Brian D. Jones Resumè

250 14 th Street NW
Atlanta , Georgia 30332-0130
Work: (404) 894-1074 - Fax: (404) 894-7038
Email: brian.jones@imtc.gatech.edu

Leadership Skills:

Initiated, organized, and managed Media Services unit to better utilize resources
Acted as Technical director in charge of authoring and overseeing production of content for interactive applications
Coordinated artists and interns for creation of interactive content
Helped students develop valuable multimedia skills by teaching them tricks and techniques of the field

Programming Skills:

Collaborated with programmers and hardware developers to produce electronic conference badge system
Authored numerous interactive applications including: kiosks and CD-ROMS in Macromedia Director
Produced educational web sites using Javascript, Flash, Shockwave, and Dreamweaver
Developed a Visual C++ application to produce i mages from video sequences
Modified ActiveX control in Visual C++ for use in a specialized simulator
Created testbed for ActiveX control in Visual Basic
Aided in Visual Basic programming of a patented vital signs monitoring system

Other Related Skills:

Planned logistics for trade show demo of electronic badge system
Provided technical expertise and insight to assist clients in choosing vendors
Created, captured and edited audio, graphics, and video for use in interactive programs
Assisted in the development of a custom motion capture 3D playback system

Selected Projects:

CharmBadge (Electronic Conference Badge System), Charmed Technology: Client Liaison, Developer – communicated with client to determine needs, organized and participated in brainstorm sessions with team members, collaborated with hardware developers and programmers to ensure seamless integration of parts, developed CharmBadge Download Center Kiosk and Information Access Center website interface, assisted in database design and specified needs for CharmBadge Conference Management application.
Biomedical Engineering Virtual Labs distance learning tool: (in progress): Project Director - Coordinated and conducted video/photo shoots of experiments, aided in adapting written content for interactive presentation, managed and contributed to site design, programmed site in Macromedia Flash and Director, supervised design and implementation of instructor management database and front-end, and conducted user testing of site.
i-irasshai CD-ROM/web site: Technical Director - Planned, authored, supervised students, and published this educational web site designed to teach high school foreign language students about Japanese culture.
Passport to the World: An Interactive learning environment on world culture and artifacts , High Museum of Art kiosks (4) in Visual Arts Learning Space, and Atlanta History Center – Down the Fairway with Bobby Jones exhibit kiosk – Technical director – planned; authored; supervised students; created and edited audio, video, and graphics content; installed; and maintained these Director-driven educational visitor’s kiosks.
Orthographic Texturemapper: Researched and programmed in Visual C++, this patent pending process of creating long orthographic i mages for use as texture maps in 3D by extracting and processing fields of orthographic video sequences.

Education:

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1996, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, 1993, Georgia Institute of Technology

Work History:

Research Engineer II, Interactive Media Technology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta , Georgia , May, 1999 – present
Research Engineer I, Interactive Media Technology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta , Georgia , June, 1994 – May 1999

Publications and Presentations:

Peifer, J., Jones, B., Lippincott, B., Wilson, J. "Sharing Accessibility Information among a Mobile Wireless Community", RESNA Conference Proceedings, 2005
Brian D. Jones, Carolyn Cole, and Andrew Quay, i-irasshai: An Immersive Cultural Learning Experience, International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting (ICHIM) 2001 - Milan, Italy
Brian D. Jones, Texture Maps from Orthographic Video, SIGGRAPH 1997, Los Angeles, CA, USA.