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- Driving the Creative Vision for the future of public safety training

Design Lead, Avatars:- Directed Facebook’s AR Expressive Characters Initiative (Experiences accounted for over 8% of the metrics in pushing 1 Billion user AR sessions on Messenger)- Drove creative vision for the future of AR product use cases with the Advanced Machine Learning organization.- Led the creative vision and strategy for Facebook Messenger’s virtual identity Avatar product.Product Management:- Proposed and maintained short and long-term vision and strategy of the Avatars product.- Developed multiple design, product roadmaps, and resource proposals.- Drove the specifications and designs of the product MVP.- Created and presented creative briefs, decks, and company-wide FYI updates.- Presented bi-weekly to share visual and technical progress with stakeholders. - Aligned internal and external stakeholders on key product decisions.- Collaborated with User Research and Data Science organizations to gain user insight on pain points and needs to inform features and UX.- Managed multiple external studio relationships, including creative direction and project management. Design:- Collaborated and lead proof of concepts, prototypes and proposals with Engineering and Tech Art leadership as well as internal and external stakeholders.- Partnered with Advanced Machine Learning organization to develop facial tracking and world tracking technologies on the widely used Spark AR Studio platform. - Led team of tech artists and vendors to produce art content and tools.- Teamed up with Tech Art to develop multiple pipelines for animation and platform integration.- Established the look and feel of Avatars on Facebook Messenger.- Defined and developed Avatar use cases including UX/UI behavior.- Hired 2D/3D Artists and Tech Artists for core teams.

Created photo-real 2D and 3D imagery for Apple's Marcom division.

B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (2015)Penguins of Madagascar (2014)Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) - modeled characters, environments, and props (organic and architectural)- created solutions for building displaced ground planes- created both high and low resolution assets for layout and final models- designed environmental set and prop assets- set dressed interior and exterior environments

• Develop game mechanics and design digital prototypes• Consult with the leadership team to establish best design practices• Design 2D and 3D assets for the future projects

Strange Magic (2015)In the Spring (short film) 2013Star Wars: Detours (2012)- modeled / textured / rigged : characters, environments and props (organic and architectural)- contributed to the design of assets - built models for visual concept development. - sculpted facial expression exploration of characters.- set dressed and composed exterior environments using Lucasfilm's ZENO software- setup cameras and lighting for Rough Layout

Yellow Submarine Mars Needs Moms (2011)A Christmas Carol (2009)- Created facial expressions (FACS)- Modeled characters, sets, vehicles and props

Rio (2011)Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)Horton Hears a Who! (2008)- modeled characters, environments and props (organic and architectural)- built environments and elements to camera- set dressed interior and exterior environments- lit and composited various shots for Horton and Ice Age 3

Created motion graphics for video productions. Primarily used After Effects, Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.