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Experience
 
Motion Theory / 1.1 VFX March 2005 - Present
production / post-production / visualFX house
 
Flame artist
  final comps, cg integration, fixes, online, layoffs
  supervision of roto / comp team
  on set VFX supervision
misc roles
  Shake compositing
  Java programming to create custom visual effects
  Linux system administration & tech support
(including setup & maintenance of Flame, Silhouette, & Massive)
 
   
342 Media June 2004 - September 2004
DVD production company
  motion menu design (After Effects)
compositing
rotoscoping
 
   
Creativeworks June 2003 - September 2003
advertising agency
  print design
storyboards
workstation/server technical support
 
   
Chevron July 2001 - September 2001
research & technology division  
  hired to create experimental marketing videos to be used for recruiting / digital business cards / web
production / post-production
 
 
Skills
 
Compositing primary skill
Flame, Shake, After Effects (ACE), Silhouette  
 

all things photoreal compositing
fixes
cg compositing
finishing
onlining

 
   
3D secondary skills
Maya, Boujou, PFTrack  
  photoreal polygon modeling
photoreal texturing
photoreal lighting / Mental Ray
particles
MEL
3D tracking
 
   
Programming / Languages  
Processing (Java), Bash, PHP, MySQL, HTML, Lingo  
 

Linux shell scripting
custom visual effects creation via programming
web design & database backend
interactive installations

 
   
Computer Hardware / Operating Systems  
Linux / Windows / OS X  
  Unix command line / shell scripting / general use
System administration
building / networking / troubleshooting
 
   
Misc  
Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Encore DVD, Audition, Sound Forge, ACID Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark Xpress, Dreamweaver, Flash, Director  
 

video / audio editing
dvd authoring
print design
web design
interactive applet design

 
   
education  
   
UCLA September 2000 - March 2005
B.A. Design | Media Arts  
   
California High School September 1996 - June 2000
San Ramon, CA  
   
Personal Statement  
   
 

I’m an extremely charismatic and fun person to be around. Upbeat, fun, enthusiastic, always in a good mood, yet extremely patient, yup that's me. Creativity is never in short supply.

I thrive in team environments and love contributing to the greater project at hand. Give me any task; it will be done well and on time. Hard work is where it's at with me.

I learn extremely quickly, but recognize mastery takes time.

Software will never replace experience.

My childhood drawings could fill a semi. I’ve never gotten over my fascination for my Dad’s video camera and probably never will.

More than anything, I love what I do.