• Spearheading the development of an interdisciplinary Computer Science Baccalaureate degree program, focused on integrating indigenous artistic and cultural expression with cutting-edge technology.• Designing and teaching computer science courses tailored to the unique needs of Native American and Alaska Native students, combining technological proficiency with cultural heritage.• Leading program development, including crafting the vision, learning outcomes, curriculum design, and resource planning, ensuring alignment with institutional goals and accreditation standards.• Collaborating with IAIA faculty, department chairs, and academic staff to enhance the institution’s capacity in delivering a forward-thinking, culturally relevant computer science curriculum.• Supervising student internships, work-study programs, and advising on academic and professional development.• Developing industry partnerships to provide internship opportunities, workshops, and real-world applications for students in the computer science field.• Managing the program budget, preparing grant reports, and assisting in adjunct hiring to support the growth of the department.

As the former Director of Technology at Meow Wolf, I led a diverse team of over 45 professionals across lighting, sound, interactive, tech fabrication, and engineering. We collaborated with architecture, design, art, and project management to create immersive experiences in Las Vegas and Denver.Key Responsibilities:Startup and Crisis Management:- Navigated challenges associated with a growing startup, ensuring smooth operations and innovation.Budgeting and Resource Management:- Managed a multi-million dollar budget, aligning financial resources with departmental and organizational goals.- Developed strategic financial plans for the tech department.- Collaborated on budgeting for special projects and cross-team financial processes.- Oversaw purchasing, budget tracking, and labor cost control.- Negotiated and managed contractor budgets and relationships, maintaining efficient inventory management.Team Building and Development:- Defined roles and responsibilities tailored to organizational needs.- Authored job descriptions, reviewed resumes, and conducted interviews to select candidates promoting inclusiveness and scalability.- Implemented training programs to enhance team skills and knowledge.- Established an internship programProject Leadership and Strategy:- Set team priorities and steered development strategies.- Contributed to the design and development of exhibitions.- Directed research and development, staying ahead of technological advancements.- Improved UX designs and ensured effective project matches for team members.- Established communication channels across and within teams.Operational Management:- Worked with managers to set clear priorities.- Monitored team progress and managed time to prevent burnout.- Upheld Meow Wolf's core values in all operations.This role required integrating technology within an artistic framework, pushing the boundaries of immersive art.

Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) is made up of artists, innovative thinkers, and engaged citizens. SFAI cultivates creative leadership and invest in community, culture, and place to reimagine a more equitable world.SFAI fulfills its mission through thematic artist residencies and fellowship programs, workshops and trainings, community projects, and events. SFAI's programming revolves around an annual theme, which focuses on social issues that are relevant to Santa Fe and New Mexico, but which have relevance nationally and internationally. Past themes include Food Justice, Immigration/Emigration, Water Rights, and Equal Justice. The current 2018/2019 theme is Truth & Reconciliation.

Researched and developed design and engineering processes and design tools that create hierarchical, heterogeneous, and functionally graded materials for additive manufacturing using a high resolution, multi-scale, volumetric approach. For the process, Woohoo developed a Cybernetic Design System and encapsulated it within the scientific method. The following phases are included in the process:• Research: Question, Research, Hypothesis• Input: This data is captured from multiple sources including: MRIs, CT Scans, Microscopy images, scanners, sensors, multi-physics simulations, and feedback data• Design & Engineering: The Design & Engineering phase takes the data from various forms of input and applies it to the parametric designs that iteratively change. Various Design Systems (Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, Adaptation, and Computation) are coupled with multi-physics simulations are used in this phase.• Output: 3D printed and post processed using various technologies• Testing & Analysis: Ex situ and in situ tests and characterization• Results: The results are documented. Determine whether the original hypothesis was validated. If not, or more questions arise, Rinse & Repeat.

R&D with the objective of finding the sweet spot between humans and robots and making magic with 3d printing. Playing with ObJet500 Connex designing custom digital materials, openFrameworks, Processing, Python, Mel, Lua, Kinetic Solvers, Reflexxes Motion Library, Rhino/Grasshopper/Hal/Galapagos, Universal Everything UR10 and URScript.Interests include: Real-time robotic control; integration of computer vision; replacing 3-5 degree of freedom manufacturing tools; e.g., a 5-axis cnc router; with industrial robot arm(s) that have 6++ degrees of freedom; merging subtractive + additive manufacturing together; researching and developing dynamic business rules that adapt design and tool path strategies based on real-time data capture and analysis of materials that are in a state of flux; evolutionary computing to transcend limitations of generative art/design; robot + additive manufacturing + extrusion; topological optimization; structural + comfort analysis; morphogenesis; microstructures (e.g., bones, wood + sponge glass skeletons); maxels, based on Neri Oxman's definition, which contain location data, pressure (load), thermal (heat), etc.; and materials that adapt (self-assembly) and evolve (bio-based). Trained on: ShopBot 3-axis mill, Epilog Laser cutters, Coherent Laser cutter (400W), the Objet500 Connex, and the Electronics Lab @Autodesk's Pier 9http://vimeo.com/m/88789175

Hands on leader of an international team of 25+ of some of the world's best designers and developers working on desktop, mobile, tablet and experiential projects for clients that include: Secret, Lunesta, Toyota, Land Cruiser, Ketel One, Target, Coke, FedEx, Nike, adidas, Zyrtec, True Blood, Southwest Airlines, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly (One Beach)++.Responsibilities included:– Built a world class, International, decentralized team (25+)– Qualifications: Talented, great communication, responsible, reliable, self-motivated + a great sense of humor.– Pitched on new projects (2-3 proposals/week)– Helped write the SOWs, adding spice where applicable– Included contributions to Timeline/Team/Budget/Tech– Hands-on + lead projects (5-10 projects/week)– Lead the Discovery/R&D Phase– Helped with the IA/UX, Design + Technical Documentation– Worked closely with all teams during Pre-build Phase– Worked on the Build + Launch Phases.

Created immersive art experiences using openFrameworks, Processing and Air applications for a variety of different festivals and installations. Input devices included motion-capture systems, Microsoft Kinect and webcams with IR lights for motion-tracking, as well as mobile phones and tablets via OSC for remote control. Created a server-client framework where the server application handled the heavy lifting of capturing and analyzing the input and then pushed that data to the client application which included custom apps developed in oF, Processing, Air as well as Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud apps running a custom plug-in and Maya.

Hacked one of the 1st Flash-based plug-ins to work as a panel with two-way communication within an Adobe application. Worked closely with the team who developed the 1st Flash based SDK for the Creative Suite. Developed prototype plug-ins for Adobe focused primarily around color tools.

Worked on the Visualization Team with Jared Tarbell and Marcos Weskamp. We created visualizations that help the buyers and sellers of Etsy.com find each other.

Worked closely with the R&D department to port their version of an expert recommendation system built in MATLAB in conjunction with a Vicon motion-capture system to work online and in Flash. This included building a large library of classes that handled the matrix algebra, a requirement for emulating the quantitative system in place within a qualitative environment. The end result was the online Intelligent Fitting System (IFS), which rolled out with the R7 driver configurator, and Taylormade-Adidas Golf used for over 7 years. Based on multiple-choice questions about your golf game, the IFS acted as a golf pro instructor and recommended the best golf club and configuration for your game based on a comparison of your data against the knowledge base. The psychographic information captured was tightly integrated into web analytics with reports shared with a spectrum of groups within the company as actionable data.

Helped establish and direct the strategic long term goals, policies and procedures for Gr8's creative and technology activities. Managed creative technology teams. Strategic Consultant to HP Labs for intelligent user interface design and development. Sat on the Advisory Committee for NASA'S ETC Incubator. Former member of MPEG Consortium on MPEG-4, -7 and -21. Worked closely with a venture capital firm, analyzing and making recommendations of new company's technology and teams. Won over 50 design awards. Clients: MTV, BT Worldwide, Hillwood Museum + Sylvan.

Lead Video Artist on several games and was responsible from pre- thru post-production on all aspects of the video assets including:– Pre-production– Filming schedules & shot list– Lighting + camera instructions for production/vfx processing– Situational Awareness of Music: Sound (vo, fx, music) dynamically mapped and/or generated based on gameplay– Production– Technical direction on the shoot for more than 1,000 green screen / ultimatte shots– Post-production– Editing & Visual Effects– Color correction, super color palette creation + maintenance– Compositing, reflections + shadows– Batch rendering / conversion to a proprietary file format