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New York, United States

New York

Greater New York City Area

• Creating FX, models, textures, lighting, and renders for commercials and feature films• Simulating RBD, smoke, fluid, and particle FX in Houdini• Anticipating supervisor and client feedback by creating flexible, highly art directable procedural tools• Developing custom HDAs for frequently used workflows • Matchmoving camera footage to create 3D cameras for integrating CG into live action plates• Building lightcomps in Nuke for use by compositors • Working in Linux environment to publish assets for downstream departments in pipeline consumable formats• Researching and requesting new software to optimize workflows when applicable

Greater New York City Area

• Created VFX bids for features and commercials• Managed artists to deliver projects on time, on budget, and to client satisfaction• Assigned artists tasks through Shotgun• Communicated project status, issues, changes, and results with clientsFEATURES:Beauty and the Beast, Kitty, Swiss Army Man

Greater New York City Area

• Performed digital intermediate producing for feature films from conform and color to mix and final deliverables• Worked closely with Method Studios for VFX drop-ins and beauty work• Cultivated strong knowledge of feature finishing file formats, VFX workflows, finishing color spaces, LUTs and deliverable specifications including festival and preview screening elements, and Digital Cinema PackagesFEATURES:Inferno, Nerve, Crazy About Tiffany’s, Dirty Grandpa, Everything Is Copy, Three Generations, Lambert & Stamp

New York City

• Mastered feature films for domestic and international digital cinema theatrical release including 2D, 3D, high frame rate and multiple language subtitled DCPs• Managed pipeline resources and worked with Engineering to resolve issues; DCP turnaround time was reduced from 72 hours to 24 hours under my direction• Maintained relationship with Dolby and DVS technical reps• KDM and DKDM management for distributors and theatrical playback

Upper West Side

• Developed workflow to deliver Joint Venture small business training sessions, a strategy that rolled out NYC market wide• Created tracking strategy to analyze team productivity. Sessions delivered hit an all-time high while this initiative was in place• Supported new hire CORE training in NYC market as Mentor• Delivered training on Apple hardware and software• Certified repair technician for iPhone, iPod and iPad

Zoning and logistical planning for Upper West Side retail store iPhone 4 launch. Completed certification in diagnosing and repairing mobile devices and training in troubleshooting theory. Delivered world class training as part of One to One program.

Participated in new store opening CORE training and contributed to the success of the grand opening of the Apple Store, Upper West Side. Developed and implemented new strategy for creating and updating zone charts for the Upper West Side Apple Retail Store.

New York, Ny

• Encoded digital content for various Viacom television stations• Performed quality control of music videos and metadata for online database

Master'S Degree, 3D Animation And Interactive Media Design

Certificate In Max/Msp/Jitter

Certificate program using MaxScore and Max/MSP to compose string quartet that utilizes pitch tracking and a score that updates live.

Education record

Evening Division courses studying Composition with Jonathan Dawe and Orchestration with Daniel Ott.

Ba, Music Composition And Recording Arts

Activities and Societies: Dean's List (eight semesters between 2003-2008) Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society (Initiated 2007) All.

Education record

Study abroad program while attending California State University, Chico