Experience

• Digital Artist at Apple

  Cupertino, United States of America

  October 2017 - Present

  Digital Artist working on Augmented Reality.

• Lead Environment Architect at Hangar 13

  NOVATO, United States of America

  October 2013 - July 2017

   Worked with Designers to create and iterate on multiple hideouts.
  
   Managed prop pipeline, worked with tech leads to define and enforce polygon, material and texture constraints.
  
   Managed asset library for props assets
  
   Helped manage prop outsourcing with multiple outsourcing partners, defining deliverables, giving feedback and approving assets.
  
   Worked with designers to create interactive props for world interactions, special game mechanics (such as destruction), missions and other gameplay items.
  
   Worked with gameplay team to define, refine and enforce metrics, rules and scope.
  
   Worked with tool programmers to improve artist workflow.
  
   Worked with tech artists to define memory and performance budgets of assets.

• Lead Environment Artist at 2K Marin

  NOVATO, United States of America

  December 2012 - October 2013

   Managed milestone scheduling and production for environmental assets and textures.
  
   Helped manage outsourcing with 2K China, giving feedback and reviewing, approving assets.
  
   Reworked assets with team to get them to final production quality.
  
   Worked with team to unify asset styles to work with game (assets went through multiple styles during production)

• Lead Environment Artist at Arkane Studios

  Lyon, France

  September 2009 - December 2012

   Managed milestone scheduling and production for environmental assets and textures.
  
   Wrote and updated art bible.
  
   Defined production pipeline for env team.
  
   Set environmental constraints and guidelines.
  
   Gave feedback and approval on game assets.
  
   Standardize naming convention and source control organization.
  
   Worked with art director and visual designer to achieve the vision and style in the game.
  
   Carried out performance reviews with art team.
  
   Defined polish goals for levels and assets.
  
   Coordinated bug fixes for env team.
  
   Coordinated outsourcing of assets with external env team.

• Lead Artist at Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment

  Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

  July 2007 - May 2009

   Managed day to day scheduling for 3d assets and textures.
  
   Worked with other teams to plan out and ameliorate pipelines.
  
   Gave feedback and approval on game assets.
  
   Helped standardize naming convention and source control organization.
  
   Worked with art director to achieve his vision and style in the game.
  
  Dec 2006 – July 2007 Senior Artist
  
   Worked with producers on scheduling and reporting for art department.
  
   Taught junior team members common modeling and texture practices.
  
   Created multiple props and environmental pieces for game.
  
   Served as Speedtree artist for game.
  
   Retextured multiple 3d models to bring them into the target visual style.

• Senior Artist at L-3 Communication

  Salt Lake City, United States of America

  November 1998 - December 2006

   Modeled, textured and rigged hundreds of vehicles including custom vehicles and models for police, trucking, emergency and military clients such as Abrams M1A2 Battle Tank, Egyptian army Hummer, US army Black-hawk helicopter, Police Interceptors, Pierce Fire Truck and Emergency Ambulance, Volvo diesel Tractor and many more.
  
   Modeled, textured, rigged and animated over 30 real-time characters (men, women, children and animals).
  
   Served as Art team liaison to programmers for animation FX system and character animation in proprietary render engine.