Experience

City of Monterey

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Application Engineer

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Naturally Chai

• Owner & Founder

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Sharing the rejuvenating warmth and health benefits of our authentic Indian tea - Chai! A 100 year old family recipe passed down generations, and supporting an elephant sanctuary in Sri Lanka whilst we’re at it. Chai pouches currently carried at Elroy’s Fine Foods in Monterey and Grove Market in Pacific Grove, and you can also find our products online and at local popup events. Follow us on social @naturallychai or sign up to our email newsletter at naturallychai.com for the latest news, promotions and events! Show less



McKinder Creative

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Web Design, eCommerce, SEO & Maintenance Services

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Creating fully customizable websites to help your business grow. With 13yrs expertise, I specialize in the design and development of unique, responsive & engaging websites for wineries, visual artists and small businesses. Other services include Branding, SEO, eCommerce, Hosting & Maintenance. https://mckindercreative.com/client-portfolio/ Creating fully customizable websites to help your business grow. With 13yrs expertise, I specialize in the design and development of unique, responsive & engaging websites for wineries, visual artists and small businesses. Other services include Branding, SEO, eCommerce, Hosting & Maintenance. https://mckindercreative.com/client-portfolio/



City of Pacific Grove

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Management Analyst

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2023



NatureFootage

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Media Manager, Support Specialist and Sales Associate

  • Apr 2017 - May 2018

  - Project manager of day-to-day and long-term tasks, whilst maintaining communication within staff and clients to ensure on-time delivery of projects. - Oversaw programming team in web development to maintain NatureFootage site. - Provided insight to CEO on company protocols, company website and web applications to enhance end-user experience and improve staff efficiency. - Managed video uploads and conversions for web. - Colour-corrected and edited video stock footage. - Trained staff members on company protocols, policies and workflows - Maintained and added technical documentation as well as end-user help articles. - Troubleshot technical issues and provided end-user support in relation to software applications, computer systems, the NatureFootage site, online orders, user accounts, video uploads and Cliplog (a NatureFootage web application for logging). - Co-ordinated and created bi-monthly email campaigns. - Installed, updated and maintained computer OS systems and software applications. - Monitored servers and viewed and modified databases via SQL queries. - Provided friendly customer service and support in a time efficient manner. Show less



Freelance, self-employed

• "Being Good" - Simulation Supervisor, Artella Specialist & Web Developer

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2017

  "Being Good" is a 2 minute short animated film completed in Nov 2017. It was presented at CTN in 2017 and has won numerous awards since then. We are a team of 50 people, all professionals with industry experience (Disney, Dreamworks, ILM, CD Project RED, Sony, Ilion, Illumination MacGuff). My key responsibility was to supervise cloth, hair and effects simulations across shot production. In addition, I assisted with the pipeline development on Artella and designed and developed the Being Good website. http://www.beinggood-film.com/ BEING GOOD has already been featured at Siggraph, IFCC and multiple film festivals worldwide. It is supported by Artella, Solid Angle, Frame.io and Syncsketch. Show less



Lucasfilm

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead/Sr. Creature Technical Director

  • Oct 2006 - Dec 2016

  Collaborated with skilled professionals to generate visual effects under tight deadlines for box-office hits such as “Jurassic World”. Focusing primarily on simulations and asset development, whilst also working independently or in conjunction with the Research and Development team to design, develop and maintain new or existing tools for pipeline and show needs. Promoted to Lead Artist at Singapore studio 2015-2017 to aid in pipeline supervision during the production of the movie "The Great Wall". Supervised, managed and mentored groups of artists in their tasks during shot production across several sequences. In addition, I worked with the Animation department to design, develop and maintain tools for their artists' needs. Throughout my career at ILM I provided technical support across various disciplines, ensured customer satisfaction with clients and supervisors, maintained or added technical documentation and prepared and taught courses to further develop skill set in Junior Artists. Movies I have collaborated on: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2994151/ Show less