Alexander Riveras Bio:

Alexander Rivera is an award winning animator and with over twenty years of animation experience. He was formerly the lead animator for Ernst & Young's National Communications Services group, where he supervised the firm's entire global 2D/3D animation and interactive efforts. During his time there, he and his team produced Id Packages for The National and World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards program, as well as animated packages for the CNN fn program Entrepreneurs Only and the Automotive Pace Award Programs. He also played a key role developing animation standards for the firm's new Brand Identity package. In 1996 Alexander founded the animation boutique, Caesar Roars Productions which in 2006 became The Render Ranch, LLC. Under his supervision The Render Ranch produced animation and multimedia solutions for The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, The Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh’s Centennial Celebration, The Cleveland Bicentennial Commission, Interactive Solutions – Capgemini US, LLC, South Beach Diet, Kraftmaid, Hawk Corp, Duke University, among others.

An adjunct faculty at Virginia Marti College of Art and Design and Cuyahoga Community College he regularly instructs 3D Modeling, 2D and 3D Animation and Character Design courses.