Bao Duy "Leo" Huynh Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia

• Develop large synthetic environments of military bases utilizing Unity 3D, 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Photoshop, and Substance Painter. Developed buildings, military personnel, vessels, vehicles, and modular props.
• Animated, textured, re-rigged, and programmed human and animal models based on references and live showcase, while utilizing IK technology.
• Technical Artist and Animator for military character animations and interaction. Animations utilized key animations and in-betweens in order to dynamically and seamless swap from one animation to another.
• Mentor Junior 3D modelers and Game Developers, offering constructive feedback and guidance to maintain guidelines, visual goals, and quality of the asset before sending out to delivery.
• First line Quality Assurance for Junior Developers, reviewing their models to ensure accuracy, optimization, and proper engine preparation.
• Creative Lead for graphic design work. Charged with developing and maintaining the style of art assets and interactivity throughout the lifetime of the project.

Alexandria, Virginia

• Developed driving simulation in Unity 3D for the purpose of preventing hazardous driving for law enforcement, military, emergency vehicle drivers, and civilians
• Lead for simulation and project development including design, art, and scripting.
• Programmed pedestrian and car artificial intelligence for user interaction and environmental realism
• Modeled a Hong Kong city road using 3Ds Max and reference videos in order to provide a specific driving experience
• Collaborated with various law enforcement precincts through the use of soft skills in order to replicate dangerous driving scenarios in the field

Rockville, Maryland

• Developed environments based on real life locations for fire simulation that were used to train fire safety teams on better communication and fire safety standards
• Created 3D models, UV wraps, and textures for props and buildings as well as adjust materials in Unity 3D to highlight details of the models
• Worked alongside Unity Developer to make sure moveable and animated pieces were properly established
• Trained junior simulation artist in proper 3D modeling pipelines and texture creation standards

Gaithersburg, MD

• Designed, modeled, and textured cities for a traffic research simulation for The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) with modular assets
• Analyzed previous versions of the simulation and identified their graphical issues. Optimized 3D models by lowering the polygon count by thousands as a solution to sluggish framerate problems
• Assisted proposal team by creating various graphics using Photoshop and Illustrator for bid presentations and documentations

Alexandria, VA

Photographed people and families in a professional studio

Silver Spring, MD

• Project Manager for a small group of interns in developing mini-games in ActionScript 2.0
• Analyzed, optimized, identified, and fixed bugs in developed mini-games
• Built and managed entire game system, optimizing for external file interaction

Various Parts Of Virginia And Maryland

Taught children (ages 7 - 15) the basics of Game Design and Development.Worked with Game Maker to teach kids animation and visual programming.

Alexandria, VA

• Created an introduction video as well as B-Roll in Adobe Flash for the Mobility Labs documentary on the Arlington Public Transportation systems
• Edited videos in Final Cut Pro for Deloitte’s “Tech Trends 2011” series through the use of B-Roll and interview footage and arranged the dialogue according to preapproved script
• Created B-Roll through animations and reediting of existing footage

Various Parts Of Virginia And Maryland

Taught children (ages 7 - 15) the basics of Game Design and Development.Worked with Game Maker to teach kids animation and visual programming.