Experience

Empow Studios

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Instructor

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  Instructor small enrichment classes (5 to 13 students) of children age 7 to 11 or 12 to 14 in the basic knowledge, skills, and understanding of Video Game Design, programming, Animation (Both Digital and Stop Motion), Engineering, Robotics, App Development, and Digital Music Production. Along with developing the students' teamwork, time management, creativity and problem solving skills. I travel to different school systems and community centers through the Boston and MetroWest areas of Massachusetts, occasionally teaching classes in the Northshore, South-shore and Merrimack Valley areas. I also help with the writing and development of curriculum to be taught in our classes using new technology that is either free or open source. I research and test out any new programs we may use before using them in a test class to see their full capabilities. Show less


H&R Block
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Customer Service Professional

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2015

Whole Foods Market
• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee
• Customer Service Team Member

  • Aug 2014 - Oct 2014


Waltham Athletic Club

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Front Desk Clerk

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2014

  I answer phones, greet club members, schedule rentals of tennis courts and process payments. I answer phones, greet club members, schedule rentals of tennis courts and process payments.



Dark Dreams Studios

• Founder and Freelance CG Artist

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2014

  My personal freelance company for animation, illustration, and film freelance work. My personal freelance company for animation, illustration, and film freelance work.



Novudus

• Financial Services

• Flash Animator

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

  Responsible for creating animated gif files for use in Android app. Responsible for creating animated gif files for use in Android app.



DigiNovations

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 3d Generalist

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2013

  Creating 3D models, textures, UVing, rigging, and animating a medical animated scene in Maya. Along with compositing scenes together with video footage an creating motion graphics in After Effects. Creating 3D models, textures, UVing, rigging, and animating a medical animated scene in Maya. Along with compositing scenes together with video footage an creating motion graphics in After Effects.



Freshi Media

• United States

• Summer Instructor

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Teaching elementary school kids Stop-Motion Animation, Digital Animation with Anime Studio, Film-making and VFX with Windows Movie Maker and Video Game Design with MultiMedia Fusion 2 Teaching elementary school kids Stop-Motion Animation, Digital Animation with Anime Studio, Film-making and VFX with Windows Movie Maker and Video Game Design with MultiMedia Fusion 2



Mighty Cast, Inc

• Canada
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

• 3d Generalist

  • Mar 2013 - Apr 2013

  I am responsible for developing concept art for game assets then modeling, texturing, and uving said assets. Once completed I would animate any parts that needed animation with in Maya. Then I would take the layers from Maya, composite them in After Effects and add Visual Effects. I am responsible for developing concept art for game assets then modeling, texturing, and uving said assets. Once completed I would animate any parts that needed animation with in Maya. Then I would take the layers from Maya, composite them in After Effects and add Visual Effects.



Wiggles Press Inc.

• Children's Book Illustrator

  • May 2009 - Jan 2013

  Illustrating for children' books. I previously illustrated for the storybook, "The Perfect Pet." Illustrating for children' books. I previously illustrated for the storybook, "The Perfect Pet."



Digital Media Academy

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Assistant at the Harvard University Campus

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  I assist the Lead Instructor for a number of classes. They include... Adventures in Film-making Teaching the children Pre-production storyboarding, production & filming, how to use a video camera; shooting and recording techniques, how to edit a movie, post-production editing with Final Cut Pro, special effects techniques, outputting your movie for web, Youtube & DVD Game Development in Unity Teaching the students game-development work flow using Unity, game asset preparation and the Unity interface, how to import and place game assets and integrate animation, scripting and programming with Javascript, controlling animations and characters, sound and event triggering, scripts for developing character health systems, collision detection and weapon interactions. Digital Art & Graphic Design Teaching students about the principles of composition & creating dynamic and interesting images, Photoshop working with layers, text & brushes, constructing colorized images from line art, colorization techniques working with selections, masks & adjustment layers, the different kinds of typography, fonts, typeface and how to create text effects, how to create art using Adobe Illustrator vector graphics and pathing, how to create animated .gifs and work with different file formats Adventures in Science & Engineering Teaching children basic computer programming with Scratch, how simple machines work, how to build simple machines using K’NEX, introduction to aerodynamics and aerospace engineering, how to build water rockets, introduction to solar engineering, how to build solar race cars. 3D Game Design in Maya & UDK Teaching the students how to create and define the details of a 3D game environment and concept a project, Autodesk Maya 2012 basics for environmental models, techniques for low polygon modeling and optimizing poly count for games, creating textures using Adobe Photoshop, importing models into the UDK, using the UDK to create realistic lighting and special effects. Show less



Digital-Perfection

• United Kingdom
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Facial Animator

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2012

  Created facial animation and lip-sync for a 1 minute segment of an animated pilot "Magic Monkey Billionaire" using 3D Studio Max. Created facial animation and lip-sync for a 1 minute segment of an animated pilot "Magic Monkey Billionaire" using 3D Studio Max.



GEX Inc

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Flash/3D Developer

  • May 2012 - Jun 2012

  Developing proposals for clients in regards to the time frame for a variety of Flash and 3D Animated projects. Developing proposals for clients in regards to the time frame for a variety of Flash and 3D Animated projects.



Brickyard VFX

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Intern

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  General office up keeping and organization. Shadowing producers and artists to learn about visual effects in advertising. I also get tutored in the use of different visual effects programs and procedures on site. General office up keeping and organization. Shadowing producers and artists to learn about visual effects in advertising. I also get tutored in the use of different visual effects programs and procedures on site.



Pops

• Russian Federation
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Animator

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Developing short Flash animations for pop-up alerts on the Android. Developing short Flash animations for pop-up alerts on the Android.



Self Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Private Tutor

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2011

  I am tutoring a young middle school boy in 3D modeling, rigging and animation over the course of the coming year. I am tutoring a young middle school boy in 3D modeling, rigging and animation over the course of the coming year.



Boston Museum of Science

• Education

• Project Leader for Practicum

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2011

  I helped direct my classmates from BU CDIA in developing animated shots for the Museum of Science as part of our Practicum assignment. These shots were to be used in a demonstrational video on the proper use of the Segway for the Segway of Boston Tours. I also corresponded with the client and Production Manager on a daily basis and maintained a blog of our work in development for their review. mossegway.wordpress.com I helped direct my classmates from BU CDIA in developing animated shots for the Museum of Science as part of our Practicum assignment. These shots were to be used in a demonstrational video on the proper use of the Segway for the Segway of Boston Tours. I also corresponded with the client and Production Manager on a daily basis and maintained a blog of our work in development for their review. mossegway.wordpress.com



Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA)

• Student

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

  I studied the 3D animation from the start at modeling, texturing, to building uvs, rigging characters, and animating them all in Maya. I studied the 3D animation from the start at modeling, texturing, to building uvs, rigging characters, and animating them all in Maya.



United States Census Bureau

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• 2010 Field Operation Supervisor for Quality Assurance

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  I was responsible for training crew leaders for quality assurance in Census procedure. Organize daily meetings with crew leaders to give out assignments and collect completed work and time sheets. I was also responsible for meeting with the Assistant Manager of Quality Assurance and report on the progress of the crews out in the field.

• 2010 Office Operations Supervisor for Recruiting

  • Dec 2009 - Apr 2010

  I was responsible for training new office clerks in Census procedure for recruiting and proper phone use. I also managed and organized files regarding recruiting for the Assistant Manager of Recruiting, and keeping track of statistics regarding the recruiting effort. I also was a liaison with the production assistants, advising them on better recruiting methods in their area and processing their paperwork. I was also responsible for collecting daily time sheets and handing them off to administration at the end of each day. Show less



Acquisitions Inc.

• United States
• Advertising Services

• Sales Associate

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2009

  I was a sales associate going business to business selling services for our client town to town. I was a sales associate going business to business selling services for our client town to town.



360KID

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Assistant

  • Feb 2008 - Jun 2008

  I was a lip-sync and motion graphic animator for the flash based educational game, "Compass Learning Odyssey: Math Levels 5 & 6" I was a lip-sync and motion graphic animator for the flash based educational game, "Compass Learning Odyssey: Math Levels 5 & 6"



Wicked Delicate Films

• Intern

  • Jan 2007 - May 2007

  Creating hand-drawn animated sequences for the documentary "The Mulungeons." Creating hand-drawn animated sequences for the documentary "The Mulungeons."