Member Profile: Lawrence Kevin
1. What do you do, and how long have you been doing it?
Founder of Pixel Maestro LLC, producing high-fidelity digital intellectual property for business transformation and evolving storytelling modalities.
2. What was your first job?
3D World Engineer at Spectrum HoloByte
3. Where did you complete your formal education?
San Jose State University, Chabot College
4. How did you first get involved with ACM SIGGRAPH?
Attended SIGGRAPH Conferences in Los Angeles and San Antonio, Attended San Francisco and Silicon Valley events, and participated in Leadership for Silicon Valley Chapter.
5. What is your favorite memory of a SIGGRAPH conference?
Production Session on the Book of Life, Discussion on how to Vizualize and Render Poop in Shrek.
6. Describe a project that you would like to share with the ACM SIGGRAPH community.
Taking my daughter, who is a Freshman at NC State College of Design to SIGGRAPH conferences. A future SIGGRAPH leader.
7. If you could have dinner with one living or non-living person, who would it be and why?
Pius Ciao, A retired mechanical engineer, I had conversations when I was at Maxwell Physics International in San Leandro. My office was next to library that had physical copies of proposals that he worked on. He was on a design team that engineered the engine mount for Boeing 727, and was hired at Physics International to work on the product development of the Artificial Heart.
8. What is something most people don’t know about you?
Did not pass the physical to become an Army Helicopter pilot.
9. From which single individual have you learned the most in your life? What did they teach you?
Gilman Louie, a start-up computer game developer, who demonstrated that computer games and computer science can make the world a better place.
10. Is there someone in particular who has influenced your decision to work with ACM SIGGRAPH?
I used to attend Berkeley Mac User Group meetings, which is how I landed my first job in computer game development. I was looking for a similar event where I always came away inspired and rejuvenated.
11. What can you point to in your career as your proudest moment?
Software simulation of equipment that costs millions of dollars per instance for the United States Coast Guard training.