PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• HinesLab, Glendale, CA, 1983-present.  Broad-based inventor, developing opto-mechanical devices, spy cameras, flight simulator optics, photographic equipment, 3-D cameras, professional 3-D camera rigs, auto-stereoscopic displays, mechanical devices…

• WED Enterprises (Walt Disney Productions, R&D), Glendale, CA, 1980-1984.  Project engineer in Show Design, and Research and Development.  Designed the 3-D camera rig used to film “Magic Journeys” and “Captain Eo” for Disneyland and EPCOT Center.  Developed interactive imaging display devices, optical projection systems and motion bases for simulator theaters in theme parks.


• Eastman Kodak Co. (Research Laboratories), Rochester, NY, 1969-1980.  Senior Research Physicist.  Conceived and implemented solutions to basic problems of physics, optics and photography (autofocus techniques, reflective imaging optics, continuous-motion motion-picture camera/projector optics, 3-D imaging techniques, and Moiré pattern research.)


• Student at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, graduating in 1969 with an A average in the major of Industrial Design.  Received the most (7) and highest-salary offers in the graduating class.

 • General Motors, Warren, MI, summer of 1968, Designer, Student Summer Program. Developed, illustrated, modeled and presented a car of the future, including projected map and navigation system and new construction techniques.
  

• Benson Aircraft Corporation, Raleigh, NC summer of 1967.  Research and Development Department.  Conceived, engineered, built and tested several in-flight trim control mechanisms for autogyros.


• U. S. Navy, 1960-1963.  Machinist (MR-3).  Machined metal and plastic parts with lathes, milling machines, etc.  Training in San Diego, CA.  Travel: Norfolk, Florida, New York, Scotland, Ireland, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Bahamas.
  

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