Experience

• Technical Artist at Meta

  October 2024 - Present

• Sr. Technical Artist at Vntana

  June 2020 - July 2024

  Led the troubleshooting and optimization of 3D asset creation pipelines for major clients, enhancing the efficiency of their workflows.
  
  Collaborated with Keyshot to improve the GLB exporter, resulting in more streamlined content export processes.
  
  Authored comprehensive export documentation for various 3D software, ensuring consistency and accuracy across multiple platforms, including 3DS Max, Blender, Browzwear, Clo3D, Cinema4D, Keyshot, Maya, Modo, Nx CAD, OnShape, Rhino, Revit, SolidWorks, Substance Painter, Unity, and Unreal.

• Sr. Artist/ Test Engineer / Tech Consultant at Magic Leap

  Austin

  January 2018 - April 2020

  Test Engineer:
  
  Created and executed test plans for artistic tool sets, gave feedback to the team from an artistic perspective in terms of usability and how the tools relate to comparable programs. Assisted the design process of various system and engine components by providing feedback as well as detailed breakdowns of various systems.

  Sr. Artist:
  
  In addition, I worked with various teams within the company to create tutorials/course and example content (ranging from animations to character art) for use internally and externally most notably:
  
  -3D modeling primer
  
  -Introduction into texturing
  
  -Introduction into Maya
  
  -Introduction into PBR materials
  
  -Blender Portal Icon Guide
  
  -Project Vulkan (UE4 Graphical Test app)
  
  -Hockey Prefab Example

  Technical Consultant:
  
  -Assisted the Enterprise sales team in assessing our clients pipelines so that we could improve the export process and reduce the time it takes to get content to the device.

  -Assisted UT school of Architecture in exploring possible use cases for the device as well as providing technical assistance to help them get their projects running on the ML1.

• Senior Designer at Kompan A/S

  Austin, United States of America

  November 2016 - January 2018

  Create 2D site plans for playgrounds to follow ADA and ASTM rules and regulations. Create realistic 3D renders of playgrounds for use in sales meetings. Currently teaching and implementing Substance Designer and Unreal engine 4 for use in AR and VR previsualization.

• QA Tester at 6ft

  Houston, United States of America

  August 2015 - November 2016

  Responsible for writing and executing test plans, smoke testing, reporting software defects, and confirming potential solutions for those software defects. They will report to the QA Manager and interface with the development, community, and customer support teams.

• Multimedia Design Engineer at Lockheed Martin

  Orlando, United States of America

  October 2012 - July 2015

  Create high-quality 3D assets for use in various mediums, including major 3D simulations and still renders in coarseware. Recognized as a subject matter expert in real time environments; consistently meet and exceed customer expectations. Participate in projects for major organizations, including the U.S. Army and Air Force.
  
  • Create 3D and 2D assets, textures, real-time simulations, and pictures for implementation and usage in courseware; present real-time rendering solutions and serve as the internal modeling / 3D expert
  
  • Recipient of two MST YEA! Awards for being the most enthusiastic team member and maximize performance and the Lockheed Martin Corp. Spot Award for contributing to a major military project
  

• Contract Artist at ShardLine Entertainment

  Orlando, United States of America

  September 2014 - October 2014

  Contracted to model primary weapon. Modeled high poly and low poly main weapons for the game Identity Crisis; produced 3D designs within a gaming environment, created real-time simulations and designed and developed artwork for the video game.