Brad Herman

Work History

• Founder, VR & Oculus Rift, and Mobile iOS & Android Develope

  Brad Herman Digital

  September 2011 - Present

  Custom Mobile App Development for Clients.
  Development of Games and Productivity apps.
  Specializing in Apple iOS and Google Android.
  250,000+ installs across 4 stores (App Store, Amazon App Store, Nook Marketplace, and Google Play. )
  1 million play sessions in 2012 alone.
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  Head of DreamLab

  DreamWorks Animation

  April 2013 - February 2016

  Glendale, CA

  Brad Herman serves as the Head of DreamLab at DreamWorks Animation where he focuses on leveraging innovative technologies to create mobile, immersive and interactive experiences. DreamLab combines cutting edge technology with the studio’s storytelling expertise to create unique, interactive branded experiences. Brad’s recent work includes DreamWorksVR, a virtual reality platform that lets users interact with DreamWorks Animation’s characters. His team also developed the technology behind DreamWorks DreamPlace, an interactive holiday adventure that starts with Shrek and ends with Santa, delivering a next generation holiday experience in select retail locations across the US.
  
  Focusing on Mobile, Immersive and Interactive Experiences in Storytelling. Including Virtual Reality, Oculus Rift, Leap Motion, Motion Capture, NeuroGaming, EEG & GSV Sensors, TCS, Arduino, Computer Vision, and Mobile Devices. Working on telling new kinds of stories in unique new ways.

  

  
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  Crowd Dept. Supervisor: Turbo

  DreamWorks Animation

  April 2011 - March 2013

  Lead the Crowds Department for the film Turbo
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  Crowd Dept. Supervisor: Kung Fu Panda 2

  DreamWorks Animation

  January 2009 - April 2011
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  Crowd Dept. Pipeline Design and Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  March 2008 - December 2008

  
  Help build a world class crowd pipeline.
  

  
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  Lead Massive TD

  Digital Domain

  February 2003 - March 2008

  
  I made the crowds for Speed Racer
  I worked on the Transformers Logo
  I made Massive Pirates for Pirates of the Caribbean 3
  I am the Lead Massive TD for Flags of our Fathers.
  I was in charge of the team creating all the CG Terrain for the film 'STEALTH'.
  

  

  

  

  
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  Digital Artist

  Pixel Magic

  2004 - 2004

• Digital Artist

  Threshold Digital

  2001 - 2003
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  Digital Artist

  Base 2 Studios

  2002 - 2002

• Digital Artist

  Flat Earth

  1999 - 2000