Adam Kane

Chief Technical Officer
ForgeFX Simulators

(808) 375-2067

Summary

Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder of ForgeFX Simulators, a leader in the development of interactive 3D training software for a number of industries including mining, construction, livestock production, education, and insurance. Adam’s technology and tools research informs the technologies and tools decisions for all of ForgeFX’s projects. Adam manages his staff of programmers to translate project-design documentation into code and a realized functioning application.

Latest
Professional
Projects

Aerial Work Platform Training Simulator

for JLG Industries

2015

The JLG Equipment Simulator helps operators to quickly and safely become comfortable and gain proficiency with the equipment controls, allowing them to be better, faster, and safer operators in the real world. ForgeFX leveraged our experience and technical skills to produce a training simulator for JLG that is available across a collection of platforms and devices, including iPad, Windows and a browser-based version, allowing operators to easily access the training material wherever they are..
Aerial Work Platform Training Simulator

Wheel Loader Training Simulator

for Joy Global Surface Mining

2014

This wheel loader simulator was developed for Joy Global's P&H brand LeTourneau 2350 front-end loader, the largest rubber tired loader in the world, with a standard operating capacity of 160,000 lbs. and 53 yd³ bucket. This training simulator teaches people how to operate real-world loaders, improving operator efficiency, reducing training costs and associated equipment damage, and increasing revenue by maximizing an operation's efficiency.
Wheel Loader Training Simulator

Safety Training Simulation

for California State Compensation Insurance Fund

2013

This 3D simulation-based game immerses players in specific industrial workplace environments, where their knowledge of hazards, and the necessary safety precautions used to avoid them, are put to the test. The game provides simple, fun, and challenging tasks that motivate the player to complete the level as safely as possible. By simulating virtual environments that are similar to the real-world, players are able to take the lessons learned in the virtual environment with them into the real-world.
Industrial Safety Training Simulation

Blasthole Drill Training Simulator

for Joy Global Surface Mining

2012

Developed for Joy Global, The blasthole drill training simulator increases a company's bottom line by producing an extremely well-trained workforce. Operators become experts at the controls of blasthole drills, allowing them to perform their jobs faster, safer, and more efficiently.
Blasthole Drill Training Simulator

Shovel Operator Training Simulator

for Joy Global Surface Mining

2011

Developed for Joy Global, this training simulator allows operators to train on a virtual P&H Mining 4100XPC electric rope shovel. The simulator allows operators to master the controls of the equipment, as well as the spatial relations challenges posed by the mining environment, before they ever step foot in a mine site.
Mining Shovel Training Simulator

Military Training Simulator

for Dynamic Defense Materials

2010

This interactive 3D assembly training simulator was developed by ForgeFX for Dynamic Defense Materials, and their portable armored wall system, McCurdy's Armor. The software allows soldiers to prepare for the assembly of armor, a mission critical combat component, in a safe and risk-free virtual environment.
Armor Assembly Training Simulator

Pig Care Simulator

for Pfizer Animal Health

2009

This training and education taught by the simulator allows pork producers to help pigs stay healthy, resulting in a more profitable operation. This interactive 3D simulation allows users to work in a virtual farm, diagnosing and treating pigs at the first sign of disease, which is the key to a successful pork production business.
Swine Production Training Simulator

Aircraft Deicing Training Simulator

Developed for Global Ground Support

2008

The Global Ground Support aircraft deicing simulator was developed for airport ground support equipment operators. This simulator gives Global's customers a tool to conduct simulation-based training, allowing operators to train for the deicing process year-round. They are able to become skilled with the equipment controls without having to use expensive real-world materials and risk damage to expensive aircraft.
Aircraft Deicing Training Simulator

Interactive Village Simulator

for Heifer International

2007

Heifer International, Beaconfire, and ForgeFX collaborated to build a serious game that teaches players about poverty and hunger. The game is called Heifer Village: Nepal, and its goal is to simulate the challenges faced by those living in poverty and hunger, and to demonstrate some specific methods to address these issues.
Serious Game For Change

Community
Projects

Miner Wars

with the Keen Software House team

2010

You operate an advanced mining ship in an open world asteroid belt area. You dig kilometers of tunnels, harvest the ore, travel the solar system, fight your enemies and discover mysterious alien secrets. Game play is led by an epic story and is a combination of a single/multi-player game, cooperative, or you against everyone. The story will introduce you to many types of missions: rescue, exploration, revenge, base defense, theft, transportation, stealth, search and destroy, pure harvesting, racing or just flying around and destroying everything you see.

Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360 Live Arcade