Experience

• Professor - Game and Simulation Development at TJC / Unreal Academic Partner at Tyler Junior College

  Tyler

  August 2021 - Present

  The game and simulation development program at TJC prepares graduates for entry-level positions specifically in the areas of programming or graphics. Build your skillset while working with like-minded programmers and artists at TJC who are obsessed with making thrilling games.

• Lead Artist at ARdVRk Technologies

  Austin / Delaware, United States of America

  April 2017 - January 2020

  • Created art pipeline and documentation for international contractors
  
  • Designed numerous assets for enterprise AR and VR products
  
  • Collaborated with CTO and creative director on application concept and design
  
  • Managed production benchmarks with international teams
  
  • Optimized assets for porting from PC to Android and iOS
  
  • Designed AR Unreal visual benchmark utility for mobile devices

• Technical Artist at Transit Training Solutions

  Ann Arbor, United States of America

  August 2019 - March 2020

  • Worked with programmer to create script that batch baked scene variations in Unity, saving hundreds of hours of manual labor
  
  • Created hierarchy for world lighting and weather conditions
  
  • Post-processing effects and post-bake lighting cleanup
  
  • Tracked visual and performance benchmarks using profiler and adjusted LODs
  
  • Maintained vehicle prefab library and their respective parts (texture, mats, etc.)
  
  • Built custom shader for vehicle lights using vertex painted meshes and LUTs
  
  • Optimized assets from outsourced art (LOD creation and rigging, center of mass)
  
  • Authored principle technical documentation on vehicle development and traffic signals
  
  • World building with smart scene population for large simulated drivable world

• Lead Artist at NOU Systems

  April 2018 - September 2018

  • Designed a custom solution for a trade show experience within scope
  
  • Sourced, optimized, and rigged all art assets for use in product
  
  • Keyframed multiple short real-time cutscenes within Unity engine
  
  • Sourced and modified multiple particle and sound effects