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ELIZABETH STRICKLER 1286 McLendon Ave. • Atlanta, GA 30307 • (404) 274-2038 • eli@gsu.edu
Innovator  •  Leader  •  Technologist  •  Creative  •  Educator
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director, Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Creative Media Industries Institute, Georgia State University (2014 – Present) Programming and Partnership chair, designed Media Entrepreneurship curriculum and taught all courses, established partnerships with national media corporations and organizations, lead innovator of ●      Conceived, designed and helped secure a $20M grant for an immersive, interactive and innovative media production and research facility. ●      Worked with architects to design and develop use case scenarios for all creative, educational and entrepreneurship spaces of new facility. Lead the research and specification of $5M in technology. ●      Developed the Media Entrepreneurship curriculum including ten courses in the major and minor. Designed and taught many of these classes uniquely integrating design thinking, lean canvas and creative innovation. ●      Concepted and co-produced the largest augmented and virtual reality conference in Georgia with 32 speakers, 20 demonstrations and 350 attendees. ●      Lead a group of faculty in an effort to create unique partnerships and innovative research, with companies including Unity, Turner, Moxie, Sony and more. ●      Created a searchable database for startups to find for mentors, interns and freelance labor using unique matching protocols. ●      Created a book to form media entrepreneurship students that promotes innovation and creativity. ●      Lead architect and instructor in the Staff Innovation Program. ●      Developed, planned and recruited for GSU innovative media incubator. ●      Programmed gamejams, hackathons, designathons and pitch contests as well as speaker series and workshops.   Associate Director, Digital Arts Entertainment Lab, Georgia State University (2007 – 2014) Lead the multimillion-dollar entertainment research and production facility. Facilitate creation, testing and marketing of digital media content. Secure, execute and manage grants, funding and innovative media projects. Serve as media industry liaison and internship coordinator; develop industry / academic partnerships and connect students with ideal media projects, mentorships and internships. ●      Secured $1M+ in grants and contracts by through synergies between disparate organizations and institutions and by combining storytelling with media messaging and technology. ●      Developed, curated and organized DAEL Presents, a five-year running series wherein industry professional speak to students about the intricacies of their field. Organizing the 2013-14 series in conjunction with Media Entrepreneurship Class and a series of media technology workshops. ●      Advanced GSU’s Media Industry curriculum by combining media industry expertise with design, creativity and technology to promote innovation in graduate and undergraduate student work. ●      Conceived, implemented and curated The Window Project, a new media installation space with a mission to engage the community and enhance the GSU campus and downtown Atlanta. Partnered with local, national and international artists and technologists for over 30 installations. ●      Established the MAKE Media Lab with funding from grants and contracts. The collaborative lab includes work on augmented and virtual reality, 3D printed camera support, multiple projector interfaces and tangible media based on mapping, sensors and other DIY technology.
Co-Owner, Revelator Inc. (2008 – 2015) Directing and editorial, graphic design and web services boutique shop. ●      Worked closely with directors to assist in editing award-winning fiction and documentary short films. ●      Conceptualized and consulted in special effects scenes for short films. ●      Responsible for organization and quality control of all digital files. ●      Key-framed and composited title sequences for short films.   Post Production Supervisor, Digital Arts Entertainment Lab (1997 – 2007) Designed, purchased and maintained a high-end post production research facility. Instructed students on the use of post production and special effects hardware and software for the graduate film production curriculum and for the Digital Arts Entertainment Lab. Maintained a large database of GSU alumni, students and Georgia film industry participants for networking. Managed financial matters concerning the lab. ●      Designed, purchased and maintained a high-end post production research facility. ●      Led large editing and effects projects with Georgia Tech, Turner and The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. ●      Designed and maintained websites, newsletters, social networks, streaming media servers and all public relations. ●      Worked with faculty, students and outside contractors to produce interactive media, films, videos, DVDs and websites.
MindSpring Inc. (now EarthLink) – Atlanta, GA	1995 – 1997
Director of Web Services and Senior Engineer, Business Services Engineering Designed and built web hosting facility for a major ISP from the ground up. Led design and implementation of 20+ Sun workstations and multiple other machines. Managed set-up of 4000+ web hosting accounts, 6000+ domains and 20,000+ mail aliases. Automated setup and maintenance using database programming. Taught seminars on how to maintain servers, manage server balance and program in Perl scripting language.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Georgia State University – Atlanta, GA		1995 – Present
Course Designer and Professor, Media Business Development (2016 – Present) This class takes the material of a concept and transforms it into an actualized prototype or alpha product. You will work with visualizing techniques, peer critique, and prototyping methods to transform your ideas into working models that can be tested, transformed, and iteratively designed. You will pitch ideas, respond to critiques, find partners and take your product into the final phases of alpha development. You will develop skills in understanding your potential customer segments, resources, partners, and revenue streams.
Course Designer and Professor, Media Entrepreneurship (2013 – Present) Engaged a small group of invested graduate and undergraduate students whom have successfully pitched a media concept, business or technology to secure enrollment. By entering the program, students agree to transparently analyze their projects and those of their peers and their experience to help form the second phase of the program.
Course Designer and Instructor, Cross Media Design (2011 / 2013) Guided students to design multimedia stories from the ground up. Drove discussion and healthy debate around a broad range of topics, from the tensions inherent in serving contrasting audiences to the impact of fan demands on the creative process. The class culminates in a Pitch Day to which outside industry creatives and execs are invited.
Course Designer and Instructor, Producing Emerging Media (2007 – Present) Designed and instruct the undergraduate-level media course. Apply traditional means of production, distribution and exhibition to new media via the Internet, Web 2.0 and 3.0, Flash and mobile media.
Instructor, Digital Post-Production (2006) Designed and taught graduate-level traditional post-production, including editing, graphics, sound and effects.
Instructor, Producing Emerging Media Products (2006) Co-created and co-taught the innovative graduate-level class to forge a path for students to apply the traditional means of production, distribution and exhibition to new media via Web 2.0 and mobile media.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE, BOARDS and PROJECTS
Co-Founder / Executive Board – The New School – Atlanta, GA		2012 – Present
Co-founded a small, independent high school, which opened in Fall 2014. Master teachers and innovative instructional techniques enable students to explore their passions through collaborative, project ­based learning and internships, while they expand their intellectual boundaries with challenging humanities and math / science curriculum.
Designer, Augmented Reality Tour, National Center for Civil and Human Rights – Atlanta, GA		2014 – Present
In partnership with the NCCHR and BarkBark, leading a group of Masters, PhD and Computer Science students to create a new way of experiencing the center using mobile device applications with augmented reality enhancements.
Developer / Curator – The Window Project – Atlanta, GA		2011 – Present
Developed the curated outdoor, new media installation space with a mission to engage the community and enhance the GSU campus and downtown Atlanta. The infrastructure consists of six HD projectors synchronized to create a massive rear-projection screen that can be seen from Atlanta’s central park and from GSU’s main pedestrian path.
Executive Board – Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault (GNESA) – Atlanta, GA		2012 – Present
Communication Director and Public Relations strategist for Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault. GNESA is responsible for providing training for Victim Advocates, Law Enforcement Officers and Medical Personnel, as well as working with victims of sexual violence and supporting member centers and allied professionals across the state.
Member – State of Georgia Digital Study Group – Atlanta, GA		2012 – 2013
Invited to sit on a Digital Study Group to advise the Governor of Georgia on ways to develop and sustain Georgia’s Interactive Digital Entertainment sector. Following presentation of the group’s white paper in 09/2013.
Founder – Cross Media Exchange, The Cross Stitch Project – Atlanta, GA		2010 – Present
Founded and lead The Cross Stitch Project, a cross-cultural design exchange between girls in India and Atlanta. Participants share ideas, learn global business and cross-cultural communication skills and jointly design and produce a fair trade line of clothing while documenting the process. The international media project is funded through a partnership with Asha for Education, private investors and small grants.
EDUCATION
MFA, Digital Filmmaking and Arts Dept. of Communication and College of Art and Design, Georgia State University – Atlanta, GA		2007
BS, Computer Science (Minor in Mathematics) Georgia State University – Atlanta, GA		1992
BA, Philosophy (Minor in Film) Georgia State University – Atlanta, GA		1987
SELECT GRANTS AND PAPERS
Co-Investigator – Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science and NIH and FDA ($19,000,000)			2013 – 2018
Media Campaign Lead for The Science of Decision Making: Connecting People and Policy.
Principal Investigator / Executive Producer – HeLP Wanted; Health / Law Partnership Center at GSU($30,000)					2013
Produced a short documentary whose main inspiration is the award-winning documentary, The Waiting Room.
Co-Investigator / Executive Producer – Georgia Health Sciences University ($10,000)			2011 – 2012
Developed breastfeeding training videos to encourage parents to nurse their newborns.
Principal Investigator – Georgia Dept. of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), Division of Addictive Disease, Office of Prevention Services & Programs (OPSP) ($130,000)				2010
Created and executed a new media campaign, including film, television, cable, internet and social media commercial.
Principal Investigator – Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health (DPH), Substance Abuse Prevention & Behavioral Development ($83,500)			2009
Executed a new media campaign, including the film, television, cable, internet and social media commercial.
Co-Investigator / Producer – Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health (DPH), Substance Abuse Prevention & Behavioral Development ($85,000)			2007
Developed and executed the media campaign, including film, television and cable commercial.
SELECT AFFILIATIONS
Member – Georgia Department of Education IT Advisory Committee		2013 – Present
Appointed Member – Interactive Digital Entertainment Advisory Committee for Georgia		2012 – 2013
Member – Women in Film and Television Association		2011 – Present
Member – Georgia Production Partners		2008 – Present
Member – University of Film and Video Association		2006 – Present
Member – Technology Across Georgia		2004 – Present
SELECT LECTURES and WORKSHOPS
Presenter, Maker Faire Atlanta, DIY Virtual Reality		2014
Speaker, MAKE Magic – STEAM3 Conference and Technology Faire Facilitator, MAKE your Story – University Film and Video Association		2014 2013
Participant, The Art of Teaching Code to Media Artists – University Film and Video Association		2013
Facilitator, How to Hack the Kinect – Atlanta Film Festival Cinformation Series		2012
Facilitator, Producing New Media – Atlanta Film Festival, Cinformation Series		2012
SELECT NEW MEDIA PROJECTS
Time Laps		2007
Created an immersive video and audio environment in which the content plays according to the viewer’s movement through a room. The installation consists of a room with four different videos projected onto each of the four walls with corresponding speakers in the corners.
Runaway: The Game		2006
Developed the independent game about a runaway girl and the choices the user makes for her. The game breaks the boundaries of gender in games and deals with real social issues. The technology behind the game allows the user to move forwards and backwards within a video clip to find clues to move to new stages.
SELECT PRODUCTIONS – Shuktara
Grounded by Reality		2010
Select Festivals / Awards: Picked to air in the 2013 PBS POV lineup; Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (2010); International Documentary Challenge Finalist and POV Award Winner (2010); International Health Film Festival (2010); Oxford Film Festival (2011); Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (2011)
Ghosts		2010
Select Festivals / Awards: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (2009); International Documentary Challenge Finalist (2009); Thin Line Film Fest (2010); Atlanta Film Festival (2010)
Going To The Beach: A Future Memory		2008
Select Festivals / Awards: Rhode Island International Film Festival (2008); Southern Circuit (2008); Salento International Film Festival (2009)
Moth To Light		2007
Select Festivals / Awards: Southern Fried Flicks, Winner of Best Student Film (2007); Seattle True Independent Film Festival (2007); Artsfest Film Festival (2007), Wild Sound Film Festival, Winner of Best Cinematography (2007); Salento International Film Festival (2007); 17th Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival (2007); Southern Circuit (2007)
SOCIAL MEDIA
Personal Profiles LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/elizabethstrickler Twitter: twitter.com/elizaday Academia.edu: gsu.academia.edu/ElizabethStrickler	Managed Profiles GSU Twitter: twitter.com/daelab GSU Facebook: on.fb.me/110fYvs Cross Stitch Project Facebook: on.fb.me/16JikO6
SELECT TECHNICAL SKILLS
Creative Tools: FinalCut Pro 7 and X, Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Flash, Photoshop), Unity Web Development: CSS, HTML5, JavaScript, Perl, Github, WordPress Data: Tableau, mysql