Qualifications
-4 years of professional experience as an environment and character artist in the television, video games and the visual simulation industries.
-Fine art background with ability to draw and sketch out ideas, and translate them into the 3D world.
-Experience delivering quality work within demanding television schedules and deadlines.
-Strong problem solving skills, good team communication with engineers and other artists.
-Worked under game deadlines and pipeline as a 3D character artist on EA's shipped title The Sims 2.
-Self sufficient artist with strong work ethic who is quick to integrate into various pipelines.
-Product lead experience as primary 3D artist for Sportvision's 3D online NASCAR product, Raceview; created pipeline for 3D assets, and solved all technical hurdles relating to the 3D graphics.

Primary Skills
-Character modeling and texturing abilities with Maya, Zbrush and Photoshop for real-time and post effect graphics.
-Environment modeling and texturing abilities with Maya and Photoshop for real-time and post effect graphics.
-Experience with game modeling optimization techniques including level of details, MIP mapping, efficient UV layout and texturing, memory constraints, normal and ambient occlusion mapping.

Professional Experience
1/2006-present, 3D Artist, Sportvision (Television Broadcast Enhancement)
-Tasks include modeling and texturing all of the 31 current NASCAR Tracks for Raceview 3D product.
-Responsible for translation of track survey data and GPS location of cars into accurate representations of all tracks and cars.
-Created versatile pipeline for all 3D assets for integration with engineering for continued support throughout the racing season.
-Modeling and texturing of NASCAR and IRL car models and their accompanying LODs and MIP maps for Raceview 3D product.
-Optimized 3D assets for use in proprietary rendering engine.
-Created various broadcast effects under strict deadlines working closely with producers in timely manner, including 3D drive charts for football, 3D scoreboard for baseball, 3D VCAM for NASCAR.

04/2005-08/2005, 3D Character Modeler, Electronic Arts (Video Game Entertainment)
-Tasks include the modeling, texturing and rigging of characters and props for the Sims 2 console video game.
-Characters and props built to concepts artists designs.
-Created LODs for characters and props according to pipeline standards.
-Worked with engineers to solve art integration bugs in the character creation portion of game engine

12/2004-04/2005, 3D Environment Modeler, Reality Response (Visual Simulation)
-Tasks include the modeling, texturing of environments and props for use in military training simulation software.
-Created animations for specific military training situations.
-Optimized models and textures to run in real-time environments.

EDUCATION
San Francisco Academy of Art University
9/2000-5/2003 Master of Fine Arts, 3D Modeling
University of Wisconsin Madison
9/1994-5/2000 Bachelor of Art, Interarts and Technology

AWARDS
2007 Sports Emmy Award
Emmy Award-Outstanding Technical Team-Remote
Nascar on Fox

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