Billy
Woody has worked for nearly a decade and a half in the visual effects
field as an artist, product specialist and as an author. He has been in
a support role for just about every studio in California in one way or
another having been a support engineer for SGI hardware, Softimage 3D,
Avid's Media Illusion and Apple's Shake software and now with Imagineer
Systems as the VP of Sales and Product Specialist for the Western US.
As a freelancer Billy has worked with some of the major productions
companies in Los Angeles including Warner Bros., Rhythm & Hues as
well as Disney. Having also worked for multiple resellers in the film
and video post production industry, including the largest Avid reseller
in the world, 3 Point Digital, he gained the knowledge of some of the
best sales and marketing people in the business.
And
in his spare time he has managed to write a text book on Visual Effects
entitled "Exploring Visual Effects" and is currently writing a second
book on digital compositing.
Billy's
current role with Imagineer Systems will be to manage the Sales and
Marketing of the Western States of the US as well as support the
clients locally instead of just through the UK. His goal is to
introduce the amazing product line of Imagineer Systems to as many
artists as possible by staging events, road shows and through creative
marketing ideas. Ultimately he would to demonstrate to everyone
the consistent ability of the Imagineer Systems software line to save
the artist time and the client money.
You can find Billy Woody hosting in Creative COW's
Imagineer Systems forum.