Professional Experience

Asylum, May 2009 - current

• The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Lead Effects TD)
• Transformers 2 (Effects TD)

Hydraulx, January 2009- May 2009

• 2012 (Effects TD)
• Wolverine (Effects TD)
• Fast and Furious (Effects TD)

Dreamworks, 2007- 2009

• Monsters Vs. Aliens (Effects TD)
• Kung Fu Panda (Effects TD)

Industrial Light and Magic, January 2007 - April 2007

• Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (Effects TD)

Cafe FX, September 2006 - December 2006

• Coke Commercial (Effects Animator)
• Eragon (Effects Animator)

Luma Pictures, 2003- 2006

• Covenant (Lead Effects Animator)
• Prime Evil (Lead Effects Animator)
• Zoom (Lead Effects Animator)
• Silent Hill (Lead Effects Animator)
• First Snow (Lead Effects Animator)
• Underworld 2 (Lead Effects Animator)
• Nike Commercial (Lead Effects Animator)
• The Cave (Lead Effects Animator)
• Sky Capain, and the world of Tomorrow (Effects Animator)
• Into the Blue (Effects Animator)
• Cursed (Digital Artist)
• Crash (Effects Animator)
• Havana Nights, Dirty Dancing 2 (Lead Digital Composer)
• Wicker Park (Digital Artist)

CBS Digital, 2005

• Steven King's Desperation (Effects Animator)
• Catagory 7 (Effects Animator)

Brain Tangent, 2005

• Perfect Dark Zero, Gamer Trailer Cinematics (Effects Animator)

Hakama Design, 2002 - 2003

• Revised HD versions of 007 Bond films, Rainman, Cool Blue, Once Bitten, Foxy Brown, The Bounty, The Howling 2, Jeepers Creepers, National Lampoons: Movie Madness, and Flirting for MGM/UA & ABC
• Motion tracked, matchmoved, rotoscoped mattes, painted frames and/or composited fixes in HD
• Logo and sign advertisement removal, 3d CGI or 2d elements tracked and added to change, cover up, or in someway alter the scene. This includes digital clothing added to women and CG blood and bulet hole fixes

Teaching Experience:

Gnomon School, (Teacher) 2005 - present

• Dynamic 1 &2, Fluid Fundamentals, Advaced Dynamics & Fluids

Gnomon Workshop, (Producer, Effects Artist) 2004 - 2005

(Developed and producerd three DVDs that will ensure the student a solid understanding of Voxel - based dynamic)

• Fluid DVD01: Fundamentals
• Fluid DVD02: Particle Integrations, Oceans
• Fluid DVD03: Pyrotechniques

Teaching Experience:

3D Applications

• Maya, Houdini

2D Applications

• Shake, After Effects, Fusion, Combustion, Photoshop

Programmin Languages

• MEL (Maya Embedded Language) Python

Education:

Ex' pression Center for New Media - Emerville, CA, 2001

Associates of Applied Science - Digital Visual Media

Coastal Valley College - Emerville, CA, 2001

Associates of Applied Science - Computer Graphics & Animation

The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, PA, 2000

Bachelor of Arts - Integrative Arts

*Alias Certified Character Animation in MAYA