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Carlsbad, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Developed 3D art department leadership roles necessary for Vertebrae artdevelopment services to scale horizontally based on Snap, Inc asset demand of 40,000assets per year- Facilitated the acquisition of new outsource development firms and maintained existingoutsource studio relationships- Art department liaison between Vertebrae's sales team, internal executive team andeventually Snap’s executive team post acquisition.- Provided time and cost estimations for asset development across multiple projects andvarious difficulties- Facilitate Demo Requests for executive team using art and engineering personnel- Develop individual asset development pipelines for each customer- Physically constructed AAA studio class photogrammetry rigs consisting of arrays of144 cameras- Coordinated the migration of Vertebrae’s art personnel, hardware, and softwareresources post acquisition

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Developed additional content creation pipelines for Photogrammetry, Traditional, and Laser Scan methodologies-Personally established Vertebrae's art department by evaluating individual full-time and contract hires-Lead a team of 12 internal and 4 offshore artists across multiple projects-Allocated financial resources to acquiring contractors, equipment, and R&D projects-Researched and developed multiple rapid asset development strategies

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Modeled and textured 3D assets for WebGL based Real-time renderer-Optimized existing 3D assets for mobile devices deployed over the web-Pioneered Vertebrae's 3D content development pipeline for assets to be rendered on web browsers

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Developed test plans and test cases based on design specifications and user stories provided by Product Manager-Provided API testing for Unity based VR Interstitial software using CSharp-Implemented optimal testing strategies and test case scenarios for blue-green deployment infrastructure-Manual Testing on iOS and Android Devices-Manual Testing on Oculus and Vive VR Devices

Culver City, Ca

-Primary liaison between Mogol and external development studios-Coordinated daily standups with internal development staff-Scheduled and attended meetings w/ Development, Trailer, and Art teams-Created and maintained Dev and Art tasks through multiple milestones-Hired staff and created Art and Design tests for potential candidates-In charge of all art approvals received from external staff-Provided art direction using annotations and sketches when providing art feedback

Culver City, Ca

- Coordinated and lead QA team in completion of daily tasks- Tested application features across multiple hardware configurations- Created and distributed daily Ad-Hoc builds to testing staff- Defined test processes for Blackbox and Whitebox content testing- Responsible for internal, external, and final release build distribution toApple and investors- Provided IT support for entire studio including hardware acquisitionand setup for development staff

Santa Monica, Ca

- Tested game features across multiple platforms [Android, iOS, Kindle]- Liaison for Frontend and Backend Engineering teams- Tested in-game store sales and A/B test scenarios

Santa Monica, Ca

- Edited dialogue scripts for multiple titles- Proof-read and corrected English translations from Korean

Santa Monica, Ca

- Directed Multiplayer QA operations in absence of Team Leader- Designed and implemented test cases throughout production- Test Lead for several Multiplayer levels

Culver City, Ca

- Provided feedback to the development team- Tested Single Player/Multiplayer gameplay mechanics- Tested character-specific move-sets for Challenge Mode- Liaison for Sound Engineering team and sound implementation

Santa Monica, Ca

-Isolated and reported game issues to Artists and Programmers using DevTrack-Tested for seamless integration of assets and game play features for massive milestones

- Served multiple roles during production [Team: 2 Internal Producers, 5 Artists, 6 Programmers] Environment Artist:-Interacted and cooperated with game programmers to integrate professional assets into game play-Worked with Art Director to understand and build upon an immersive game theme-Accepted suggestion and critique from professional peers to enhance game levels-Composed extravagant environments of appealing meshes, and dramatic lighting with Maya 2009-Motivated and assisted fellow artists to build upon their tasks and better their performance-Exported and placed game assets into proprietary engine developed by team programmers-Used Photoshop CS4 to create detailed color and lighting texturesAnimator:-Created complex character animations using Maya 2009 based on 12 principles of animation.-Designed seamless looping animations for environment meshes with Maya 2009 Software

Bachelor Of Science, Game Art

Autodesk Maya: Licensed User Adobe Photoshop: Licensed User

Bachelor'S Degree, Game And Interactive Media Design