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Ross Newton is an experienced professional with a background in visual effects and software engineering. From 2003 to 2012, they worked at Ball Aerospace as a 3D Visualization Supervisor and Software Engineer, programming software using J2EE, JSP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. From 2007 to 2010, they worked as a freelance Visual Effects Supervisor and Lead for two feature films, True Nature and Suing the Devil. In 2010, they began working as a freelance CG Lead and Compositor for Pixel Playground on seven major-studio feature films. In 2011, they worked as a freelance On-Screen Graphics Designer and Programmer for Visual Alchemy. From 2012 to 2014, they worked at Marvel Entertainment as a Nuke TD and Compositor, developing custom Nuke/Python cross-platform pipeline-nodes and working as a Nuke Compositor and CG Artist. In 2012, they also worked as a CG Artist and Compositor at Dilated Pixels. Finally, from 2012 to present, they have been the CEO and Founder of Crowdpurr.com, a company that creates interactive experiences for virtual and live events.

Ross Newton obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Fine Art Drawing from Wright State University in 2002. In 2016, they obtained the Duolingo Spanish Fluency: Elementary (Estimated) certification from Duolingo.