Jason Pohl

Jason Pohl
Jason Pohl with co-worker Jim Quinn
Jason Pohl (left) with co-worker Jim Quinn.
Born (1981-07-01) July 1, 1981[1]
Mendota, Illinois, USA
Occupation Motorcycle Designer

Jason Pohl (born July 1, 1981) is a chopper designer who works at Orange County Choppers. He is most commonly known for his workplace being the subject of the American TV series American Chopper.

History

Jason’s initial plan was to join the U.S. Marine Corps after finishing high school, however, he was awarded the August Holland Scholarship and decided to attend the Illinois Institute of Art, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.[2]

Career

Jason Pohl joined Orange County Choppers as Senior Designer in early 2004. He started his career at Incredible Technologies, based in Arlington Heights, IL as an Artist/Animator of videogames, where he worked on a digital pinball prototype licensed by OCC and was responsible for the modelling and designing of all choppers featured in the game. Upon completion of the project, Paul Teutul Sr. was so impressed with his work, he approached Jason to join the team. Since joining OCC, Jason finds the most challenging part of his job to be taking two dimensional conceptual drawings and modelling and reshaping them into fully functional three dimensional parts.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.realitybug.com/americanchopper/cast/72-Jason-Pohl Accessed 2 September 2010
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012. Accessed 2 September 2010

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