| Name | Occupation |
Attended Sierra College
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| James L. Sorenson | James LeVoy Sorenson is a renowned American entrepreneur who invented and produced many ingenious medical devices that are standard equipment in health care today. He is known foremost for developing the computerized heart monitor, which was the first device able to accurately monitor conditions inside a living human heart. Among Mr. Sorenson’s other inventions are the first disposable paper surgical mask, the first plastic venous catheter and the first blood recycling system for trauma and surgical procedures. With more than 40 medical patents, it is likely that a Sorenson medical innovation is at work in every operating room and intensive care unit in the United States. More of his biography. | 1940-42 (Placer Jr. College) |
| Ken Tokutomi | CPA | Graduated 1975 |
| Mike Doane | Roseville Police Officer | Graduated 1984 |
| Lisa Ralston | Director, Sutter Auburn Faith Emergency Services | Graduated 1987 |
| Bob Koch | Bob graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a certificate degree in Traditional Character Animation in 1998. His first job in the industry was with Walt Disney, primarily working with Euro Disneyland in France. He has since worked for a number of different gaming and animation studios including: Atari Games on “Bevis and Butthead”; Wild Brain on the TV show “The Twisted Tails of Felix the Cat”; Pixar Animation Studios on such projects as “Toy Story 2” and “A Bug’s Life”. Bob then worked for PDI/Dreamworks in their commercial and effects division as Senior Animator and Designer. While with Pixar Bob heard that Moebius, the French comic book illustrator was making a film in China. As a huge fan of Moebius, Bob applied and went to work for him. Since that work as the Character Animation Supervisor, Bob has worked with Mondo Media, Electonic Arts, and is currently working for LucasArts on the “Indiana Jones Next-Gen game as Animation Lead. | 1985 |
| Josh Reis | Josh currently owns JRLAB in Southern California, a Motion Graphics, DVD Authoring and Short Form Online Finishing Studio. He graduated from USC in Fine Arts and Cinema-Television in 2003. Josh attended Colfax high school and Sierra College. Film credits include: Nomad Traveller, India, with Elizabeth Hurley; Johnny Polygon “Bag” music video directed by Nathan Morse, and “Speed Dating”, a short film directed by Crystal Liu. Other work includes Motion Graphics and After Effects animation for Sony Playstation 3, N, and for Red Bulls Major League Soccer Team commercial. Go to http://www.joshuareis.com to see Josh’s portfolio of work. | 1999-2000 |
| Travis Howe | Travis left Sierra College in 2003 to pursue an education at Ex'pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, CA. While attending, he worked with a group of 6 others to create the opening visuals for the 2005 VES Festival in L.A. and began mentoring at Pixar under senior animator Dan Mason. Upon graduation he was offered a job at Perpetual Entertainment in San Francisco, making a World of Warcraft style game (a genre known as Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games, or MMORPG's) called Gods and Heroes. Check out http://www.godsandheroes.com. | 2003 |
Alumni Success Stories
True stories of real people who started rewarding careers through the Sierra Community College District.
For all these people, attending Sierra College education programs was the turning point in their lives. To read their inspiring stories here, click on a name.
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