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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Developed immersive applications and interactive experiences for Microsoft HoloLens.
• Collaborated and designed as a team with developers and animators to optimize content performance.
• Projects included digital twins, industrial metaverse simulations, collaborative meeting and design spaces, and interactive internet data security architecture visualizations.
• Contributed to research and development of generating synthetic data sets for training machine learning models, exploring… Show more
• Contributed to research and development of generating synthetic data sets for training machine learning models, exploring the fusion of 3D design and AI.
• Prototyping innovative solutions with heightened realism within MR experiences. Show less

Miamisburg, Ohio, United States

• Offshore Studio Evaluation
• Asset Management
• General 3D content creation

Kettering, Ohio

• Led team of 7 in-house artists and managed collaboration with 3 offshore studios (130+ artists)
• Created onboarding documentation and established quality standards.
• Managed and delegated tasks for hyper-realistic demos with tight deadlines
• Collaborated on tech demos for National Retail Federation, earning industry recognition.
• Principal artist for Waypoint app, enhancing cabinet visualization.
• Managed asset procurement and provided explicit feedback to offshore… Show more

Hamilton, Ohio

• Designed Custom Kitchen layouts for customers to fit their person style and budgets.
• AutoCAD 20/20 for digital designs.

Greater San Diego Area

• Created Organic and Hard Surface assets for the third-person shooter MMO Defiance
• Utilized palette textures as well as creating unique textures for assets
• Worked with the Cinematics team to create Hi Res assets for in game cinematics, as well as promotional trailers

Del Mar, California

• Lead testing, hiring, and training of new 3D Artists, resulting in 400%+ company growth.
• Conducted workshops, developed training curriculums.
• Displayed expertise in all industry standard and proprietary tools.
• Shipped Titles include: Conan the Barbarian, Transformers – Dark of the Moon, Green Lantern, Ghost Rider, Green Hornet, Shrek 1-3, Top Gun, and Alice in Wonderland.

Created stylized and realistic assets; both Organic and Manmade for multiple properties. Animated multiple characters for Television pilots and game betas, such as XENO, Smoking Bloomberg, and Water Balloon Commandos. Recorded voice work for varied characters.

• Provided hands-on instruction and assistance to classmates, both on and off campus.
• Conducted workshops on unwrapping techniques for UV efficiency.
• Guided peers in ZBrush sculpting and texture painting.
• Assisted in setting up scenes and creating playable levels using Unreal Editor 3.

Partnership with Sony Online Entertainment to create a 3 Node Environment to fit within the Everquest 2 world. Modeled and Textured Organic and Manmade Environment props from Original Concept Art as well as Reference photos. Rigged and Animated the Boss Character for the Final Battle in Node 3. Responsible for Quality Assurance of all assets.