Brent Wiley received a B.A. from the University of Kansas as well as an M.F.A from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Computer Animation. Preceding his academic career as a professor, Brent worked in animation based industries such as Multi-Media, Pre-Visualization, Commercials, Feature Film, and Game Cinematics. He worked primarily as a Multi-Media Artist and a Technical Artist in these industries for over a decade. Wiley was published in HDRI 3D magazine for an article covering RIB file generation from Softimage XSI for Renderman renderers. Brent Wiley is also a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).