Dale Bunten

Dale Bunten

FX Fanatic

Mid-level FX Artist / fxtd / 5 yrs

United States

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Houdini FX artist

Ladybug & Cat Noir: Awakening (2023)

Houdini FX artist

The Out-Laws (2023)

FX Artist

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)

Houdini FX artist

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

FX Artist

Alice in Borderland (2020)

Digital Artist

Stranger Things (2016)

FX Artist

A Tale of Love and Darkness (2016)

Effects Artist

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

I can't get enough of FX. When I have time off I go straight to do more tutorials. Learning is my relaxation.
Work History
  • FX Artist / TD

    Brainstorm Digital

    November 2023 - Present
    New York, New York, United States · Remote
  • FX Lead

    The Element X Studios LLC

    March 2023 - Present
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote
  • Houdini FX artist

    Outpost VFX

    May 2023 - June 2023

    Worked on magical lightning fx and non sim procedural vortex volumes

  • FX Artist

    OnAnimation.com

    March 2023 - May 2023
    Remote
  • Houdini FX artist

    ON Animation Studios

    February 2023 - May 2023

    worked on a wide variety of FX including smoke, fire, reverse destruction, explosions, snow and water

  • Houdini FX artist

    Crafty Apes

    March 2021 - March 2023
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    A bunch of star trek stuff: strange new worlds, discovery and Picard

  • FX Artist

    Bardel Entertainment

    October 2020 - April 2021
    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  • Houdini FX artist

    Deluxe Digital Studios

    October 2019 - June 2020
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Houdini FX artist

    FuseFX

    August 2019 - October 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Building destruction

  • Houdini FX artist

    SPIN VFX

    March 2019 - August 2019
    Freelance

    Building destruction, smoke, fire, clouds, thrusters, contrails

  • FX Artist - Freelance

    G2 Immersive Studios

    2014 - May 2019
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Responsible for delivering particle and fluid based effects including smoke, fire, water, oceans, dust, explosions, debris and destruction using Houdini, 3ds Max, and Maya.

  • Director

    Reliam: Managed AWS Cloud Services

    September 2014 - October 2016
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Responsible for developing and executing Cloud Computing strategies, focusing on Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google.

  • FX Artist

    Eden FX

    March 2013 - April 2013
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Large-scale water (RealFlow) simulation, 3ds Max, P-flow, FumeFX, Thinking Particles

  • FX Artist

    Worldwide FX

    November 2012 - March 2013
    Shreveport, Louisiana Area

    Maya Particle and fluid FX animation including bullet hits, blood splattering, destruction, debris, basic compositing: Film worked on: Olympus Has Fallen.

  • FX Artist

    Pixomondo

    October 2012 - December 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Worked on various fx including waves, splashes, foam as well as smoke, dust, and debris. Used 3ds Max, RealFlow, Thinking Particles, and FumeFX.

  • FX Artist

    Ring of Fire Studios

    January 2012 - March 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Maya particle and fluid dynamics, MEL scripting.

  • Director of Sales and Marketing

    Superb Internet

    January 2009 - March 2011
    Honolulu, Hawaii

    Responsible for all sales and marketing activities including: search engine marketing, search engine optimization, social media management, pay-per-click management, ad vendor management, affiliate program management, trade show organization and management, product management, sales management, training, documentation, promotions and product marketing management. Managed multiple teams including local marketing, sales and creative teams, along with a widely dispersed remote sales force. Also responsible for spearheading and contributing to numerous certifications such as IS0 9001:2008, ITIL and SAS-70 Type II.

  • Director of Marketing (Canada Web Hosting)

    Canada Web Hosting

    March 2007 - March 2008
    Vancouver, BC

    Responsible for marketing efforts including SEO, PPC , branding, tradeshows, product/service management. strategic marketing planning.

  • Marketing Manager/Associate General Manager

    Hostway Corporation

    April 2004 - March 2007
    Greater Chicago Area

    Responsible for Marketing and Business Development activities. Managed a $4M marketing budget. Created a budget tracking and evaluation system resulting in significant insights into campaign performance and resulting in a $1.2 million dollar savings through the systematic elimination of non-performing venues. Spearheaded SEO efforts resulting in placement on Google US 1st page of results for competitive terms such as “web hosting” “dedicated servers”. Vastly improved PPC performance, with CTRs significantly above industry average at 6-8%. Developed, launched and promoted 3 new hosting plans to target the value segment. Increased web site traffic by over 100,000 yearly unique visitors per month. Introduced marketing A/B testing process and methodology.

  • Manager, Dedicated Server and Colocation Group

    Hostway Corporation

    March 2003 - March 2004
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Responsibility expanded to include all Hostway North American Dedicated Sales. Responsible for Managing and Integrating product and marketing activities for the Hostway North American Dedicated Server Division (including NetNation, PowerMedium,).

    Developed new products, web site, SEO strategy (achieved 2nd spot on Google for term “Managed Hosting”), pricing, and processes for the managed hosting services. Created a managed hosting “bible” to address process issues and manage customer expectations.

    Assisted in closing major deals, and dealt with all major customer escalations often at the executive level. Increased NN Managed Hosting Sales by 144% from 2004-2005. Percentage of Revenue for Managed Hosting increased from 6% to 60% of overall revenue.

    Grew Dedicated Server and Colocation Group to over $20M in revenue as the end of 2006.

  • Sales & Marketing Manager (NetNation Communications Inc, DomainPeople)

    Hostway Corporation

    2002 - 2003
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Promoted to Sales and Marketing Manager of NetNation and DomainPeople. Fully accountable for 3 sales teams and the marketing department including: strategic sales/marketing planning, managing a budget of over $1 million USD, compensation structures, team building, hiring/firing, change management, conflict management, capacity management, customer negotiations, RFP preparations, training, forecasting, ROI/ROS analysis, new product /market development, pricing online/print advertising negotiations, collateral, sales support, and tradeshows.

  • Sales Manager

    NetNation Communications Inc.

    2001 - 2002
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Promoted to Sales Manager. Created marketing / sales and product plans, introduced and spearheaded multiple product marketing and pricing and process improvements. Recruited and hired top sales staff, and designed a profit based compensation structure that was highly motivational.

  • Business Development

    NetNation Communications Inc.

    2000 - 2001
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Exceeded sales quotas, negotiated and signed successful channel business partnerships.

Education
  • Houdini 3

    Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games + Animation

    2020 - 2020
  • Master of Arts

    Savannah College of Art and Design

    January 2017 - June 2019
  • Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing, Management, Entrepreneurship

    Royal Roads University

    ? - ?
  • Diploma of Technology in Marketing Management

    British Columbia Institute of Technology

    ? - ?
  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    ? - ?