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Spokane, Washington, United States

• Developing social and gameplay experiences with Virtual Reality (Quest 2 & 3) on the Horizon Worlds Platform by Meta• Shipped: Board Gamelandia - VR title within Horizon Worlds• Worked on: Piñata Apocalypse - VR title Roguelite.• Presented to Meta executives work on Horizon Platforms In London, UK for annual Horizon Worlds Developer Days 2024.• Creating Concept Art for all aspects of development including stylized environments, themes, props, and characters. • Constructing Environment Art using hard and soft surface techniques with performance in mind for lightweight builds.• Establishing Unique and Creative Skyboxes / Matte paintings to create an impactful atmospheric experience for players.• Developing Trim Sheets and Smart Materials to maximize visual impact of elements while minimizing memory cost.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Worked on RPG game: Mindflux: Dead Man Walking• Daily creation of drawings, sketching, and illustrations of Environments, Characters, and Props to create the setting and mood for gameplay, storytelling and world-building.• Explored written narratives through illustration, thumbnails, colors, and storyboards to enrich and develop ideas.• Created orthographic drawings, model sheets, and character turnarounds for use in 3D development and level design.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Worked on Dragon based MOBA game: Tournament of Tamers• Develop new, and evolve existing, stylized Environment Art and Game Assets from concepts to final build in Unity.• Regularly created Low Poly Stylized assets, models, and textures, with concept sketching and scene building tasks.• Presented during Emerald City Comic Con 2021, and Steam NEXT Fest 2022.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Introduced High Fidelity Model and Material Assets, realistic and stylized, for visualization and construction documents.• Led development utilizing Unreal Engine 5 and Twin Motion for visualizing architectural projects in real time.• Implemented Research and Development for space planning and design software, leading to optimized workflows.• Active member of the Building Information Modeling (BIM), Virtual Reality (VR), and Physics Based Rendering (PBR) committees.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Established and evolved designs from concept to execution for architectural spaces per individual client needs to exceed expectations.• Collaborated daily with a large team based across multiple locations to ensure successful project delivery.• Trained peers on use of Revit BIM software for all stages of projects across the company.• Primary project types include Educational K-12, and general Commercial.

Portland, Or

• Created multimedia concept packages for professional and government presentations.• Constructed and maintained the firm’s working standards & assets library while researching solutions for space, materials, and sustainability.• Created and Delivered drawing sets across all phases of every project.• Primary project types included: Mixed-Use, Multi-Family, Bars & Breweries, Residential, Master Plan, Industrial Design, and Large Scale Development.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Taught fundamental principles of traditional and digital 2D/3D media to Art and Architecture students.• Managed documentation of student work, and ran student gallery/exhibits/studio.

Waco, Texas

• Taught fundamental and advanced fencing to students of all ages both in group and individual settings. • Executed rigorous training with passion, emphasized technique and discipline in the sport.

Master’S Degree, Architecture, With Honors

Activities and Societies: Fencing, International Swing Dancing • THESIS: “Advanced & Adaptive Infrastructure”, a study of public transit •.

Bachelor’S Degree, Architecture

Activities and Societies: Fencing, International Swing Dancing, Collaborative Art Community • Studio Art and Graphic Design