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San Diego Metropolitan Area

• Lead creative decisions on optimization, rigging, and implementation for 10+ characters in a mobile MMO shooter.
• Developed facial animation systems implementing Apple’s AR Kit Performance Capture for our facial animation workflow.
• Established development documentation and streamlined the asset production pipeline for Maya and Unity.
• Collaborated with a global team of animators on both cinematic and gameplay animations.

Los Angeles, California, United States

I worked with Scott Easley teaching students rigging and animation for the game pipeline using Maya and Unity. I helped with lesson plans, hosted office hours, and graded student work.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Responded to calls and emails from users experiencing technical problems, then troubleshooted issues relating to the software, hardware, or network.
• Documented and tracked customer interactions, logging all received calls and emails detailing the nature of the issue, steps taken to correct the issue, and the outcome.

San Diego, California, United States

• Worked with captured head camera footage in Dynamixyz, animated the face rig in Maya, and applied it to a body animation in Rockstar’s proprietary game engine to create realistic, fluid, and compelling characters in.
• Completed Facial Action Coding System (FACS) training to better understand facial movements.
• Collaborated with experienced face animators and implemented feedback from a team lead.

Los Angeles, California, United States

I assisted in the development of 'Spookulele' through Animating and Rigging playable characters, enemies, and a boss. Animations and Rigs were all custom made in Maya.