- Transformed the Motion Capture department from a few home-spun scripts to having a diverse set of managed tools and software covering the full pipeline.- Streamlined our artists’ post-processes by standardizing, simplifying, and automating file naming, saving, exporting, and QCing through the implementation of numerous tools and leveraging data/settings stored in our databases.- Collaborated with artists to centralize our asset ingestion processes into a singular tool that standardizes and automates prop, character, and environment ingestion for stage and post use through various Python, MotionBuilder, and LightStorm scripts. - Migrated our tool suite across multiple operating systems, one of which required extensive python porting and frequent communication with our software vendor to address new bugs/issues. - Prepped, vetted, deployed, and maintained numerous network installs of Autodesk Maya/MotionBuilder versions for Linux (Kubuntu).- Led bi-weekly meetings and communicated constantly with artists and managers in MoCap to support existing tools, develop new ones, and assess upcoming client needs.

In my time working on NetherRealm Studios Koretech engine team, I've worked on a variety of tools including a MoCap batch processor, MotionBuilder FBX animation exporter, and a Perforce changelist syncing applet integrated with Django. Using WPF/XAML/C#, I worked with our studio's MoCap artists to extend the functionality/interface of Motive's batch processor software to better fit their needs. I also worked with cinema/in game animation artists to iterate on our new MotionBuilder FBX exporter tool and improve our pipeline. Outside of working with artists, I also worked with a fellow engineer on the engine team to add functionality to our changelist syncing applet in Perforce. Utilizing HTML/Javascript, I extended our existing Django web app to include new models, processes, and UI to facilitate custom Sync to Safe buttons that allow admins to create sync buttons that pass certain build type requirements. In addition to my tools work, I also did various bug-fixing of native code in our custom engine, and also spent a lot of time investigating, reproducing, and communicating crashes/bugs to one of our vendors over multiple iterations of their SDK. Work Dates: January '16 - October '16, January '17 - August '17

During my time as a tech assistant at DePaul, I created numerous pages of technical documentation for various databases and software that we either developed or used across the housing department. I also designed and created interactive training software for new student hires to get acclimated in the office using Unity3D to create interactive maps and quizzes.

Over the course of a summer, I worked on a small team to develop a mobile game for Android and iOS devices through the Indie City Co-op's Student Fellowship program. I focused on developing the framework for our data driven powerup system utilizing OO principles, and in addition created various powerups and enemy types. Throughout the course of the project our team stressed maintaining code quality, so I was constantly giving and receiving code reviews and writing detailed commit messages to Perforce.