Joe Micallef
Lead Digital Instructor at Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolJoe Micallef is a creative technologist and educator blending 30+ years of animation, simulation, and multimedia production with 11 years of focused experience building AI-driven tools for manufacturing and the automotive aftermarket. As a founder and research lead, he architects corpus-to-world-model AI workflows that connect fragmented technical knowledge across consumers, technicians, suppliers, and OEMs, and has driven measurable business impact—over $500K saved by replacing printed manuals with interactive React-based experiences. He has built and led multidisciplinary innovation studios, deployed broadcast-grade production pipelines, and introduced automation and emerging AI tools to accelerate content and data workflows. An experienced instructor at colleges and industry programs, he translates complex systems into intuitive learning experiences using VR, WebGL, and 3D printing. Beyond delivery, his current research explores hybrid 2D/3D world models and authored anomalies as a substrate for more imaginative, simulation-driven ML. Based in Los Angeles, he combines classical art training with engineering rigor—often prototyping solutions end-to-end from sketch to simulated agent.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
My focus was art and communications., Highlights: I was a DJ on WOVI, I help design our 1990 HS yearbook & I interviewed Dan Quayle, My focus was art and communications., Highlights: I was a DJ on WOVI, I help design our 1990 HS yearbook & I interviewed Dan Quayle at Novi High SchoolAnimation, Maya, Animation, Maya at GnomonMFA, Animation, MFA, Animation at University of Southern CaliforniaBFA, FIne Art/Graphic Design, BFA, FIne Art/Graphic Design at Wayne State UniversityI took one class to help me develop an interactive app for Fleet Capital Leasing, Multi-Media Digital Design, I took one class to help me develop an interactive app for Fleet Capital Leasing, Multi-Media Digital Design at College for Creative Studies
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Github Skills (74)
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syphon10
open-source10
streamdeck10
discord-bot9
artnet9
keypair8
realtime7
command-line-tool7
swift7
image-gallery7
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
SerialForBreakfast/Challenges
May 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:41 commits, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
SerialForBreakfast/SpeechDictation
Jun 2024 - Mar 2026
Contributions:7 PRs, 31 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 8 months
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