieces on the web and editorial illustrations for marketing purposes.

Other Clients 1999 - Present

G.G. Media, TMX Communications, 3FX Inc., DynoMed, Subspecialty Centers of America, University of Illinois, Loyola University

P rofessional Skills

S oftware: Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D Studio Max, AfterEffects, Familiarity with: Premiere, Final Cut, Poser

E ducation

University of Illinois at Chicago 2002

Masters of Associated Medical Sciences in Biomedical Visualization

Moorhead State (Minnesota State University) – Moorhead, Minnesota 1999

Bachelor of Art, with emphasis in Drawing, Minor in Biology

Columbia College- Chicago, Illinois 1999

Graphic design prerequisite for biomedical visualization program

A wards

3 8 th A nnual Creativity Awards Silver Award – Outstanding Online Banner Advertising

A .M.I. Salon Award W inner – Animation Category

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