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Irvine, Ca, Us

El Segundo, California, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Over the course of my tenure at Riot my responsibilities centered on:* Construction of a wide stylistic range of visual effects to fit the personalities and ability descriptions of well over 90 entire in-game characters and skins * Collaboratively planning and building pipeline structures to support VFX production for ongoing post release bi-monthly patch updating * Design and implementation of scalable production solutions for complex and competitive gameplay that also maintain visual unity across all characters in game * Scripting an extensive range of particle behaviors using proprietary game engine tools * Model, UV layout, texture and export all effects components in support of VFX production (using Maya / Photoshop.) * Designing graphics in support of all visual effects production * Daily communication with directors to ensure visual effects delivery on very tight deadlines * Testing and troubleshooying existing tools to expand game engine capabilities * Problem solving for all elements of effects related production (including animation, rigging and character design related code.) * Setup and maintainance of effect’s related lua, .ini and .fx files * Hiring and mentorship of VFX artists for company expansion

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

As the Visual Effects Lead for S2 Games my primary responsibility was in the design, coding and implementation of a wide range of effects for multiple game titles. Using S2's proprietary Savage Game Engine and through extensive use of XML, 3D Studio Max and Photoshop I designed and coded effects for fire, frost, water, wind, poison, dust, magic, rock, blood, overhead unit buffs, character body effects, aura designs, impacts and projectiles. I built an extensive sprite library from the ground up, managed the exporting and troubleshooting of model definition files, updated and troubleshot game configuration settings and worked closely with program leads to test and develop production tools to extend the boundaries of the Savage Effects Engine.As part of a 6-person art team I also worked very closely with all elements of the art production pipeline as a technical lead as well as assisting in art direction.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

As the Broadband Media Production Lead and Manager, I was responsible for the company's production and distribution of broadband content. Primary responsibilities included development and delivery of multimedia products to associated Quokka Partners such as British Telecom, Alta Vista, Yahoo, Microsoft, Roadrunner, Intel, ZTV and many others. This included video postproduction (editing, compression, spec - customization), graphics design and processing, copywriting, copyediting, process documentation and direct employee management for successful content delivery on tight deadlines.The Quokka Broadband team was tasked within the company as a division of the "Special Projects" group. Our 8 member group was responsible for pushing the frontier of multimedia web content development and product based sales initiatives and ultimately generated revenue streams of over $2 million annually, while continuing to build on the Quokka partners and affiliates client base.Additional Web productions I directly managed in this capacity included The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games (NBCOlympics.com), 2001 NCAA championships (FinalFour.net), Intel Web Outfitter Service, Golf.com, WarrenMiller.com and many others.

Worked as a Park Ranger while also developing the first set of web-based design templates used by the National Park Service. These were incorporated in the first of its kind "Point Reyes National Seashore" website.

B.F.A. 3D Animation And Visual Effects, Animation / Visual Effects

Cinematography And Film/Video Production

Associate Of Science, Computer Information Systems

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Digital / Multimedia Design