Dan Goldwasser
dsg[at]warmbutter.com

Goal: Contribute my creative skills to an organization that works in the entertainment industry and has a large internet presence

Education CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
B.S. Computer Science with a Minor in Art
PITTSBURGH, PA
May 1997
Membership PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA
New Media Council
Member since 2005

SELECTED EXPERIENCE:

1997 - CURRENT WARM BUTTER DESIGN LOS ANGELES, CA

Art Direction - Have worked with numerous record labels and studios to design album covers, CD packaging, vinyl packaging and home video packaging

Website Design  - Known for building out quality websites, now based on Wordpress, with a primary focus on professionals working in the entertainment industry.

2008 - CURRENT SCORINGSESSIONS.com LOS ANGELES, CA

Editor-in-Chief / Photographer - Created and maintain leading website dedicated to the imagery of scoring sessions, with exclusive photos and news items from some of the top recording sessions in Hollywood.

2004 - CURRENT FREELANCE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM PRODUCER LOS ANGELES, CA

Producer - Worked with various film studios and talent to release over 300 soundtrack albums.

Writer - Have written liner notes for numerous projects

1996 - 2008 SOUNDTRACKNET LOS ANGELES, CA

Site Producer / Editor-in-Chief - Interviewing composers and writing CD reviews for the website, while also editing content from contributing writers.  Also responsible for maintaining a professional relationship with composers, manufacturers, agencies, and technicians in the film music industry in Los Angeles.

2000 - 2005 EDMUNDS.COM SANTA MONICA, CA

Sr. HTML Designer - Using my HTML and graphic skills to enhance and maintain elements of the Edmunds.com website.  Additional duties include compressing and editing digital video, graphics, and QA

Web Developer - (March 2000 - May 2001)

1999 - 2000 L3I LEARNING SYSTEMS SANTA MONICA, CA
Senior 3D Animator - Using 3D Studio Max, creating an interface to multimedia content for interactive CD-ROMs for such large entities as Scholastic, Novartis, and the Department of Defense.
1998 DIGITAL DOMAIN VENICE, CA

Production Assistant - worked on the Experience Music Project.  Prepared blueprints and other materials for a presentation to be given in Seattle, WA.

Production Assistant - worked with Production Stage Manager on the feature film Supernova. Organized storyboards, maintained shot lists, and assisted the grips setting up the motion control stage.

1995-1996  TERRY SWACK DESIGN ASSOCIATES BOSTON, MA

Freelance HTML Builder - worked on web sites for Rule Broadcasting Systems, Individual, Inc., Community Newspapers Company.

Technology Director's Assistant - helped code HTML and UNIX systems administration.  Also worked on Macintosh network administration.

1995 STUDIO FOR CREATIVE INQUIRY (SIMLAB) PITTSBURGH, PA
Artist - created 3D models and textures for "Virtual Pompeii" project; funded by Silicon Graphics and the Archaeological Institute of America.

Software Skills
3D Studio Max Adobe After Effects Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator Macromedia Freehand Sonic Foundry Vegas
Adobe Premiere Macromedia Director Macromedia Flash
HTML PHP MySQL
Dreamweaver Sonic Scenarist MPEG-2 encoding
Microsoft Office AC-3 encoding DVD Authoring