Name: Randy Van Nostrand Phone: 256-***-**** Email: adauuo@r.postjobfree.com

Education: BA, Studio Art, University of Alabama, 1977, and many training classes since 1978.

Synopsis:

I am a long term user of AutoCAD and Inventor and have used most of the other top tier Graphics and CAD packages including the Adobe Creative Suite. I have the confidence and proven ability to take on new challenges. I ask that you give me a chance to prove myself a great value to your team.

Recent Work Experience:

I have been successful doing Freelance jobs over recently. For example, I did three illustrations working from descriptions and sketches of Yetis for a book written about a woman's experience in South Alabama, a Patent Drawing for a local Huntsville inventor, and a Logo for a Life Coach who is starting her business and needed some help with branding.

01/2014 - 03/2014, Calhoun Community College, Adjunct 3D Modeling and Animation, Professor

Taught Blender Animation and Modeling to a class of 12 basic and advanced students.

Previous Work Experience:

06/96 - 11/1/2013, Dynetics Inc., Huntsville, Al., Visualization and Animation Specialist

Part of an Interactive Multimedia Instruction team. I supported Flash developers by creating and assets and doing quality control.

Lead technical illustrator for nine years working for the Dynetics Logistics department.

Two years as part of a team of graphic designers working on PowerPoint presentations.

10/81 - 06/96, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Huntsville, AL., Technical Illustrator

Documented engineering via graphics and CAD to support major Spacelab era Space Shuttle missions.

09/85 - 03/2011, Various Huntsville Alabama locations, CAD Instructor

Taught drafting board techniques, AutoCAD, MicroStation, and Inventor. In 1996 I developed the curriculum and taught nine AutoCAD classes to Teledyne Brown Engineering engineers at the Alabama Industrial Development Center. They were facing reentry into the job market and needed CAD skills to better compete, when Spacelab missions ended and the Space Station missions began.

Fall 2003, AutoCAD Users Group International, On-line Instructor

Taught a Technical Illustration class on-line that described the techniques I used in creating technical drawings using the Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, AutoCAD and 3D CAD models from various CAD packages.