This is a listing of Frank’s professional career. To get a more personal look on him, visit the About page.
To see what others have to say about Frank, see Testimonials.
Contents:
Professional experience
Since November 2016
Senior Software Developer Laubwerk GmbH
Development of the latest incarnation of SurfaceSPREAD and other Cinema 4D-related software products.
April 2014 – May 2016
Senior Software Developer Maxon Computer GmbH
Development of future technologies, R&D.
April 2014 – May 2016
Technical Manager Maxon Computer GmbH
Feasibility studies, code reviews, source code integrations, structures and processes.
September 2012 – April 2014
Project Manager Maxon Computer GmbH
Supervising 6 developers in the areas of modeling, motion tracking and workflow.
December 2009 – April 2014
Software Developer Maxon Computer GmbH
Development in C++ on OSX and Windows. Specialised in: Shaders, videopost effects, GUI, and workflow.
2006 – December 2009
Freelance 3D Artist
Contract work e.g. for:
2005 – 2009
Freelance Software Developer
Plugins and scripts for Maxon Cinema 4D, including the highly successful products
- SurfaceSPREAD
a generator for cloning objects on landscapes according to art-directable geological rules, now owned by Laubwerk GmbH- SplineSPREAD
a generator for cloning and animating objects along splines with various rules and effects, now owned by Laubwerk GmbH- ScoobyCamTools
a set of expressions for realistic camera animation, including physical rig-based handheld cameras, or unobtrusively blending from motion-captured camera animation to synthetic one, now owned by Maxon Computer GmbH under the name “MotionCam”
2005 – December 2009
Freelance Collaborator Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
3D Artist: Animation, modeling, development of rigs and expressions.
August 2003 – June 2008
CADENAS Solutions GmbH, Wolfsburg
Project management, parametric CAD construction, assembly scripting, electronic product catalogues, in-house development of librarian, management, and scripting tools.
Education
2008 – 2009
Studied Turkish Language at Tömer (subsidiary of Ankara Üniversitesi)
2003 – 2008
Apprenticeship: Management Assistant in IT-Systems
Final exam at IHK Braunschweig.
2001
Ended school, intensive courses for English and music.
1993 – 2001
High school “Ricarda-Huch-Schule”, Braunschweig
1991 – 1993
Middle school / orientation stage “Orientierungsstufe Bültenweg”, Braunschweig
1994
Started programming with TurboPASCAL
1987 – 1991
Primary school “Grundschule Heinrichstraße”, Braunschweig
Computer skills
Programming languages
C++, Python, VisualBasic, PASCAL, C.O.F.F.E.E., HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Development tools
Apple XCode, Apple Instruments, Microsoft Visual Studio, VisualAssistX, Intel VTune Amplifier
Source management / versioning
Perforce, Git
Graphics / video
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe AfterEffects, iMovie
CAD / engineering
Autodesk Inventor, CADENAS eCATALOGsolutions, Punch! ViaCAD 2D/3D
3D animation / modeling / rendering
Maxon Cinema 4D, MoI3D, World-Machine, V-Ray, Arnold
Audio
Propellerhead Reason, Ableton Live, Adobe Audition
Office
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Apple Pages, Apple Numbers, Apple Keynote, OpenOffice/LibreOffice
Language skills
German
First language
English
Business fluent
Turkish
Advanced
French
Rather poor
Awards
3D World Magazine: Image of the month August 2009
For my image “Autumn roads”