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Grand Rapids, MI, US

Washington, DC, US

Jacobs Technologies ContractorMixed Reality User Interface/Experience Design and Development for NASA's Dexterous Robotics team with a focus on Valkyrie Humanoid Robot Tele-operation and Automation tools using Unity and ROS

User Interface design and development using Figma, Unity and C#. Create system architecture for shop, inventory, map selection, unlocking content and HUD in an agile environment. Test and research User Experience to better design the game play experience. 2021 ended full time, consulted part time until Jan 2023.

Royal Oak, MI, US

User Interface and Experience Design for Training within Virtual Reality. Build wire frames & high fidelity prototypes in an Agile environment to define visual elements within Virtual Reality for users new to VR. Unreal Engine blueprint visual programming and development of an internal UI atlas to enable the development team to create unified VR interfaces.

Royal Oak, MI, US

User Interface / Experience design and development for Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mobile, and Desktop Applications. Pipeline included wire framing, high fidelity prototyping, and graphic asset creation using Sketch, Illustrator & Photoshop. Unity implementation of User Interface and 3D assets. Example work included interactive museum exhibits.

Stuttgart, DE

Construct complete, ready-to-render CG models for all current model year Mercedes - Benz vehicles, Program data sets for full configuration to represent all available Canadian-market retail product variants, Support our render pipeline to supply Mercedes - Benz Build And Price shopping tools with finished, 100% modular interior and exterior imagery, Review.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Product design by 3D modeling, rigging and animation of invention ideas from clients. Pipeline included Modeling/Rigging/Animation in 3ds max, UV mapping, Texturing. The Product Animations were rendered in Mental Ray to display the invention concept. Unity 3D development (C#) of a Mobile Virtual Reality application to interact with and demonstrate.

Develop Virtual Reality government training simulations with custom peripherals, PC VR Headsets, and Spacial VR using Unity. Designed VR User Interface, User Interaction Mechanics (UI/UX), Mobile VR prototypes, 3D model and texture assets, environments, Animations and curated the asset library as well as the company website/brand.

Oakland, NJ, US

Produce commercials for TV using graphics, 3D and source video. Motion Graphic pipeline included Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Blender, Cycles Rendering. Copyright for scripts, Implemented team communication infrastructure to improve efficiency.

Graphic Design, Web Design, Motion Graphics, 3D Art & Animation, UI/UX design, Application Development with Unity & Unreal Engines

Farmington, MI, US

Performed graphic design, web design, motion graphics, web site management, poster design, print design, photography, 3D modeling and animation for commercials & presentations. Managed all graphic related material and mediation.

Programmed, Repaired, and installed Welding Robots, including their Power Supplies and Circuit boards. Helped around the shop welding, machining, cutting metal, etc. Onsite Factory diagnosis and repair for GM, Ford, Etc.

Started as a Pizza Delivery Driver and Maker, quickly became a Manager for several of the locations, including the main location.

Bachelor'S Degree (B.S.), Simulation, Animation, And Gaming

Associate'S Degree, Graphic Design