David 'Ed' Edwards
I currently work as a VFX Product Manager for Vicon Motion Capture Systems. When not at work, you can find me moonlighting as a Visual Design Specialist, playing drums or researching great white sharks.
My (mis)adventures over the years have taken me across the length of Siberia, to the great white shark capital of the world and the wrong end of a Ukrainian military gun barrel. This website is at once a demonstration of my skillset and record of such experiences, that I may live vicariously through when I enter senility and the greatest challenge awaiting me is one of sustaining bladder control on a daily basis.
If you're interested in learning more about any of the above, please do get in touch.
Experience
Product Manager for VFX
July 2021 to present - ViconTrustee
August 2020 to June 2022 - SharkStuffTechnical Specialist for Visualisation and Simulation
August 2018 to June 2021 - Staffordshire UniversityTechnical Specialist for Games and Visual Effects
August 2016 to July 2018 - Staffordshire UniversityProgram Manager (Remote)
July 2017 to June 2020 - Marine Dynamics AcademyCreative Director
January 2013 to July 2016 - EDNADesigner and Research Assistant
Mach 2012 to December 2012 - Dyer Island Conservation TrustDesign and Research Manager
March 2010 to February 2012 - Oceans ResearchMultimedia Manager
March 2008 to February 2010 - Oceans ResearchJunior Designer
January 2007 to February 2008 - Sureshots Fancy Dress
Publications
Fear at the top: killer whale predation drives white shark absence at South Africa’s largest aggregation site
- AV Towner
- RGA Watson
- AA Kock
- Y Papastamatiou
- M Sturup
- E Gennari
- K Baker
- T Booth
- M Dicken
- W Chivell
- S Elwen
- T Kaschke
- D Edwards
- MJ Smale
First Record of a Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) Predating a Tope Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in the UK
- Georgia Catherine Anne Jones
- Andrew John Roberts
- David Ed Edwards
Animal borne video from a sea turtle reveals novel anti predator behaviors
- Jenna Hounslow
- Oliver Jewell
- Sabrina Fossette
- David Edwards
- Adrian Gleiss
The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth: tooth shape and ontogenetic shift dynamics in the white shark Carcharodon carcharias
- Georgia French
- Marlene Stürup
- Simone Rizzuto
- David Edwards
- William O. H. Hughes
Gauging the Threat: The First Population Estimate for White Sharks in South Africa Using Photo Identification and Automated Software
- Alison Towner
- Michelle Ann Jewell
- Ryan R Reisinger
- David Edwards
- Oliver Jewell
Buddies
Anna Phillips
Photographer / other half - anna-phillips.comOliver Jewell
Shark researcher / scummy Liverpool F.C. fan - oliverjewell.comRich Harper
Senior Tech Artist / Tech Encyclopedia - richharper.co.ukTom Vine
Game Developer / Blueprint Genius - tomvine.comOli Cooke
Senior Mocap Editor / Guitar hero - olicooke.co.ukMichelle Jewell
Science Communicator / Sushi enthusiast - michelleajewell.comTaylor Chapple
Shark Expert / Clever guy - taylorchapple.wixsite.comDan Farrow
Web Developer / BvS apologist - zellement.com
Education
Master of Research, Computing Science
August 2020 to present - Staffordshire UniversityFirst Class BA(Hons) Multimedia Graphics
August 2003 to July 2006 - Staffordshire UniversityAVCE Art and Design
August 2001 to 2003 - Buxton and Leek College
Discography
A Dawn Of Shattered Silence
(2018) Krupskaya
Drums, songwriting, artwork
Ozgin (compilation)
(2014) Krupskaya
Drums, songwriting
Swollen Lungs (compilation)
(2014) Krupskaya
Drums, songwriting
Krupskaya v Kill A Celebrity
(2009) Krupskaya
Drums, songwriting, artwork
Viral Dissipation
(2009) Krupskaya
Drums, songwriting
Krupskaya v Trendy Bastard
(2008) Krupskaya
Drums, songwriting, artwork
One way ticket to hell (compilation)
(2007) Krupskaya
Drums, songwriting, artwork
