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Daniel Olszewski

Daniel Olszewski

Title Adjunct Faculty
Department Animation
Phone 216.421.7000

Degree BS, Digital Design, University of Cincinnati

While my passions for design and technology co-exist, the journey to the final product is what motivates me. The relationship between a creative idea and the tools or techniques needed to bring it to life is a challenge I look forward to facing on a daily basis.

Zachary Owens

Title Adjunct Faculty
Department Animation
Phone 216.421.7000

Degree BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art

Zachary Owens is a CIA alum and received his Animation BFA in 2018. Zach is versatile with a background in Illustration, Animation, and 3D modeling. Just as new applications, software, and workflows are being introduced he makes sure to stay up to date, exploring the latest and the unknown.

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Jeff Simonetta

Title Assistant Professor
Department Animation
Phone 440.537.1570

Degree BFA, Bowling Green State University

Jeff Simonetta began his path into animation by attending Bowling Green State University. While attending Jeff was active as the chair of the BGSU ACM SIGGRAPH Student chapter for two years and worked to restore the digital arts community at BGSU. In 2011 he received a BFA in Digital Arts specializing in Animation.

After graduation he completed animation workshops through ianimate.net, studying with some of the best animators in the industry to further refine his craft. From here was part form Photonic Studios, a CGI visualization firm in Cleveland.

Jeff is currently Creative Director of Halo Media Works, an Animation, Games, and Visualizaiton studio in Solon, OH.

Jeff continues to help build his community with teaching and collaboration. He loves animation of all sorts abd has become a master of his craft. He wishes to spread his passion to new generations of animators.

Lisa Tan

Title Adjunct Faculty
Department Animation
Phone 216.421.7000

Degree BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art

Lisa Tan developed a love for the 3D animation pipeline and has applied modeling, texture mapping, rigging and animation skills to 3D animatics for theme park design at Universal Creative, holographic anatomy for the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, and previsualization footage for Paul Schraeder's film Dog Eat Dog. She has created two short films: Wisteria, a collaborative animation that premiered on a planetarium dome at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and High Hedges, her thesis film which was on exhibit at the Cleveland Institute of Art's 2017 Student Summer Show.
Lisa currently works as a freelance designer and multimedia artist and spends her free time learning and teaching creative skills, participating in local community organizing, and building cat trees.
Lisa graduated in 2017 from the Cleveland Institute of Art with a BFA in Animation.

Lauren Kubacki

Title Technical Specialist
Department Animation
Phone 216.421.7938

Student Growth: Daniel Johnson

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