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