Experience

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  Weta Digital

  • R&D Intern

    • 2012 - 2012
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  ACM SIGGRAPH

  • Volunteer

    • Aug 2005 - Dec 2011

    SIGGRAPH volunteer at Boston, MA (08/06) & Hong Kong (12/11).Alias (Autodesk) courses doorman at LA, CA (08/05).

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  JL DESIGN Inc.

  • Taiwan

  • Technical Artist

    • Nov 2009 - Jun 2010
    • Taiwan

    • Created scripts & VFX with Houdini, Maya, Nuke, & AE. Designed procedural models, L-system crowds, and volumetric elements.• Setup a render farm, remote Windows batch scripts, wrote guide manuals, and instructed users.

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  client

  • English tutor

    • Nov 2009 - Jan 2010
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  Akaylight

  • Taiwan

  • Web designer

    • Oct 2009 - Oct 2009
    • Taiwan

    • Setup & designed a website for Akaylight laser company.

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  Star TV

  • Taiwan

  • CG freelancer

    • Jul 2009 - Oct 2009
    • Taiwan

    • Designed all modeling to rendering of a baseball TV spot.• Developed particles/fluid effects and gave technical support for a startup AD studio.

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  Campus Ether Geeks

  • NY, NY

  • Salesperson

    • Aug 2009 - Sep 2009
    • NY, NY

    • Researched physical distribution of potential student buyers. Advertised in person and via phone.• Managed and dispatched customer issues/purchase tickets to salespersons on site.

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  Law Office - private

  • NY, NY

  • Web Developer

    • Feb 2009 - Jun 2009
    • NY, NY

    • Created & maintained a justice website in Wordpress CMS.

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  eCoast Animation Studios

  • NY, NY

  • Project editor

    • Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
    • NY, NY

    • Compiled and edited demo reels and sample videos. • Translated a screenplay from Chinese to English.• Created the company website using Dreamweaver, CSS/HTML, Flash, and ActionScript3.Sample: http://gophercg.com/web/demoreels.html

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  Star TV

  • Maya technical director intern

    • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

    Star TV Taiwan branch• Collaborated in a seven person group to render green awareness shorts Star Now.• Coded automation/helper tools in MEL and Python.• Implemented mass 3D vine-like growth and animatable rigs, with MEL GUI and Python modules.• Modeled, animated, and shaded scenes with effects s...

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  Tokio Marine Management

  • NY, NY

  • Web development intern

    • Jul 2007 - Aug 2007
    • NY, NY

    • Rewrote intranet web pages onto the IBM Web Sphere CMS platform.• Organized intranet files and edited HTML/Javascript pages.

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  Flickerlab

  • NY, NY

  • AfterEffects effects intern

    • Jul 2007 - Aug 2007
    • NY, NY

    • Setup and cleaned up green screen effects for David M. Friend's animatronic short Moonfishing.• Motion tracked elements to remove wires/rods and overlay new elements.• Animated vines growing for the title sequence using Mac workstations.

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  ING Insurance / Investment Management

  • NY, NY

  • Desktop support intern

    • Nov 2005 - Aug 2006
    • NY, NY

    • Managed RMA products, procurement, inventory databases, and setup software/hardware.

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  NYU TASS club

  • NY, NY

  • Publicity artist

    • Jan 2006 - Mar 2006
    • NY, NY

    • Designed advertisements and publicity materials for the Taiwanese club TASS.• Made designs and organized setups for ITASA 2006, an annual east coast conference.

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  client

  • Taiwan

  • 3D Studio Max software tutor

    • Jul 2003 - Aug 2003
    • Taiwan
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  Gemhorn

  • Taiwan

  • Transcriber

    • Jun 2002 - Aug 2002
    • Taiwan

    • Translated technical computer graphics software manuals from English to Mandarin.