SAE Magazine 13-2

40 After finishing a Master o Practice my studies have to reflect my interest in bu I completed a Master of in 2011 and am currently Business Administration. Unwinding You will usually find m either going for a long wal with a camera or going recently acquired this ama gear bike and it is so muc I actually find my daily rid tunity for reflection. Music, live wherever poss my life too. I’ve a pencha and love bands like Tool, Crimson, Porcupine Tree, I love the genre’s boun that both challenges and Staff Profile // Antonia Mocatta The amazing road to success of Chief Operating Officer for Australia I was fortunate enough to have spent my child- hoodinseveralcountries– England,HongKong and South Africa and to have been immersed in their wonderful and varied cultures. I moved to my father’s native Australia after I completed my undergraduate studies. I have lived in Sydney ever since. I have always been drawn to the arts and fasci- nated by technology. I originally completed a Fine Arts degree with a major in printmaking and photography. This was back in the bad old days before digital media, so I had lots of fun fumbling around with chemicals in the darkroom! After a brief sojourn into commercial photography, and having always been a fan of surrealism, I was seduced by the endless possibilities of the then emerging digital imaging technologies (as defined by the album cover art of Storm Thorgerson), and I decided to go back to school. First I completed a course in 3D animation — this was in 1993, and 3D Studio was very rudimentary at the time — then graphic design followed by web development. All of this was a lot of fun and relates mostly to the first part of my career, although I still continue to make things whenever I have time—my typical evening is spent in front of the computer playing on Photoshop. Technical skills knowledge aside, me the best throu is learning how t analytically and

SAE Magazine 13-2

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