1992 Leslie Brathwaite Mixing Engineer Freelance Credits: Boyz II Men, Outkast, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, TLC, Ciara, Young Jeezy. Leslie Brathwaite is a graduate of the Recording Arts program, and has been working as a Mixing Engineer in the professional music industry for nearly two decades. Leslie is originally from St. Thomas Virgin Islands, and has settled down in the southern recording capital of Atlanta, where he’s made a name for himself in the city’s influential music scene.

As a Mixing Engineer, Leslie is responsible for taking all of the music and vocal tracks recorded during a session, and blending them together to create the final mixes you hear – keeping in mind how they’ll sound during playback on the radio, CD, or digital audio file. Leslie’s credit list reads like a roll call of pop music’s biggest stars, including multi-platinum artists Boyz II Men, Outkast, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, TLC, Ciara, and Young Jeezy.

1992 Carl Verna Music Video Director Freelance Credits: Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes Carl Verna moved to New York City after graduating from the Film program, and spent the next few years establishing his career as a writer, producer, and director in the music video industry – building up a resume that includes collaborations with artists like Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, and Busta Rhymes.

In addition to co-owning and operating Verna/Stein Multimedia, Carl recently returned to Full Sail to take on a teaching role in the Film program. His class, Producing Independent Films, focuses on the industrial, music video, episodic, and reality sectors of the filmmaking industry, and Carl has enjoyed the opportunity to share his knowledge of the industry with current Full Sail students. During his downtime he continues to commute to New York to meet with clients and develop new video projects with his favorite artists.

1996 Kristifir Klein Modeling Set Lead Pixar Animation Studios Credits: Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up Kristifir Klein has had a hand in helping Pixar Animation Studio craft their magic since 2000, when he hopped on board as Lighting Technical Director for Monsters, Inc. Since then, the Full Sail Digital Media grad has worked on many Pixar classics, including a prominent credit as Set Modeling Lead on Wall-E and Up.

1999 Sara Mooney Lighting Tech Cirque du Soleil Credits: Cirque du Soleil's "La Nouba" Show Production grad Sara Mooney works as a Theatrical Electrician and Lighting Tech for Cirque du Soleil’s La Nouba show in Orlando, Florida. Sara operates the follow spotlight and lighting console for the nightly shows, as well as troubleshoots and maintains the lighting system, including power and electronics repair.

2003 Kim Alpert Creative Director Sparkfactor Credits: Motorola, Blue Man Group, 8ball Films, Draft World Wide With a background in fine art, world music, and carpentry, Digital Media grad Kim Alpert has worked in-house for companies like Leo Burnett and Blue Man Group as well as freelance for Motorola, 8ball Films, and Draft World Wide to name a few. Her broadcast design has been seen on BET, WGN, Lifetime, and a variety of other channels.

Kim has also been the Film and Video Curator for Chicago’s Around the Coyote Festival since the fall of 2003. She has premiered her independent work there, as well as Facets Movieside Festival, and in 2005 she worked as the post engineer and producer for Coup d’etat, which was honored at the 28th annual Framline Festival.

2006 Jake Allston Supervising Sound Editor Advantage Audio Credits: Jake Allston, a 2006 Recording Arts graduate, who recently received the Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing for a Live Action or Animated Television Show, for his work on the Nickelodeon series Tak and the Power of Juju.

2005 James Farrand Lead World Builder N-Space Credits: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Nintendo DS) Computer Animation graduate James Farrand is a Lead World Builder at Florida-based game studio N-Space, and has contributed his sharp eye for level creation to such titles as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Nintendo DS title Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance for the Nintendo Wii. As Lead World Builder, James allocates tasks and manages the schedules of the environment department, the team of level artists responsible for everything from a game’s landscape foliage to industrial structures.

2005 Kyle Gaulin Character Animator Treyarch/Activision Credits: Call of Duty series Kyle Gaulin has taken his passion for video game graphics into a Character Animator position at Treyarch, where the Full Sail grad has worked to create the war-ravaged content for the Call of Duty series – including detailed character and vehicle animations for the single and multi-player modes, as well as numerous cut scenes and cinematics.

1991 Sebastian Krys Producer/Engineer Arju Productions Credits: Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Carlos Vives, Ricky Martin, Luis Fonsi After graduating from Full Sail's Recording Arts program in 1991, Sebastian Krys began working as an engineer at Crescent Moon Studios (owned by Latin music icon Emilio Estefan). Over the course of his career, he's earned a total of 11 awards from NARAS - four GRAMMY® Awards and seven Latin GRAMMY® Awards, including 2007's prestigious Latin GRAMMY® Producer of the Year - and has worked on projects with artists such as Marc Anthony, Shakira, the Black Eyed Peas, and Will Smith.

Sebastian currently is focusing his efforts into his own Arju Productions, working as a producer and songwriter to help develop the careers of new artists.