Professional Experience:

  Digital Domain Jack The Giant Killer

Technical Director,  Lighting

• Katana and Arnold plugin development and testing : Python, C++, PyQt

• Optimizing renders, resolving technical issues, and lighting shots : Katana, Arnold

  2011-Present

  Dr D Studios  ,  a  Kennedy Miller Mitchell Company

Film Productions:  Happy Feet Two

Technical Director,  Lighting

• Automated lighting setup of crowd simulations : Houdini, Cortex, Python

• RenderMan dso procedural and interface filters: C++, Python, 3Delight

• Resolved technical issues and optimized lighting renders: 3Delight, Houdini  

  2010-2011

ImageMovers Digital , a Walt Disney Company

Film Productions: Disney A Christmas Carol, Mars Needs Moms!

Technical Director, Look Development

• Developed the Look of character, prop, and set assets : RenderMan, Proprietary Technologies

• Designed, optimized, and rendered special effects: Python, Maya, Nuke, Proprietary Technologies 

• Automated and configured pipeline processes: Maya, Nuke, Python, PyQt

• Add material variation to crowd simulations: Massive, Renderman, Proprietary Technologies

2009-2010

Pixar Animation Studios, a Walt Disney Company

Film Productions: Ratatouille, WALL*E, Up

Technical Support Engineer, Production Engineering Group

• Resolved technical issues: Maya, Photoshop, Linux, Proprietary Technologies

• Automated 3D graphics work flow: Objective-C,Maya, Python

• Automated 2D graphics work flow: Photoshop, JavaScript, Python

• Research and evaluate 3rd party applications: Mudbox, Zbrush, Modo, Adobe

2006 - 2009

Academy of Art University

Computer Lab Technician, Animation & Visual Effects Department

• Technical support: Maya, After Effects, 3D Max, Houdini, Photoshop

• Departmental network administration: Windows, Linux, OSX

• Developedintranet learning resources: HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver

Academic Tutor,Academic Resource Center

• Tutored 3D animation and computergraphics students: Maya, After Effects

2004 - 2006

MFA, Electronic Music and Recording, Mills College, Oakland, CA 2002

BA, Sonic Art, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA 2000

Software:

Technical:

3D Graphics: Maya, Houdini, Renderman

Compositing:Nuke,After Effects

Languages: Python,PyQt, MEL, C/C++,JavaScript

  Version Control : Subversion, Perforce, Git

  Platforms : Linux, Macintosh, Windows