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Menlo Park, Ca

- Prototyped Augmented Reality effects using Spark AR Studio to demonstrate new capabilities, including body, hand, eye, and expression tracking - Explored Commerce AR use cases including furniture, makeup, and glasses- Developed research prototypes to validate interaction paradigms and UX - Created 2D and 3D art content for effects using Maya and Photoshop - Authored effect behavior using Javascript and Visual Programming - Assisted development of Spark AR Studio software & API via direct feedback with engineers

San Mateo, Ca

Race for the Galaxy mobile [2017]- Reconstructed cards and iconography from core components - Authored Tutorial and Rules- Composed sound effects and overall sound design- Edited trailerAscension VR [2016]- Modeled, textured, rigged, and animated avatars for social VR game, including animated hands for Oculus Touch and HTC Vive- Modeled, textured, and lit forest environment - Composed sound effects and overall sound design- Edited trailer Bazaar VR [2015] - Modeled all environment assets- Modeled, textured, rigged, and animated 3D character and player item assets

Emeryville, Ca

Unannounced project [2014] - Modeled and textured building and vehicle assets - Authored hero and supporting character animations - Provided direction and feedback for character animations authored by external studio - Authored and revised animation state machines using ANT (EA’s Animation Toolkit) - Guided proprietary tool development through iteration and feedbackSimCity: Cities of Tomorrow [2013]SimCity [2011-2013] - Modeled and textured modular specialty buildings - Designed and implemented snapping interactions for all modular specialty buildings - Modeled, textured, rigged, and animated Big Lizard and Robot disasters - Authored vignette content and Sim character animations - Authored secondary building content, including signage, building lots, and vehicle paths - Guided proprietary tool development through iteration and feedbackDarkspore [2009-2011] - Authored majority of all character animation content, including heroes, enemies, and boss characters

Emeryville, Ca

Spore: Galactic Adventures [2008]Spore: Creepy & Cute [2008]Spore [2006-2008] - Viewed and critiqued creature-animation combinations to support development of Spore’s proprietary animation tool - Wrote scripts in Perl to automate animation processing and error reporting - Developed and maintained database to store and organize test results

Silver Spring, Md

- Modeled architectural structures, landforms, site work, and environmental attributes - Textured, lit, and rendered environments- Created textures and digitally enhanced renderings

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