Development Director

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November 04, 2012

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OBJECTIVE To use my technical and artistic skills to solve prob-

lems related to effects, simulation and rendering.

EDUCATION Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Computer

Art in August, 2005 from the Savannah College of Art

and Design with a focus in Visual Effects.

WORK EXPERIENCE Senior FX Technical Director, Blue Sky Studios

(2010-Present) S equence / Tech Lead Volumet-

rics

FX Technical Director, Blue Sky Studios (2005-

2010) S equence / Tech Lead Volumetrics

English Teacher, Xi an, China (2006) 2 w eeks

FX Internship, Reel FX Studios (2004-2005) F X

Winter, Summer, Spring internships, Hot Pixel Ac-

tion (2003-2004) F X, Animation, 3D Sets, Editing

Presented A W orld Of Voxels - The Volumetric Ef-

OTHER EXPERIENCE

fects of Ice Age: Continental Drift a t SIGGRAPH

2012

Presented C louds in the Skies of Rio a t SIG-

GRAPH 2011 / Houdini User Group Meeting

Co-Development of Skies/Atmospherics Pipeline

for Blue Sky Studios (2011-Present)

Co-Development of the Volumetrics Pipeline for

Blue Sky Studios (2007-Present)

SKILLS Fluid Simulation, Particle Simulation, Scripting / Pipe-

line Development, RBD Simulation, Lighting, Investi-

gation / Problem Solving

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE Houdini, CGI Studio (BSS Ray Tracer), Maya, Nuke

CODING EXPERIENCE Python, CGI Studio, Mel, C++, VEX, PERL, CSH

COWORKER REFERENCES Trevor Thomson, Senior Researcher, BSS

Hugo Ayala, Senior Researcher, BSS

Matthew Wilson, Skies Lead, BSS

Jamie Kirschenbaum, Senior FX Artist, Microsoft