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Hoschton, Ga, Us

Madison, Wi, Us

• Managed 57 artists and 6 leads, overseeing Environment,Lighting, Animation, Character/Creatures, VFX, andWeapons.• Fostered a fun yet focused team culture, promoting bothcreativity and productivity.• Developed and optimized pipelines and processes toenhance productivity and quality.• Successfully integrated an entire team into an existingecosystem within another company.• Implemented new technology mid-project and still deliveredon deadline.• Directed 2 zones, defining style for Creatures, Weapons,Environments, and VFX.

Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wi, Us

• Founded XMD, establishing it as a world leader in ZBrushassets, plug-ins, and courses.• Developed the XMD ToolBox Plug-in for ZBrush, achievingover 100,000 downloads.• Maintained a 5-star rating for all XMD assets, ensuring topquality and design.• Created XMDSource.com, a platform with over 1 millionasset downloads.• Designed curricula for 5 successful live online courses.

Champaign, Il, Us

• Created immersive environments with strong storytelling elements, including many of the Easter Eggs in the game.• Took full ownership of the LARPing missions, overseeing all art aspects from concept to execution.• Developed 3 complete story mission districts from Graybox to final design, including level design.• Designed and developed natural terrain collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.• Iteratively refined models based on polish notes and feedback.

Sherman Oaks, Ca, Us

• Developed assets and props for use in Unreal Engine.• Created PBR ORM textures and Grayboxed environments for level design.• Optimized shaders and models for networked environments.• Delivered quick model generation under tight deadlines.

Venice, Ca, Us

• Environment Modeling • Photogrammetry• ZBrush• Asset Creation • Lighting • Level Design • Hi-Poly Modeling for Normal / Displacement • Shader Setup • Navigation for AI • Vehicle and Architectural Modeling

Coventry, England, Gb

• Leading a great team of VFX Artists in high profile projects.• Making sure technical aspects of the current products are up the standard.• CryEngine 3 Level Design and Modeling • CryEngine 3 AI Scripting • Unreal Engine Environment• VBS 2 (Bohemia - Virtual Battlespace) Engine Environment• Terrain Design • Architectural Modeling • Vehicle and Prop Modeling • Logo / Label Design • Texturing and Unwrapping • Marketing Concepts and Rendering • Prototype Design for Manufacturing • Hi-res modeling for Normal Mapping----------------------------------------------------------------• Products / Terrains:• Lead on ISMT - USMC Contract (In Progress)• Lead on EST - Army Contract (In Progress)• COTS 2016 (Database of Models and Terrains)• Lead on Unannounced Project.

Coventry, England, Gb

• Working in a team oriented environment to design terrains/environments from start to finish for military simulation. • Strongly self motivated to stay ahead, set personal deadlines, and go above and beyond what is asked. • CryEngine 3 Level Design and Modeling • CryEngine 3 AI Scripting • Terrain Design • Architectural Modeling • Vehicle and Prop Modeling • Logo / Label Design • Texturing and Unwrapping • Marketing Concepts and Rendering • Prototype Design for Manufacturing • Hi-res modeling for Normal Mapping----------------------------------------------------------------• Released Products / Terrains:• Pristina 2010 – Lead• COTS 2007, 2008, 2009 (Database of Models and Terrains)• Singapore Ship (PCG) Expert (Signals, Lighting, Detailing)• Singapore ITTC Trainer• Fans Hill, Scotland• Singleton, Australia• Puckapunyal Australia• Kandahar, Afghanistan

• Company Marketing and Strategic Direction• Website Management and Development• Texture Photography and Photoshop Editing• Location Scouting and Scene Development• 3D Scene Recreation

• Game Assets • Level Design • Lighting

• Working with the Kaneva Game Engine, Klaus Entertainment • Strong team working skills to achieve goals and meet deadlines. • Environment and Level Design for MMO (The Chronicle) • Architectural Modeling • Special Effects Designer • Texturing and Unwrapping

• Web site design and programming. Along with my 4 employees I maintained 30+ websites simultaneously, developing each site from the ground up working with the client to achieve the best web site for the client. • Consulted with clients on a daily basis to achieve maximum potential for the site and how it affected the client's business.

Bfa Media Arts And Animation, Game Design

Project Management, Microsoft Project Training

Computer And Information Science, Computer And Information Science