Where:
Petersen Automotive Museum, 2nd Floor exhibit space
6060 Wilshire Blvd;  Los Angeles, CA 90036  www.petersen.org

 

Presenters:

Jeroen Snepvangers, CEO of RTT (Realtime Technology) (www.rtt.ag)
Realtime 3D Automotive Visualization Solutions

Heiko Wenczel of Mackevision (www.mackevision.com)
Photo-realistic image quality can only be
achieved utilizing a perfect database.

David Folks and Derek Ramsay of Springbox (formerly Viewpoint) (www.springbox.com)

Hideki Masuda , Assistant Director,
School of Industrial Design
at the Academy of Art University -
Educating the next generation of Automotive Designers.

Bios:

Jeroen Snepvangers Realtime Technology (RTT)

Jeroen Snepvangers joined RTT USA Inc as Chief Executive Officer in 2003 to build the US operations of Realtime Technologies AG. In early 2005, Snepvangers officially established RTT USA, Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary of RTT AG with the opening of the company's Pasadena office. Snepvangers is responsible for coordinating client teams in cooperation with the COO to provide software and support to maximize their return on investment using RTT's class leading 3D visualization solutions. Prior to joining RTT, Snepvangers served as CRM Sales Director for Urban Science Applications Inc., a global management consultancy. In this capacity, Snepvangers provided counsel to automotive clients, established Urban Sciences Netherlands office, and led the U.S.-based sales and marketing efforts surrounding a new CRM software product line for financial institutions.
Snepvangers earned a masters in business administration at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also holds a bachelors degree in mathematics from the University of Warwick, England.

Heiko Wenczel, Mackevision began his post-graduate career as an architect for Mercedes Benz where he participated in the planning and visualization of projects within the plant. It was in this capacity that he realized that perfect data well organized within a system seemed to be the key to efficient work.Turning his attention from plant processes to the product, Heiko joined an extraordinary team focused on finding a way to build a comprehensive visual configuration system for the Mercedes fleet; this would be the first of its kind, showing all configurable aspects of each vehicle. During this process he again realized the importance of perfect data; photo-realistic image quality could only be achieved utilizing a perfect database. To that end, he generated a data preparation process which could be used for all marketing needs within the company.Team Visir was established as the central database for visualization data, but their main goal had always been to create a new configuration system with extraordinary image quality. Armed with their innovations in data management, Heiko and his team joined forces with MACKEVISION to create this new tool, which will be announced at the CGAM Conference. Realizing the potential within that knowledge and workflow for motion pictures, Heiko accepted a position with MACKEVISION as Digital Division Manager and moved to Detroit, doing business in the United States and thereby establishing MACKEVISION, USA in the Motor City.

 

Hideki Masuda received a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine art from Bard College in Annandale, New York, and a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial design/transportation design from the Art
Center College of Design. While he was a student at the Art Center, Mr. Masuda designed,
engineered, and built a full-scale running prototype vehicle. In 1998, he joined the Academy of Art
University as an instructor in the School of Industrial Design. In addition to playing his role as
an instructor, Mr. Masuda has contributed to developing the Industrial Design program. He currently teaches both transportation design classes and computer courses at the Academy. http://www.academyart.edu/

 

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Directions

Located at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax

From the North:  101 to Highland South;  Right/West on Wilshire. Left on Fairfax.

From the South:  I-10 to Fairfax North;    Right in parking lot before Wilshire.

 

Parking

Park underneath the building for $10, or Street parking available on Fairfax (after 6pm) or Wilshire (after 7pm). Check signs for surrounding streets.

 

Public Transit

Public transit – Buses 780, 217, and 20 run down Wilshire Blvd. 780 and 217 can be caught from Highland/Hollywood train station. www.metro.net

 

Fees/Registration:
The event is free to Los Angeles ACM SIGGRAPH members and $20 for non-members. New members that sign up on site and pay the $40 annual membership fee (checks orcash only) do not have to pay the $20 fee.

 

Special Thanks
Mary Hoadley and Gary Brincat, Autodesk
Mieke Snepvangers, RTT(Realtime Technology)

Derek Ramsay and David Folks, Springbox
Sharon Eisenberg, Diana Lee, Joan Collins Carey, LA SIGGRAPH
And All of the members of the Executive Council and volunteers