Michael Rochefort
| 10 Churchill Road | mike@michaelrochefort.com |
| Norfolk, MA USA | linkedin.com/in/MikeRochefort |
| michaelrochefort.com |
Skills
Software
- 3D: Maya, Modo, Cinema 4D, Mari, Substance Painter
- 2D: NukeX, Fusion, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator
- Render Engines: Redshift, RenderMan RIS, Mental Ray
- Render Managers: Deadline, Pixar Tractor, Smedge
- Languages: Python 2&3, HTML, CSS
- Technologies: PyQt5, MkDocs, Splinter, Discord.py, Samba, NFS, Foundation Emails, Bootstrap
System Management
- Operating Systems: Windows (7/8/10), RHEL 7, CentOS 7, Fedora 22+, Mac OS X (10.6.8+)
- Asset Management: GitLab, Perforce, GitHub, SVN
Experience
The Graduate School at UConn – University of Connecticut
| Student Technology Specialist | 02/2016 – Present |
- Provided technical support for The Graduate School Administration.
- Created Python scripts to improve the data integrity from 3rd-party sources.
- Contributed to the redesign and development of The Graduate School web site.
- Generated custom email templates.
- Write documentation detailing common IT tasks.
Education
University of Connecticut – Storrs, Connecticut
- Major: Bachelor of Arts, School of Fine Arts – Digital Media and Design
- Concentration: 3D Animation and Visualization
- Minor: Computer Science
- Anticipated Graduation: May 2019
- GPA: 3.755/4.0
Highlights:
- Co-created a variable topics course to produce an original animated short.
- Developed story line
- Co-Technical Director responsible for shading, lighting, rendering and compositing
- Setup and configured Pixar Tractor
- Setup SCM servers (GitLab/SVN) for Unity 5 and Web project assets
| King Philip Regional High School – Wrentham, Massachusetts | 2011-2015 |
Created and taught a class designed to develop an interest in filmmaking and post-production. Demonstrated basic camera and lighting techniques, theory and an introduction to the post-production pipeline.
Achievements
| Crescendo International Music Competition Finalist | 2014 |
| King Philip Music Marching Band USSBA National Champions | 2012, 2013 |
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