Date: March 6, 2022

Sept 2021 - Current: University Assistant Professor in Informatics: 3D Graphics and Media Production
Högskolan Väst (University West), Trollhättan, Sweden

April 2011 - Current: Principal / Managing Director
Westman Design Group, LLC
Duties include:

• Publisher/label for music project The Happy Cowboys:
  www.thehappycowboys.us

May 2018 - August 2019: Academic Department Chair
Simulation Technology & Game Design, Wheeling University, Wheeling, WV
Duties include:

• Developing and implementing program curriculum
• Acting as liaison between the institution, industry and community (project) involvement
• Advising and supporting both students and faculty in program and department matters
• Developing marketing, PR and recruitment strategies for the growth and positioning of the program
• Maintaining regular communication with administration and performing daily department duties, including scheduling and making classroom reviews
• Teaching three classes a quarter
• Ensuring overall quality outcomes of STGD students and the success of the program

Jan 2001 - June 2016: Academic Department Chair
Media Arts & Animation Department | Game Art & Design,The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Duties include:

• Renewing and implementing program curriculum
• Acting as liaison between the institution, industry and community (project) involvement
• Advising and supporting both students and faculty in program and department matters
• Developing marketing, PR and recruitment strategies for the growth and positioning of the program
• Maintaining regular communication with administration and performing daily department duties, including scheduling and making classroom reviews
• Teaching one class a quarter
• Ensuring overall quality outcomes of MAA/GAD students and the success of the programs

Sweden

1982-1988: full-time art teacher in the Swedish school system

1988-1993: freelance 2D/3D artist and animator.

1993-1995: full-time position as a digital artist and interface designer at AVM Dialog, AB, Gothenburg (part of a team developing cd-i titles for retailers) | Main client: The Volvo Car Corporation
Duties included:

• pre-viz., design, and art asset production
  Projects included (93-95):


• Interactive kiosk product presentations for dealerships around the globe
• Interactive ergonomics training course for employees at all levels within the Volvo corporation.

United States

Freelance and permanent positions:

Walt Disney Pictures and Television Information Services (FIS)

• Original (digital) art work for the PR CD-ROM for animated feature film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
• FIS Intranet web directory "Studio 411" (interface design work, May 96 - June 97)
• Story boarding for the pilot of "Teen Angel"(ABC)

7th Level

• 3D animation and 3D environment modeling, R&D stages for game titles in development.

Creative Capers

• 2D compositing of sprite files for the Disney Interactive video game, "101 Dalmatians - Escape From DeVil Manor"

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, Art Education, University of Umea, Sweden (US equivalent).
MFA, Computer Arts,Florida Atlantic Universty, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

More than eleven years combined of full-time teaching and in academic administration in the areas of art and computer graphics/digital animation at junior high, high school, community college and college levels in both Sweden and the United States.

Hobbies:
Investigative walks in the foothills, woods and along beaches - likwise biking.
Music project: Conceptual band, The Happy Cowboys
Fluent in both English and Swedish