Technical Skills

3D: Maya, Deep Paint 3D

Video: Camtasia Studio, Premiere, After Effects, Encore

Image: Photoshop, ImageReady, Painter, Inspiration, Visio Technical , GIMP

Sound: Pro Tools, Sound Forge, Audition

Web: Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS

Wiki: Confluence, Oddmuse, Tiddly

Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Open Office

Online Learning Management: IntraLearn, Moodle, Blackboard

Operating Systems: Windows 9x/NT/W2K/XP, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu)

Knowledgeable with: 3D Studio Max, MEL Scripting, Illustrator, Flash, Director, Acrobat, Unix, and Mac OS

Professional Experience

Training and Documentation SpecialistPDI/DreamWorks (PDI) Redwood City, CA. 1.10.05 - current
Write, teach, and maintain documentation on proprietary and 3rd party software as well develop online materials for both wiki and online learning systems.

Adjunct Faculty The Art Institute Online (AIO) Redwood City, CA. 2.14.08 - 3.24.08
Taught basic Photoshop to an online class of 15 students.

FacultyThe Art Institute of Washington (AiW) Arlington, VA. 9.02 - 1.05
Taught nine different courses that covered 3D modeling and animation, texturing and lighting, special effects, audio design, senior project and production team topics. I have also conducted several workshops that discuss animation, modeling and compositing.

Adjunct ProfessorGeorge Washington University (GWU)Washington, DC. 8.04 - 12.04
Taught principles of computer graphics, which includes practical hands-on lecture and computer lab with work in Photoshop and Maya.

TutorTutorFind.com. Metro-DC area. 9.04-12.04
Tutored students and individuals seeking help with basic questions and problems in areas of 3D modeling and animation, video capture, editing and output, web site construction, Photoshop and project management.

Teaching InternshipSCADSavannah GA. 6.24.02 - 8.29.02
Assisted with teaching the Character Animation 2 class with Professor Greg Lemon

Gaming Animation InternshipArtysta StudiosSavannah GA. 6.02 - 8.02
Maya character animation and rig testing for next generation console game, Greg Gorsiski, Supervisor/Producer

Maya Tutor SCADSavannah GA. 1.02 - 8.02
Assisted students with Maya related questions: modeling issues, character rigging, dynamics, rendering and output. Click here to view some of the tutorials I creatued during that time as well as some current 3D educational material.

Computer Lab Assistant SCADSavannah GA. 9.00 - 8.02
Assisted students with a wide variety of software questions and problems.

Multimedia Developer IPFW CELT OfficeFort Wayne, IN. 6.00 - 8.00
Interface designer, sound editor and editor for the nursing class educational CD-ROM project.

Associate Assistant Professor IPFWFort Wayne, IN. 1.00 - 6.00
Taught the Computer Art & Design I class (introduction to computer graphics).

Teacher Assistant IPFWFort Wayne, IN. 1.00 - 6.00
Assisted the teacher to the Computer Art & Design III class (advanced 3D modeling and animation).

Freelance Experience

Freelance 3D ArtistShaveFXRichmond, VA. 8.04 - 9.04
Responsible for modeling, animating, texturing, and lighting a recreation of how water flows in and out of a water treatment plant

Freelance Rotoscope ArtistMemory Lane Portraits Hilton Head, SC. 8.02 - 9.02
Performed basic retouch on high resolutions photographs and assisted with various web-related projects.

Freelance ArtistAmerica 2000, Inc. Fort Wayne, IN. 2.00 - 5.00
Created multimedia CD-Rom with 3D animations displaying the effects of lightning on residential buildings.

Volunteer Work

ACM SIGGRAPH San FransiscoSan Francisco, CA.

• Member-at-Large 8.06 - present
  

DC_SIGGRAPHAlexandria, VA.

• Vice Chair 12.03 - 12.04
• Education Coordinator 7.03 - 12.04
• Member-at-Large 1.03 - 7.03
  

Art Institute of WashingtonArlington, VA.

• DVD editor/creator2004 Student Show 9.04 - 10.04
• Presenter“Non-Linear Animation Techniques” 8.17.04
• TeacherAnimation Summer Studio 6.22.04 – 6.25.04
• Presenter"3D Color Theory Workshop" 4.20.04 - 4.27.04
• JudgeHigh School Scholarship 3.15.04
• JudgeStudent Show 2003 10.15.03
• DVD editor/creator 2003 Student Show 9.03
• Advisor of Interactive Studio Club 1.03 - 10.03
• Committee member Gallery Committee 10.02 - 10.03
• Committee member Faculty Technology Committee 10.02 – 7.03
• JudgeHigh School Scholarship 3.12.03
• Digital Editor2003 AiW Faculty Show 1.03 – 2.03
• Presenter Maya Workshop Series 12.02 – 3.03
  

SIGGRAPH

• Chapter RepresentativeLos Angeles, CA. 8.6.04 - 8.12.04
• Student VolunteerSan Antonio, TX. 7.21.02 - 7.26.02
• Student VolunteerLos Angeles, CA. 8.11.01 - 8.17.01
  
  

Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, GA.

• ChairWireFrame: Student Chapter of SIGGRAPH at SCAD 1.02 - 8.02
• Vice-PresidentSAWUG: Savannah Alias|Wavefront Users Group 4.02 - 8.02
• Student VolunteerSavannah Film and Video Festival 10.27.01 - 11.03.01
  
  

Published Works & Honors

• Paper ReviewerSIGGRAPH Educators Program Committee 5.07
• Eleven tutorials published online at 3dlessons.com 5.07
• Thirteen+ tutorials published online at learning-maya.com. 7.03 - 10.03
• Co-authored a chapter on animatics for the book entitled "Exploring Storyboarding" by Wendy Tumminello. 2.03 - 6.03
• Five tutorials published online at 3Dbuzz.com. 8.02 - 11.02
  

Extra-curricula Activities

Tour for Woodside

• Bicycling event to raise money for Woodside High School 9.23.07

Tour De Peninsula

• Bicycling event to raise money for San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation 8.05.07

AIDS Walk, San Francisco

• Walker and fundraiser 7.15.07
• Fundraiser 7.16.06
• Walker and fundraiser 7.17.05

Exhibitions and International Study

• Sixteen fine art exhibitions shown in Central and Northern Indiana and Washington DC. 1.92 - 2.05
• "Art in Italy", Ball State University 5.97 - 6.97
  

Education

Northern Virginia Community College (NoVA), Northern Virginia region.
Studied programming logic and problem solving. 9.04 – 12.15.04

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Savannah, GA., M.F.A.
Specialization in 3D Animation, Character Rigging and Character Animation. 9.00 - 11.02

Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne(IPFW) Fort Wayne, IN.
Studied Fine Art with specialization in Computer Animation. Transferred to SCAD. 1.99 - 8.00

Ball State University (BSU), Muncie, IN., B.F.A.
Fine Art with specialization in Printmaking. 8.94 - 12.98

Updated 3.29.08