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Well-seasoned Art Director, Animator, and Development Artist with multi-industry experience spanning several decades. Recruited out of San Jose's Industrial Design program to Lead Concept Artist for multiple titles on SEGA's Dreamcast launch team. Soon after, joined an IP Development start-up as a Story Artist and Conceptual lead to eventually sell and produce two shows: "Dragon Booster" for Disney's Jetix and Emmy-Award Winning "Growing Up Creepie" for Discovery Kids. In turn, spent several years working development in Feature Animation and finally landed a Character Design position for Disney's "The Wild". With renewed enthusiasm for Animation, found a steady position at Nickelodeon as a Character, Prop and Background/Layout Artist for multiple shows and projects including: Fairly Odd Parents, Tuff Puppy, Spongebob Squarepants, Harvey Beaks, Glitch Techs, and Fairly Odd Parents A New Wish. Inevitably, With an eye toward advancement, accepted an Art Director position with Paramount/CBS/Nickelodeon Global Creative Consumer Products overseeing brand fidelity and production for multiple properties from Nickelodeon's considerable library of successful shows. Recently completed development on a pitch deck for various entertainment IP while finishing work on self-branded multi-media projects in the 'maker space' for dissemination on various platforms and video services.

Listed skills include Character Animation, Animation, Storyboarding, Traditional Animation, and 6 others.