INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE :.

MUNKYFUN:  SR. ARTIST
OCTOBER 08 – PRESENT

•      Art directed Shift for the iPhone and iphoneShift.com
•      Created the corporate identity for the company including Logo, Business Cards, Website
•      Responsible for branding of all internal IP and marketing materials
•      Worked collaboratively to bring together Ivory Tiles, voted one of the 10 best iPhone games of 2008

LUCASARTS:  SR. VFX ARTIST
MARCH 06 – OCTOBER 08

•      Lead VFX artist for Starwars: The Force Unleashed for 360 and PS3
•      Recognized for outstanding work and received both the team and management awards
•      Worked with ILM software engineers to create our VFX authoring tools
•      Lead the creation of the VFX content pipeline for the studio
•      Learned and used Python to speed up workflow in proprietary development tools
•      Selected to speak on a panel about education at the Apple Education Leadership Summit 08

IDOL MINDS ENTERTAINMENT:  VFX ARTIST
MARCH 05 – FEBURARY 06

•      Created all VFX for the PS2 title Neopets: The Darkest Faerie using proprietary effects tools
•      Created character effects and worked with animators to enhance the overall visual style
•      Setup final character lighting in all interior environments
•      Self managed and finished all effects on time and exceeded expectation

FREELANCE:
JULY 01 – MARCH 05

•      Created geotechnical presentation for El Salvador government and mining operation
•      Worked with industry professionals on countless commercial projects for film, education, and broadcast

MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE, DENVER COLORADO:
SEPTEMBER 02 – JUNE 03

•      Developed 3D environments and animation for a state-of-the-art, eleven-projector, planetarium
•      Created multiple 3D environments from concept to completion

EDUCATION :.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: BFA - 3D ANIMATION:
•      Graduated with high honors from the Digital Animation program
•      Employed as Lab Assistant tutoring students in Maya 4-7 and aided teachers in solving technical and artistic problems as well as lesson planning

PROGRAM EXPERTISE :.

•      MAYA: 8 years of experience including effects, dynamics, scripting, modeling, lighting, rendering, shading, rigging, and animation.
•      Photoshop: 10 years of Photoshop experience focused on creating textures for VFX as well as environments, normal map editing, and proper Nvida DDS compression settings
•      After Effects: 6 years using After Effects to create stunning pre-visualization of game effect for quick art direction as well as compositing VFX into rendered scenes for cinematics
•      Flash / HTML: 8 years developing websites professionally using HTML and Flash