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.• Work closely with Art Director and Programmers to conceptualize UI and UX to be both appealing as well as be performant, and scalable for future development.• Utilized version control systems (Team Foundation Server (TFS), and Git) to collaborate with several artists and programmers within projects.

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.