Tom Kluyskens
Education
Ghent University
Bachelor in Civil Engineering, ElectroMechanics 1992-01-01 - 1996-01-01Work Experience
Trimble Inc.
Current
Trimble Inc.
MatterMachine
2013-11-01 - 2017-08-01
MatterMachine
Made on Jupiter, Ltd.
2010-11-01 - 2014-01-01
Made on Jupiter, Ltd.
Copono
2011-11-01 - 2013-01-01
Copono
Jupiter Jazz LTD
2005-01-01 - 2011-01-01
Jupiter Jazz LTD
Sony Pictures Imageworks
2005-01-01 - 2010-01-01
Sony Pictures Imageworks
MPC
2005-01-01 - 2005-05-01
MPC
Vanguard Animation Studios, UK
2004-01-01 - 2004-01-01
Vanguard Animation Studios, UK
Weta Digital
2002-03-01 - 2003-11-01
Weta Digital
Alias|Wavefront
1997-12-01 - 2001-07-01
Alias|Wavefront
Skills
Summary
A civil electromechanical engineer gone rogue, I enjoyed a frivolous yet forming 10 year career in digital visual effects for high grossing movies. I can claim to have digitally killed Gollum by simulating the lava he fell into. I left the film industry on a high note, nominated for the highest award in my line of work. The past decade has marked a return to sanity, without losing my playful approach to engineering. Armed with knowledge about the most advanced computer graphics tools, and a specific understanding about creating compelling experiences, I now turn my attention to the way *physical* goods are made and sold. In particular, I work towards (re-)democratising the modes of production in a post-digital world, and generating transparency around the manufacturing process. I build software tools that help brands and individual makers bridge the divide between engineering and compelling, non-technical consumer experiences. In a way that instills new respect for the things around us, and the people and brands that made them for us.
