Resume

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SOFTWARE & SKILLS

  • Maya 
  • Houdini
  • Qualoth
  • nCloth
  • nHair
  • Xgen
  • Nuke
  • Mari
  • PFTrack
  • Mental Ray
  • Renderman
  • Substance Painter
  • Arnold
  • Photoshop
  • After Effects
  • Zbrush
  • Mudbox

EDUCATION

SAE Expression- Bachelors of Applied Science for Animation and Visual Effects

       3.78 GPA – Graduated with Honors

January 2015- July 2017, Emeryville, Ca

Diablo Valley College

August 2009- October 2013, Emeryville, Ca

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

     DREAMWORKS ANIMATION- Character Effects ArtistJan 2018 to Present

    • Creates cloth and hair simulations, prop animation and animation cleanup in production.
    • Creatively solve problems and achieve art direction for shot work.
    • Worked on: How to train your Dragon: The Hidden World, Abominable, Trolls World Tour and The Croods: A New Age, Boss Baby 2, The Bad Guys and Puss in Boots 2.

      HOMINID VR – Environment Modeler- October 2017 to Jan 2018

    • Modeled plants, rocks and lazy river. 
    • Set dress 
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      CLOSED CIRCUIT- Dynamics LeadMarch 2017 to December 2017

    • Performed  R&D  to create a stylized EMP explosion using Houdini software, which was composited in Nuke.
    • Created nCloth setup and simulated blanket
    • Developed crowd  simulation in Houdini using 500 iteration of custom robot rig.
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manager– Grocery Outlet, Walmart, Big Lots- 5 years

Customer service, Leading a team, Payroll, Scheduling, maintaining store structure.

Shift Leader – Togos- 5 years

Customer service, Leading a team, Payroll, Scheduling, maintaining store structure, Food handling certified.