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Petaluma, CA, US

Sausalito, California

Designed, edited, and recorded original sound effects in DAWs Logic Pro & Pro Tools using advanced sound synthesis & manipulation techniques. Implemented sfx assets using middleware Wwise & MasterAudio in Unreal & Unity for games, cinematics, and trailers including The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, The Callisto Protocol, Spelldrifter, Rube Goldberg.

Cupertino, CA

Created original sound design for Amazon Echo Frames. Optimized audio for bone conduction technology. Developed user interface sound effects for clear interaction between peripheral devices. Referenced existing Amazon device sounds to ensure audio brand continuity.

San Francisco Bay, CA

Designed game sound effects, UI audio, and composed the original music soundtrack for the iOS game Pinchworm available for iPhone and iPad. Produced iTunes promo trailer for Unity&Variety. Created push notifications and interface audio for mobile apps including the design collaboration tool Wake, Bodyforge fitness app, Go Time! traffic alarm clock.

Menlo Park, California

Co-established new Sound Design discipline at Facebook. Developed Android, iOS, Desktop, and Windows mobile audio conversion specifications. Redefined Facebook branding through sound design, composing, editing, mixing, and mastering Push Notifications and User Interface for products including Messenger, Stickered for Messenger, Slingshot, Paper, Instagram.

Fremont, CA

Created Ubisoft Rocksmith 2014 Session Mode instruments through recording, Pro Tools editing, and Wwise implementation of banjo, electric and upright bass, electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, marimba, organ, piano, rhodes, toy piano, and ukulele, and mixing drum kits. Mastered character audio, created web previews, successfully built, oversaw, and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Co-produced, recorded, edited, and programmed the 99 Bottles, Seahorse, Solo Taikos, and Epic Taiko Ensemble instruments for Native Instruments Kontakt using Sony Sound Forge and Apple Logic Pro. Lead editor, recorded, mixed, programmed, de-noised, and tuned the string series Adagio Violins Vol. 1 & 2, Adagio Cellos Vol. 1 & 2, Adagio Violas Vol. 1, Adagio.

San Francisco Bay Area

Tonehammer® (www.tonehammer.com) was owned by academy award winning composer, Troels Folmann and TEC award winning sound designer, Mike Peaslee. We specialized in creating unique and powerful virtual instruments for feature film, tv, trailer, and video game composers & recording artists, both professional and independent.

North Hollywood, CA

Enhanced final score quality of the films The Wolfman, After.Life, and Death Race by printing Steinberg Nuendo stems to Avid Pro Tools sessions through master processing. Created Stylus RMX instruments for score composition process, and captured realtime footage from the games Activision "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"​ and Electronic Arts Blackbox "Need for.

North Hollywood, CA

Mastered composer Paul Haslinger’s film score of The Wolfman by printing Steinberg Cubase stems to Avid Pro Tools sessions through hardware processing. Delivered all media between studios as an active liaison. Ensured final score quality through participation in regular production meetings.

Recorded concerts and events at California State University, Chico for archival purposes. Designed and implemented live sound and multi-microphonic recording strategies. Created sound design, programming, and operation for the campus productions of Bat Boy: The Musical, Top Girls, and Learned Ladies.

Opened a new store location and successfully maintained its daily operations, weekly and monthly goals, and promotions. Ensured both a positive customer experience and driving employee motivation by assuming the key Shift Leader role of Manager on Duty.

Ba, Music Industry & Technology: Recording Arts

Activities and Societies: Audio Engineering Society - Communications Officer

Music Theory & Tonal Harmony