Gnomon School of Visual Effects

Anthony Almanzor

System Administrator

Anthony Almanzor is a graduate of UCLA where he obtained his bachelors in Materials Science and Engineering. He worked in the semiconductor industry for 6 years as a process engineer, overseeing several areas of semiconductor manufacturing. He is now part of the Gnomon family as the System Administrator, hoping to take digital and analog courses in the near future to uncover his hidden artistic talents.

Christine Alpas

Office Manager

Christine graduated in 2005 with a BA degree in Computer Animation at California State University, Los Angeles. She has been a member of ACM SIGGRAPH for 3 years. She worked on an animated short film with other animators for the play, "Wizard of Oz" at Cal State, LA. In 2005, Pam Hogarth introduced her to Gnomon where she extended her education as a 3D artist. At Gnomon, she started as an intern/student for a year, and then became a full-time employee. On the side, she is an independent freelance 3D Modeler and Texture Artist - designing 3D architectural houses for clients.

Brian Bradford

Admissions Counselor

Brian has studied illustration, graphic design and 3D at various schools across his native Southern California including Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa and Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Brian has also dabbled in various art forms here and there including cartooning and a stint in the Hollywood music scene. Brian remains active in community youth programs and enjoys long walks on the beach.

Eric Carl

Designer

Eric is an Addy award winning transplant from Indiana where he spent four years as a web designer at an advertising agency. He is an active illustrator and graphic designer as well as apparel artist and musician. When not induldging himself in work, Eric enjoys collecting taxidermied animals and cross stitching.

Alegria Castro

Assistant Director of Administration

 

Michelle Lathan-McDaniels

Financial Aid/Compliance

Michelle earned her BS in Information Science from Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri. She put her attention to detail to work in computer programming, niche/minority marketing and national consumer expositions before becoming affiliated with education in Southern California.

As the Assistant Director for an educational consulting firm, she helped school administrators achieve and maintain compliance with state and local government, national accrediting and federal agencies. As a consultant, she guided Gnomon through accreditation, immigration (student visas) and Title IV (financial aid) approval. Michelle recently accepted the opportunity to coordinate Gnomon's Financial Aid and Compliance requirements. She joins us with almost 10 years of experience in proprietary vocational school administration.

Bob Ward

Production Artist

Bob Ward is a graduate of Kendall College of Art and Design where he obtained his Bachelors Degree of Fine Art in Illustration. He spent 3 years designing coffee and tea packaging for national grocery franchises, along with making freelance flash animation, print design, and illustrations for businesses in the retail industry. Bob has won 3 silver Addy Awards for his work in design and animation. He is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, but was hired by Gnomon School of Visual Effects to lend his talents as a production artist.