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

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