I have been working in the San Francisco Bay Are as a designer, artist, illustrator and design professional with more than 30 years on industry experience. As results-oriented creative architect, I have proven my ability to deliver award-winning, innovative design and creative business insight, transforming brands, user experience, products designs, and e-businesses solutions for a variety of products and industries. The results have been strong, sustainable strategies, revenues opportunities and profits for my clients.
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Tringali Curriculum Vitae
1. INTRODUCTION
CURRICULUM VITAE
RIC TRINGALI
Designer / artist / consultant
ric@ricardotringali.com
http://www.ricardotringali.com
707-534-0383
2. INTRODUCTION
THE BASICS
full name: ricardo tringali
current location: vallejo, california
nationality: italian american
ric@ricardotringali.com
http://www.ricardotringali.com
707-534-0383
3. INTRODUCTION
THE BASICS
Leading Visual Designer,
Expert Art Direction
Innovative Creative Solutions
Experienced Industrial Designer
Award Winning Illustrator
Web Developer
Brand Identity
Packaging Design
ric@ricardotringali.com
http://www.ricardotringali.com
707-534-0383
4. INTRODUCTION
THE BASICS
Results-Oriented Creative Architect
Ability to Deliver Award-Winning Innovative Design
Creative Business Insight
Experienced Building & Transforming Brands
User Experience Designer
Innovative Product Designer
e-Businesses Solutions
Extensive Print Background
Team Player . Analytical Problem Solver . People Person . Communicator . Leadership Skills
5. BORN.ALGONAC.M
Algonac, Michigan - Located at the southern end of the Saint Clair
First settled by John Martin in 1805
River, just before it splits into a large delta region known as the Saint
Clair Flats. St. Clair Flats.
6. ALGONAC.MICHIG
Etienne Brule, French Explorer (1582-1633) spent his early
First settled by John Martin in 1805
years
in Michigan & Ontario with the Algonquin Indians, studying their Named after the Algonquin Indians
a native american Indian tribe. Algonquin,
language and culture.. He later worked as an interpreter for the pronounced al-GON-kin, means "at the
French as an interpreter between the Huron & Algonquin Tribes. place of spearing fish".
7. ALGONAC.MICHIG
Home to Gar Wood (1880 –
Algonac, Michigan - Home of Chris Craft - famous for their 1971) American inventor,
mahogany hulled powerboats in the 1920s through the 1950s entrepreneur, and motorboat builder
and racer who held the world water
speed racing record traveling over
100 miles per hour on the water.
And Home of the Pickeral Tournament
10. BACKGROUND69-
75
Attended Kendall College of Art & Design – BA
Incorporated in 1928. as a memorial to David Wolcott Kendall, Grand Rapids, Michigan
internationally known furniture designer, to reflect his strong belief in
the fundamental principles of art, and to offer encouragement to
aspiring artists, as he had done throughout his life.
11. BACKGROUND69-
Autited classes at Pratt Institute in Illustration
Pratt Institute is a private art college located in Brooklyn &
Manhattan, New York. Pratt offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Brooklyn, New York
Design, Fine Art, History of Art and Design, Industrial Design,
Fashion Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Digital Arts & other areas.
12. BACKGROUND69-
Attended the San Francisco Art Intitute – BFA/MFA . San Francisco, California
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) is a school of higher education in
contemporary art in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, CA.
Founded in 1871, one of the oldest art schools in the United States &
the oldest west of the Mississippi River. SFAI faculty Hassel Smith, Clifford Still,
David Park, Elmer Bischoff, James Weeks, Frank Lobdell, & Richard Diebenkorn
13. CLIENTS.TO.PRESEN
My clients have included Fortune 500 Companies, non-profits, R & D laboratories, and high-tech start-
ups ie: Clorox, Delmonte and Dreyer’s, gaming design companies such as Lucas Learning and Hasbro
Interactive, Philips Interactive many more. During my professional career I had to work closely with
scores of designers, illustrators, photographers, audio/video professionals, software designers, and
multimedia designers coordinating our efforts to deliver a superior product.
14. EXPERIENCE.76-84
Freelance Designer - SF - I have been working in the San Francisco Bay Are as a designer, artist,
illustrator & design professional with more than 30 years on industry experience. As results-oriented
creative architect, I have proven my ability to deliver award-winning, innovative design and creative
business insight, transforming brands, user experience, products designs, and e-businesses solutions for
a variety of products and industries.
15. EXPERIENCE.88/94
Xaos, inc., SF- - Art Director - Xaos was the creative force behind the
Emmy Award-winning works “Liquid Television MTV," & MSNBC‘ http://www.xaostools.com
s station IDs, as well as a long list of memorable commercials for major clients such as Nabisco, Sprint,
Kellogg's, and MasterCard. Film projects include the title sequence for Jumanji and ground-breaking visual
effects for Lawnmower Man. Xaos is also emerging as the premier content creator for large-format 70mm
films, including CG work on Everest and other IMAX features for National Geographic & Discovery Channel
16. EXPERIENCE.88/94
•Environmental Design & Architectural style Guides
•Character Development , Supervised 3D modeling http://www.xaostools.com
•Game Development, Storyboard ing & Concept Design
•Lead Texture Artist , Illustrations & Matt Paintings
•Special Effects Supervisor
17. EXPERIENCE.93-98
Visionary Media, inc. - SF - Art Director, Level Developer, http://www.visionarymedia.com
Graphics Designer, Lead Texture Artist . Star Trek: First Contact’s play mode
is designed to immerse players in the look, feel, suspense, and action of both the Star Trek: First Contact film
and the Star Trek: The Next Generation series. Players must struggle for control of the Enterprise-E’s
individual crew and systems and develop new weapons and other technological advancements to thwart
the Borg’s attempt to control the ship.
18. EXPERIENCE.93-98
•Environmental Design & Architectural style Guides http://www.visionarymedia.com
•Character Development , Supervised 3D modeling
•Game Development, Storyboard ing & Concept Design
•Lead Texture Artist , Illustrations & Matt Paintings
•Special Effects Supervisor
19. EXPERIENCE.03-98
Microsoft - Halo Project – UI Designer, http://www.halo.xbox.com/en-us
Halo’s award-winning* graphical user interface (GUI) is widely regarded as
the best in the industry. With Halo’s acclaimed and intuitive GUI, users can
easily connect to multiple global locations with literally a few clicks
of a mouse.
20. EXPERIENCE.98-00
Lucas Learning - Super Bombad Racing – Senior Texture Artist,
Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing is Lucas Learning's contribution to the http://www.lucaslearning.com
kart-racing genre, which has played host to several well-known licenses
and mascots since the 1992
21. EXPERIENCE.00-01
Deloitte & Touche- SF - Art Director, Web Development Team, http://www.deloitte.com
Deloitte Consulting was attempting to develop a spin-off
a web boutique, eStudio that would capture some of the
business that they were losing the boutique startups
emerging in the e-Business space.
22. EXPERIENCE.00-01
•Evaluated the brand equity of Deloitte Consulting brand http://www.deloitte.com
•Establish e-studio brand ,leveraging business strategy, & world class solutions
•Provide strategic creative brand development, product, marketing & e-business
23. EXPERIENCE.00-01
•Generated business concepts & growth potential tactics http://www.deloitte.com
•Identified emerging e- market opportunities, transforming ideas into solutions
•Coordinate efforts between the seven e-studio locations in the U.S. & Europe
24. EXPERIENCE.01-07
Senior Art Director/Product Designer, AbsolutelyNew, San Francisco, California