Relevant Experience

Lead Artist and Game Designer

Project iMobile – ETC Spring ’08

I lead the art style and designed a few mini-games for a social game designed to bring people together to play on Apple’s iPhone.

Lead Research and 3D Designer

AR: Astorino – ETC Fall ’07

I took the lead on designing and assembling a system to investigate the correlation of emotion and spaces in a virtual space.

3D Artist and Concept Designer

Spaceship Earth – ETC Spring ’07

In a collaboration between Siemens and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Online, I co-created the art for a mini game to teach kids about water purification—Purifighters, within a larger model city meta-game online. (shipped Nov. 2007)

Texture and 3d Artist

Building Virtual Worlds – ETC Fall ’06

I was part of 5 teams, each creating a world in a 2-week cycle, with a team of three other students for each cycle. "Testers wanted" world currently at over 550,000 YouTube views.

Employment

Media Designer

Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh PA, | 2008—Present

I am responsible for game design, video editing and compositing, and edit suite managment. I am currently working on Synthetic Interviews for Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and Randy Pausch.

Content Designer

Stargate Worlds, Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment

Mesa, AZ, | Summer 2007

I was responsible for world development, and story through lines. I worked directly with world builders on integrating geometry into story.

Lead Artist

Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh PA, | Summer 2006

I lead a team and coordinated asset creation and pipeline for a game aimed to replace a childŐs entire curriculum. The student would learn how Math, Earth Science, and Language studies could help them prepare a virtual island for an impending disaster.

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Education

Masters of Entertainment Technology

Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA

May 2008


Bachelor of Art—Moving Image Arts

Minor in Digital/Traditional Photography
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

May 2006


Proficiency

Experienced in Agile development

Wireframing and Storyboarding

Human Centered Research

Usability Testing

Rapid Digital and Paper Prototyping

3D Studio MAX R6-8

Maya Unlimited 8.0

Final Cut Pro 5

Avid Xpress Pro

Photoshop LE-CS4

Illustrator 5-CS4

InDesign

Programming in Flash, html, and css

Product Photography