Teod Tomlinson of Mt. Sierra College presents Character Creation for Game Design. Participants will learn about 2D design aspects and basic character creation in 3D – Perfect for Game Design!
Phillip Staiger will teach you
“Beginning Game Developing on a Limited Budget”
Including Music and Publishing!
with little or no money – Including Music!
You will learn the tools for audio – game makers – fps creators – and more…
Yes, you can actually create, publish, and sell YOUR games with NO publishing costs!
If you’ve ever thought of publishing your own game you NEED to be at THIS seminar!
The Ultimate Mobile Video Game Party!
Ultimate Fun for ALL Ages!- Six (6) 52" HD TVs - - All the Latest Multi-Player Games - Thirty (30) feet of Endless FUN! - Surround Sound Audio for Movies and Games - "Rock On" with Mad Dog's Gamer Paradise!
Gaming for Education: The challenge is to balance educational content with games that make learning fun. Dan Sheffield will explore how Help Me 2 Learn Company builds some of the most exciting and challenging games in the educational market . Topics include:
1. What is some of the technology behind game building?
2. What are the elements that go into making an educational game engaging, fun and repeatable?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of delivery platforms?
4. How can educational games help your child learn?
Straight from E3 - The "Insider News" -The LATEST Gadgets and Toys for ALL YOU GAMERS!
What's gonna make you "sizzle"!
Diego will be given away Xbox Live Gold Membership cards - for Participants
Philip Staiger is a technical trainer at San Diego-based ESET LLC, the creator of NOD32 antivirus software. He also owns and runs thebest3d.com, where he educates artists about alternate & affordable tools for digital painting and animation, including 3D modeling and animation. Many years ago, Philip started as an Electrical Engineer and programmer with a computer graphics hardware manufacturer. He continues to dabble with programming inside Project Dogwaffle digital painting and animation as well as LUA scripting and some lite HTML or JavaScript, although he enjoys more the creative graphics side of web content creation.
Teod Tomlinson is a Southern Californian Artist, Animator and College Professor. His work can be found in feature film, television, Video Games, CD covers, and music videos as a 3d sculptor, character / vfx animator, game designer, illustrator, Art Direction, Story Board, Concept Artist, pre viz, and designer. Some of the projects he has worked on include, “Donnie Darko”, The Cell, Mullholland Drive, JJ the Jet Plane, TOOL’s award winning music video “Sober”, Janet Jackson music video (Doesn't really matter), Vigilante_8: 2nd Offense, PacMan World2, The Mask game, Batman Returns, and many more. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors degree from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Mike Spalter - brings more than 20 years of business, marketing and information technology experience to the position and will be responsible for the management of all of Mad Dog Gamers Paradise operations.
Currently Spalter is CIO at iXept.com a financial services company focused on identifying credit and debit card fraud for financial institutions.
Previously, Spalter spent 6 years at Washington Mutual where he served as Senior Vice President of Infrastructure Services, he lead an organization of 650 employees and budgets exceeding 400 million dollars to deliver a high performance infrastructure.
Spalter spent 10 years at Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., where he served as executive vice president of IT infrastructure. As EVP at the Fortune 500 company, Spalter oversaw an IT organization of more than 350 employees and managed budgets exceeding $100 million. Spalter is a 1985 graduate of the University of California, Northridge where he earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and is currently working on a master's in information technology.
Dan Sheffield is President and Founder of Help Me 2 Learn Company. Help Me 2 Learn has developed 11 award-winning educational programs and helped develop over 21 projects for outside clients including the New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Attorney General’s office and the United States Army.
Dan Sheffield’s career as a software developer began in 1995. He was soon designing tutorials for companies including Twin Sisters Productions; he was a manager of KeepSmart Technology Group where he managed the technology staff and was responsible for online and CD-ROM technical support, applications, workstations and network systems.
Dan Sheffield has an MBA in Business Administration from Cal State University in Bakersfield, CA and a B.S. in Public Address and Communications from Cal State University in Fresno, CA. He is married with two children and lives in Yucaipa, CA.
Diego F. Cardenas, BSMA,MSTM In 1986 at the age of 16 Diego created and co-founded ComSoft Ltda., a service oriented computer-consulting firm in the city of Cali, Colombia. This organization set high standards in an industry that was still in its infancy in Colombia. He created the first online content delivery service in 1986 that provided e-mail and bulletin board service via 300-baud modem. Through the efforts of Diego, ComSoft won the “2nd Best Small Business” award in the City of Cali Colombia, given in the "Segundo Congreso del Espiritu Empresarial" and hosted by ICESI, Instituto Colombiano de Estudios Superiores e Incolda www.icesi.edu.co .
In 1996, Diego Cardenas entered, participated and formed a partnership to start Stomp, Inc., a manufacturer of computer software and accessories. Together they invented their first product, the CD Stomper CD/DVD labeling System www.cdstomper.com . The CD Stomper became a success and is the most recognized labeling applicator on the market.
In 2001, Stomp, Inc. celebrated its fifth year of financial success. Today, the company is a multimillion-dollar business with over 50 employees and products sold worldwide. To Diego, failure was never an option.
In 2005 Mr. Cardenas was diagnosed with an Acoustic Neuroma, a rare type of tumor located in the brain. After taking some time to work on his health Diego is now back new and improved ready to take on new challenges!
Currently Diego has the biggest Spanish language tech blog hosted within the Univision.com network www.compuhombre.com , he has also hosted a weekly Spanish Internet and broadcast based computer talk radio show called “CompuHombre”, which airs every Sunday from 2pm to 3pm pacific standard time. The program is a live show where the listeners can interact with the host by asking questions about their technology needs. The program also showcases state of the art products and services in the technology field.
In addition to this Diego is the president and founder of Portus Technologies, Inc. www.portustechnologies.com a small wholesale distribution company that focuses exporting gaming consoles to Latin America. Diego Cardenas enjoys the status of “power seller” at the titanium level, within the eBay trading community.
As part of Diego’s effort in giving back to the community, in 2008 Diego became an instructor/motivator/coach for the Academy of Business Leadership at its campus in USC (University of Southern California).
Mr. Cardenas has earned degrees in the field of computer technology and business. It is his belief that the more everyone knows the more successful everyone will become.
In 2001, Mr. Cardenas graduated from Pepperdine University www.pepperdine.edu with a Master of Science degree in Technology Management. Mr. Cardenas strives to be on the cutting edge in the competitive business world. He is also a role model to other individuals, proving that anyone can accomplish anything as long as they are dedicated.
Diego is a member of the Orange County Chapter National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) and held the Position of President for the 2004 NSHMBA Orange County Chapter. Diego is also a member of the Latino Business Association (LBA), www.lbausa.com , NALEO www.naleo.org and Latino Coalition www.thelatinocoalition.com and co-founder of Hispanic-Net Southern California and www.nshp.org , where he won the entrepreneur of the year award in 2001.
