Dean Cheesman
Creative Technologist
Provo, Utah, United States
Summary
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SeniorDean Cheesman is a creative technologist with 12 years of experience designing and building interactive installations, custom lighting systems, and immersive digital-physical experiences for clients ranging from the Seattle Seahawks and Utah Jazz to music festivals and museums. Based in Provo, Utah, he blends motion graphics, UX/product design, and hands-on hardware integration—computer vision, speech recognition, sensors, motors, and robotic arms—to craft bespoke installations and performance tools. He founded Self Similar and contributes technical direction at Outside the Box Games, routinely shipping custom software that ties creative code to live events, touring acts, and public art. Dean also organizes Provo’s multi-venue Buzzards & Bees festival, revealing a knack for scaling creative projects across venues and teams. Beyond visible work, he pairs data visualization and motion design sensibilities with production-grade engineering, turning analytics and narrative briefs into compelling physical-digital experiences.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
German
Github Skills (13)
browser-game8
border8
tabletop6
usb-serial5
player5
strip5
irc-bot4
arduino-library4
roguelike4
usb3
arduino3
controller3
irc2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dcheesman/buzzardsandbees
Jul 2018 - Oct 2021
Buzzards and Bees Site
Contributions:1 PR, 183 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
bees
dcheesman/ProvoMusicChart
Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:30 commits in 11 days
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