The VFX solutions guy: a skeptical English teacher's chance encounter with digital graphics changed his life forever.(profile)
Asia Image, June, 2007 by Chan, Danny
It's funny how the career paths we take are often as much dictated by conscious thought as it is perchance, as well as a combination of both. In the case of Maurice Patel, head of product marketing for Autodesk's Media & Entertainment Division, the angels of fate probably had a bigger role to play.
Said Pater: "My background isn't in this industry at all. In fact, I did a degree in mining. After that I became a teacher training professionals how to communicate in English. It was in the early nineties that I became interested in computer graphics."
Today, Patel's is ...
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