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  • Meet the Team Mondays: [Full Team Special]

    3DP team blog

    This week for our Meet the Team Mondays blog we would like to show off our full Meet the Team page that we’ve created, which features a short informal bio and nickname for everyone in our team.

    >> Meet the 3D Pioneer Full Team

    What a fantastic group of pioneers to be working with!

    Next Monday we will return to our individual Meet the Team member posts.

  • Meet the Team Mondays: Kyle Grech

    Meet the 3D Pioneer Team: Kyle Grech

    For the past 8 weeks we’ve been introducing our team to you from a personal angle one member at a time – every Monday.

    This week, we’re excited for you to meet one of our illustrators with some serious skills on his pad with his digital paintbrush, Kyle Grech. So without further a do – meet Kyle:

    1. Nickname:  kxgwitcher
    2. Position:  Illustrator
    3. 3 things to save in world apocalypse:  My turtles, a Katana and '98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive' by Cody Lundin.   
    4. Favourite quote:  "For what are leaves but countless blades To fight a countless foe on high."—Elvish hymn
    5. Most played game: Final Fantasy X and League of Legends. 
    6. Music genre: Metal, Folk, Blues 
    7. Biggest fear: Chuck Norris   
    8. Most heavily browsed website this week:  www.allgamesbeta.com
    9. Proudest moment: Being part of the 3D Pioneer team! :D  (Wow, that’s original).
    10. Guilty pleasure: A chilled sandwich, filled with tuna, cheese, mayo, pepper, hot spicy sauce and nachos. BOOM!

    I hope you’re enjoying reading these team member introduction posts – it’s been really fun putting these together and I look forward to continuing to do so until we run out of team members to introduce to you…

    If our team keeps growing at the rate it is – that could be a long time from now. :)

  • First Beat Any 3D Print Order Completed and Delivered

    Polar Conservation Organisation (PCO)

    We’re happy to announce that BeatAny3DPrint.com has been launched successfully and orders have started rolling in. Our first order has been completed and delivered to the Polar Conservation Organisation.

    We beat their existing quote, staying true to our hashtag #BeatThatQuote and our promise and delivered their print within a day. We anticipate that as orders increase lead times will too, but are very pleased to have our first happy customer so soon after launching.

    Here is an image of our completed order on our Twitter feed.

    About the Polar Conservation Organisation

    The “Polar Conservation Organisation” (PCO) is a Belgian registered non-profit foundation / charity. The Polar Conservation Organisation (PCO) is committed to a sustainable future for the Polar Regions.

  • Meet the Team Mondays: Shaun Camilleri

    Meet the 3D Pioneer team Mondays: Shaun

    For the past 7 weeks we’ve introducing our team to you from a personal angle. We’re doing this one member at a time – every Monday.

    This week, we’re excited for you to meet our main man when it comes to games development, super Shaun.

    1. Nickname: ‘DDrake’ or more recently ‘Pucc Pucc’
    2. Position: Team Lead / Developer of Games
    3. 3 things to save in world apocalypse: A Knife, a Lighter, and something to store water in
    4. Favourite quote: Work smart, not hard!
    5. Most played game: Clash of Clans
    6. Music genre: Metal!
    7. Biggest fear: Cockroaches…. and cold water!
    8. Most heavily browsed website this week: Facebook..?
    9. Proudest moment: Too many to mention! :P
    10. Guilty pleasure: Super salty crisps

    Thank you Shaun, it’s been a pleasure meeting you. It’s nice to know that even metal-heads have a fear of little crawling bugs!

    Look out for our next team member introduction 7 days from now.

  • Meet the Team Mondays: Chris Curmi

    Chris Curmi

    As you have probably noticed, we’ve decided to introduce our team to you from a less formal angle, one member at a time – every Monday.

    This weekend Matthew cut himself shaving and Sean forgot to shave in preparation for their photo shoot – so we’re re-publishing our first ever ‘Meet the Team’ post, new and improved. (We won’t let this happen again, promise.)

    For the second time round, please meet our dynamic designer with a sharp eye for style and sophistication, Chris Curmi.

    1. Nickname: ‘Critical Chris’
    2. Position: Technical Advisor – Interactive Media
    3. 3 things to save in world apocalypse: Laptop, DJ Equipment, Speakers
    4. Favourite quote: No risk, no fun
    5. Most played game: Half life 2
    6. Music genre: Techno
    7. Biggest fear: The awkward silence…
    8. Most heavily browsed website this week: www.3d-pioneer.com
    9. Proudest moment: Being a part of 3D Pioneer Systems Inc.
    10. Guilty pleasure: Cheesy crust.

    Thank you Chris, it’s been a pleasure re-meeting you. I see you’ve overcome your fear for Broccoli. Our entire team are extremely proud of you for this, we knew you had it in you!

    Look out for our next team member introduction 7 days from now.

  • Meet the Team Mondays: Liam Colclough

    Meet the Team Mondays - Liam Colclough

    We’re enjoying introducing our team to you with a less formal take on things. If you haven’t yet noticed, we’re doing this every Monday, one team member at a time.

    This week, put your hands together for the man who makes it all happen, the man with a “can do” mentality and a “will do” work style, the man with the plan – Liam Colclough.

    1. Nickname: Lee
    2. Position: Business Manager
    3. 3 things to save in world apocalypse: Mobile Phone, Macbook & Zeus (My dog)
    4. Favorite quote: "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans" John Lennon
    5. Most played game: Starcraft 2
    6. Music genre: Oldies & Sax
    7. Biggest fear: Losing internet
    8. Most heavily browsed website this week: www.reddit.com
    9. Proudest moment: Pursuing a career in my dream industry at an early age.
    10. Guilty pleasure: Definitely Oreo's

    They say a picture tells a thousand words, and in this instance it is definitely the case. Hands full but efficient and effective as always, as long as he’s got internet connectivity of course.

    Hope you’re enjoying our Meet the Team Mondays series. We’ve got loads more to come. Have a great week everyone!

  • Junior C# Game Developer

    3D Pioneer Careers

    Since our creation in 2013, we have sought to create a strong tie between video games and 3D printing. We are currently working on our first title to be released, Tangled Tut. With a strong group of experienced individuals working out of our Malta offices, we want to add more to our team. We’re hiring! We are looking for a C# Developer who would want nothing more than getting into Game Development.

    If you’d like to work in a friendly, non-corporate environment, have a love for and have dreamt of making video games – then this is the job for you!

    Requirements:

    - 1 year experience with C#
    - A deep understanding of Object Orientated Programming
    - Able to deliver good quality code
    - Able to meet deadlines
    - Love video games
    - A fast learner

    Desired:

    - Experience with Unity3D
    - Good knowledge of a Video Game’s inner workings

    How to Apply:

    To apply, kindly send your CV to: careers@3d-pioneer.com. Please quote ‘Job Reference KMP-JGD’ in the e-mail subject field.

  • Meet the Team Mondays: Kaiman Brown

    Meet Kaiman

    As I hope you've realised by now, we're introducing our 3D Pioneer team to you from a particularly personal perspective every Monday. This week, enjoy meeting our developing dynamo from Manchester, UK – Kaiman.

    1. Nickname: Kai
    2. Position: Senior Developer
    3. 3 things to save in world apocalypse: Hunting Knife, Composite-Crossbow AND The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
    4. Favorite quote: “I’m going to lay this brick, as perfect as a brick can be laid until I have the biggest baddest wall around.”
    5. Most played game: Asheron’s Call
    6. Music genre: Video Games soundtracks/background
    7. Biggest fear: Wet socks
    8. Most heavily browsed website this week: http://tympanus.net/codrops/
    9. Proudest moment: Doing a relay race, team was loosing, I started my section fell over myself doing a roll and came back up in one motion and actually won the race.
    10. Guilty pleasure: Greasy pizza with lots of extra cheese and pepperoni.

    I hope you agree that it's been great getting to know these fun facts about you Kai, although I can't get my head round what makes wet socks so scary?! But I look forward to finding out more about this in due course.

    Look out for our next team member introduction next Monday.

    Singing out for now, 3D Pioneer. 

  • Meet the Team Mondays: Conrad Zammit

    Conrad Zammit: Meet the 3D Pioneer Team

    We’ve decided to introduce our team to you from a less formal angle, one member at a time – every Monday.

    This week we’re excited for you to meet our problem solver, Conrad Zammit.

    1. Nickname: Rad
    2. Position: Technical Advisor – VP Marketing
    3. 3 things to save in world apocalypse: House music, Organic vegetable seeds and Cooper (my dog)
    4. Favourite quote: "Why Not, lets do this!" (a quote coined by the man himself).
    5. Most played game: Clash of clans
    6. Music genre: House music
    7. Biggest fear: POP music
    8. Most heavily browsed website this week: www.instructables.com
    9. Proudest moment: Winning a national hotdog eating contest after devouring 37 hotdogs in the allocated 15 minutes.
    10. Guilty pleasure: Any and all variations of greasy food – and lots of it! 

    Hope that these 10 wonderful facts about Conrad have brightened up your day and that you're enjoying finding out about more about the people that make 3D Pioneer Systems.

    Putting this post together has made both Conrad and myself very hungry for some grease, so we'ree off to buy a cheeky bacon and fried egg sandwich. As always, Look out for our next team member introduction next Monday.

  • Meet the Team Mondays: Marc Alan Spiteri

    Marc Alan Meet the Team

    We’ve decided to introduce our team to you from a less formal angle, one member at a time – every Monday.

    This week we’re excited for you to meet our software superstar, Marc Alan Spiteri.

    1. Name: Marc Alan
    2. Position: Software Engineer
    3. 3 things to save in world apocalypse: Guitar, djembe, laptop
    4. Favourite quote: In this business, by the time you realise you're in trouble, you're too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone. – Bill Gates
    5. Most played game: Simcity 4 Deluxe
    6. Music genre: Alternative Rock
    7. Biggest fear: Static insects on walls. You never know what supernatural creature they might morph into if you try to swat them.
    8. Most heavily browsed website this week: www.github.com
    9. Proudest moment: Recording my first single. It showed me I could actually go places if I really want to!
    10. Guilty pleasure: Slices of cheese on a plate, microwaved until bubbly. Heaven!

    And there’s 10 facts about Marc that you probably didn’t know about before reading this post. The slices of microwaved cheese guilty pleasure sounds particularly fascinating.. Perhaps one to save for a rainy day. Look out for our fourth team member introduction next Monday