New York-based visual
effects and computer animation company Black Logic, a division of the
Tape House Companies, has restructured its staff with new leadership
and numerous new hires. Ivan Molomut has been named executive
producer, after serving as head of sales for Black Logic for the past
three years. Molomut is responsible for key new hires including CGI
director Doug Johnson, who comes to Black Logic after many years in
the New York City computer graphics community. After a stint at the
Computer Graphics Lab at New York Institute of Technology and time at
Image Design (now BlinkFX) and AT&T's interactive television project,
Doug landed at R/Greenberg Associates, where he was a project leader
and lead animator for over five years, working on spots for Orkin,
Dodge, Disney Magic Boat, Colgate and many others. Working freelance,
he recently animated the AT&T "Grabber" spot at Rhinoceros Visual
Effects and created network IDs for the Sci Fi Channel and Yes
Networks at broadcast design house Ultraviolet. Other new hires
include head of production Julie Shevach, who joins the Black Logic
team after three years with Click 3X where she was executive
producer, then senior vice president/managing director. Shevach will
work closely with Molomut overseeing bidding and production of all of
Black Logic's projects. Art director Irene Kim joins Black Logic
after two years with Blue Sky Studios where she worked on the feature
film ICE AGE. Finally, producer Angela Cacchione joins the company
after two years as producer and associate producer for MTV
Commercials, where she produced live-action, animation, CGI and print
projects for such clients as Nike, Pepsi, American Express, Sony
PlayStation and Johnson & Johnson. Currently Black Logic is working
on numerous projects including SBC with Merkley Newman Harty, Master
Card with McCann, Chips Ahoy and Oreo with FCB and Colgate with Y&R.