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Benjamin Sibelman
1498 Brookside Ave #187   •   Redlands, CA 92373   •   (818) 421-5859 (c)   •   ben@bensibelman.info
Work Experience
  • ESRI, the world leader in Geographic Information Systems, with over 4,000 employees.
    • Programmer, June 2006 - present
    - Programmed complex tools to automatically generate map features for nautical charts.
    - Designed and implemented a general-purpose vector geometry reshaping tool.
    - Built major engine components for a comprehensive map product management system.
    - Became an expert in COM programming using C++ and C#.
  • Sony Pictures Imageworks, a major special effects and animation house, with over 1,000 employees.
    • Software Department Intern, June - August 2005
    - Designed and programmed a full-featured web-based campus map system.
    - Transformed building blueprints into 2½-D map images to provide content.
    - Took training courses in Maya and animation fundamentals.
  • The Learning Center, a small educational nonprofit focused on children with disabilities.
    • Web design intern, June - August 2004
    - Created an innovative web portal site, Linkbar.org, with shopping links that earned advertising revenue to be distributed to our users' chosen nonprofits.
    - Created custom modules for the PHP-based Xaraya content management system.

    Game-Related Experience
  • College courses
    • - Software Development, Harvey Mudd College: Worked on a three-person team to build three games.
    - Computer Graphics, Harvey Mudd College: Worked with a partner to create a game based on the boids flocking algorithm and a simple physics engine.
    - Linear Algebra, Pomona College
    - Game Development, Oregon Graduate Institute: Took leadership on a Pong-based game project.
  • On my own time
    • - Programmed several simple games in C++ and Visual Basic.

    Education and Academic Achievement
  • Pomona College, graduated May 2006
    • - Computer science major, mathematics and environmental analysis minors.
  • Member, Phi Beta Kappa, selected March 2006
  • Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, selected March 2004

    • Skills and Abilities
  • Programming languages
    • - Desktop programming: C, C++, C#, VB, Perl, Python, SQL, OpenGL
    - Web programming: DHTML, Java, JavaScript, PHP, JSP
  • Office software: Word, WordPerfect, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
  • 2D graphics: Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, Paint Shop Pro
  • 3D, animation and video: After Effects, Motion, Maya 7, trueSpace6, Final Cut Pro 4.5, Vegas
  • MIDI music composition: MusicWrite, Noteworthy Composer

    • Leadership and Volunteer Experience
  • Member, Democracy for America Redlands, September 2006 - present
    - Created and maintained a website, Friends-of-Nancy.com, for a city council campaign.
  • President and founder, Really Ambitious Filmmaking Team, September 2002 – May 2006
    • - Wrote, directed, and created special effects for five short science fiction/fantasy movies.

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