Ed Gregor
Design • Animation • University Education
REFERENCES
Michael Mayers
Head of Software Engineering at Obscura Digital, formerly Lead Programmer at Santa Cruz Games
“I have worked with Ed at 2 companies over the last decade or so. I was never disappointed with the quality of his work, he is an excellent animator and when push comes to shove he will get the job done. His excellence extends to working with engineering staff to meet the technical requirements of animation within a software environment. I would love the opportunity to work with Ed again.”
Dani Zuniga
Senior Business Analyst at Machine Zone, formerly Lead Audio Engineer at Santa Cruz Games
“Ed is an amazing animator. Being in the audio dept at Santa Cruz Games I got to work closely with Ed and his animations. I watched them frame by frame while I was plugging in sound effects. I saw artistry in every frame, subtle movements that only the unconscious mind could pick up at full speed. This attention to detail spread beyond Maya. Ed kept detailed documents that made my life easier. He was very technical and always gave programmers a run for their money when debugging. I would have to say though that the one thing Ed excelled at was managing his team through his overall mode of being. They were always happy and which made them happy to help.”
Shawn Hickey
CEO and Senior Engineer at Boing, inc., CTO at Light of Creativity
“Ed and I have worked together as co-founders of a Boing Inc. since 2010. In this time I worked very closely with Ed and can vouch for his fine character and many talents.
Ed is highly skilled as an animator and artist, and possesses deep technical skills in many of the technologies used foranimation. He joined Boing with an existing mastery of Maya, Illustrator, and Photoshop, and added Flash, Unity, andother tools over the course of our work together.
His mastery of the former was impressive, but even more so was his ability to dive deep into new tools and producehigh quality work with this newfound knowledge. He has a great blend of technical and artistic skills, and is unusuallystrong in both.In Addition, Ed possesses inspiring communication skills and I’ve been repeatedly impressed with Ed’s abilities as apublic speaker.
I’ve had the pleasure of watching Ed skillfully command audiences ranging from outsourced teams toventure capitalist/investors and licensors. In every case, I’ve walked away awed by Ed’s ability to engage theaudience, and specifically to take complicated material and explain it in a clear and straightforward manner.”
Patrick Gillette
Senior Animator at Microsoft (343 Industries), formerly Animator at Santa Cruz Games
“Ed is a fantastic person to work with. He is a wonderful teacher, and has a great eye for animation. He's extremely passionate about his work and that passion spreads to the rest of the team. He is a great problem solver and is always looking for better, more efficient ways to do things. Ed looks out for the people he works with and I am grateful for the time I spent working on his team.”