Unreal Product Manager

• Jun 2023 - Present

- Product management for Unreal Engine plugin that connects any UE project to the Metaverse. - Within moments, you can make your digital twin a shared reality. Let your team member edit the product or environment, demonstrate to stakeholders, and even provide access to guests and customers to experience your product an service through the metaverse. - Product management for Unreal Engine plugin that connects any UE project to the Metaverse. - Within moments, you can make your digital twin a shared reality. Let your team member edit the product or environment, demonstrate to stakeholders, and even provide access to guests and customers to experience your product an service through the metaverse.

Senior Software/System Engineer

• Oct 2021 - Aug 2023

Manager, Ride & Show Animation

• Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

As senior show programmer, I managed a team of highly-skilled, cross-trained artists with a deep understanding of story-telling through vehicle motion, special effects timing, and show sequencing for Universal's world-class themed rides & shows. We choreograph the ride vehicles and show elements on your favorite attractions to produce kinetic experiences that are exciting, engaging and safe for all to enjoy. We create moving experiences.

Show Programmer

• Mar 2016 - Jan 2019

- Animate ride vehicle motion for themed entertainment dark ride experiences. - Collaborate with Creative Directors to define story beats for show motion and performance. - Punctuate story-telling intensity through synchronized special effects and show action equipment. - Coordinate with attraction designers and engineers to carry the creative intent forward to installation. - Work closely with controls engineers and ride system technicians during test and adjust phase of ride… Show more - Animate ride vehicle motion for themed entertainment dark ride experiences. - Collaborate with Creative Directors to define story beats for show motion and performance. - Punctuate story-telling intensity through synchronized special effects and show action equipment. - Coordinate with attraction designers and engineers to carry the creative intent forward to installation. - Work closely with controls engineers and ride system technicians during test and adjust phase of ride commissioning. - Promoted continuous improvement through knowledge capture, cross-training, and team building.

Lead Environment Designer

• Jun 2011 - Apr 2016

- Define movement of 6-DOF motion base through interactive simulated environments - Develop modeling pipeline for large scale virtual environments - Look development of immersive environments with progressive rendering techniques - Optimize existing terrain generation process and portability using new tools and game engines - Introduce new procedural modeling tools to enhance environment graphics quality - R&D DirectX hardware rendering of large-scale environments - Define movement of 6-DOF motion base through interactive simulated environments - Develop modeling pipeline for large scale virtual environments - Look development of immersive environments with progressive rendering techniques - Optimize existing terrain generation process and portability using new tools and game engines - Introduce new procedural modeling tools to enhance environment graphics quality - R&D DirectX hardware rendering of large-scale environments

Engineering Designer III

• Mar 2008 - Feb 2011

Rapid prototyping/visualization of engineering designs for assembly and test - Swept path modeling for process flow analysis of moving flight hardware - Visually demonstrate "roller coaster"-style launch tower escape system Mechanical Design for Aries I rocket mobile launch platform - Retractable Tilt-Up Umbilical Arm - Flexible hose components and pneumatic controls for cryogenic fuel delivery system. Rapid prototyping/visualization of engineering designs for assembly and test - Swept path modeling for process flow analysis of moving flight hardware - Visually demonstrate "roller coaster"-style launch tower escape system Mechanical Design for Aries I rocket mobile launch platform - Retractable Tilt-Up Umbilical Arm - Flexible hose components and pneumatic controls for cryogenic fuel delivery system.

Game Design Instructor

• 2008 - 2010

Administer lectures and exams for college level game art classes - Design course curriculum - Subjects included 3D modeling - Rigging - Animation - Special effects - Simulation and programming. Administer lectures and exams for college level game art classes - Design course curriculum - Subjects included 3D modeling - Rigging - Animation - Special effects - Simulation and programming.

Technical Director - VR Content Development

• Oct 2005 - Oct 2006

- Oversee all content development from cradle to grave - 3D models (aircraft, carrier ship, deck crew) - texture & effects maps - motion capture & animation - Programming support for custom game engine (DirectX 9c) - Oversee all content development from cradle to grave - 3D models (aircraft, carrier ship, deck crew) - texture & effects maps - motion capture & animation - Programming support for custom game engine (DirectX 9c)

Sr. Technical Publications / Multimedia Development

• May 2003 - Sep 2005

- Authored and illustrated multiple NASA documents and technical manuals for Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Element. - Mechanical Engineering visualization. - Swept path analysis - Managed $90k project: SRB Illustrated Systems Manual, print and multimedia versions. - Authored and illustrated multiple NASA documents and technical manuals for Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Element. - Mechanical Engineering visualization. - Swept path analysis - Managed $90k project: SRB Illustrated Systems Manual, print and multimedia versions.