Resume

Education      

Master of Science in Visualization Sciences: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

  • Graduate Diversity Fellowship Recipient

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design: University of Texas, Austin, TX

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude
  • Minors in Biology, English, and Computer Science

 

Work Experience

Industrial Light and Magic — Assistant Technical Director

April 2014 — Present­                                                        

Managing, reviewing, and tracking work sent out to or received from third-party studios for ILM live-action movies and Disney Theme Park rides

  • Converting assets and elements into formats useable by both ILM and external studios.
  • Ingesting shot elements from outside vendors and integrating them into the ILM pipeline.
  • Packaging outgoing shot elements with necessary security precautions for delivery.
  • Writing scripts and tools according to ILM coding standards to optimize the outgoing and incoming data pipelines.
  • Evaluating all received work and elements to ensure a high standard of aesthetic and technical quality.
  • Restoring older assets into compatibility with current ILM software.
  • Communicating with internal production, artistic, and support personnel and external vendors to ensure the most efficient transfer of data between studios.

 

Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. — Image Unit Assistant Technical Director

September 2010 — April 2014­                                                        

Lighting, creating special effects, rendering, and compositing promotional images and clips for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Detours, Rebels, and other Lucasfilm properties

  • Lighting and digitally painting special feature and teaser posters.
  • Creating high resolution still frame images of characters, vehicles, props, and sets for use in licensing and merchandising materials.
  • Producing asset and scene building turntables for DVD special features.
  • Ingesting assets and scenes from various outside studios and integrating them into the internal company pipeline.
  • Writing MEL and Python scripts to maintain and streamline the Image Unit pipeline.
  • Providing troubleshooting and technical support for the Image Unit.
  • Mentoring junior members of the Image Unit in lighting, effects, and rendering techniques.
  • Creating and maintaining documentation of current processes and techniques on
    internal webpages.

 

Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. — Image Unit Technical Assistant

January 2009 — September 2010­                                                  

Produced and delivered information and images of Star Wars: The Clone Wars assets to client companies for toy-making purposes

  • Lighting, compositing, and rendering asset turntable images.
  • Modifying and maintaining MEL and Shake scripts to increase pipeline efficiency.
  • Converting assets into various 3D file types to ensure compatibility between different studios’ programs and operating systems.

 

Skills

Maya, Maya Dynamics including  nCloth, fluids, and particles, Nuke, Houdini, Mental Ray, Lobot, Shake, MEL script, Python, C++, Javascript, Zeno, Unity, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, Dreamweaver, Flash, FormZ, 3D Studio Max, Renderman, FinalCut Pro, ProTools, Max/MSP/Jitter, basic HTML, SQL Server, Microsoft Office Suite