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How do you match project goals with the right visualization technology?
Meet Jim Kessler. Jim works with clients to shape forward-looking creative visions that integrate advanced visualization and immersive media technologies to drive productivity and competitive advantage.
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Some established visualization platforms are fast to deploy but offer limited flexibility and customization potential. Other solutions offer nearly endless flexibility but take time and funding to develop. Many organizations are gravitating toward platforms originally designed for gaming, because they help teams visualize assets and processes in a high engaging and realistic way. Identifying the best visualization platform for a project depends on many factors, including scope and vision, targeted use cases, timeline, budget — and deciding which of those is most important.
Jim Kessler supports clients as they navigate these decisions. He empowers them to think critically about the issues and pain points they’re experiencing, leading them through a collaborative dialogue to surface priorities, document their vision, map out key requirements and identify what technologies are available or being developed. This approach establishes a foundation to build an impactful visual media solution that meets their current needs, as well as future capabilities and opportunities.
“In the last 40 years, visual media tools have evolved from entertainment technologies into transformative enterprise tools. They give teams and clients the opportunity to explore designs, processes and assets in a truly immersive environment.”
Jim Kessler
As a child in the 1980s, Jim was fascinated by video games, art and science, spending time programming graphics and games on a trusty Commodore 64 home computer. Later, as an intern architect, he honed his skills using 2D and 3D design software and used his graduate thesis to explore how electronic design methodologies could revolutionize architectural design and construction practices.
After joining Jacobs as a graduate architect early in his career, Jim quickly discovered that his strength was in providing visual media solutions for clients. He founded our visual media group soon after. Today, he leads a global team of around 30 artists, technologists and developers, providing visual communication tools and solutions for clients, including Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Eastern Transportation Coalition.
More about Jim
Outside of work, Jim is an avid traveler who has visited 36 countries so far and relishes every opportunity to immerse himself in different cultures, architecture, history and communities. Coming from a family of photographers, he documents his journeys through photography and videography. Jim is also the co‑owner and driver of an endurance car‑racing team that competes in multi‑hour and multi‑day race events across the United States.
Connect with Jim to learn more about Jacobs’ visual media solutions.
