Resume

About

Dedicated to producing high-quality 3D renders using the latest technologies. I have a strong technical background with a passion for architecture and animation. I currently work as a Lightspeed Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios. My previous work experience includes Sr Software Engineer at Micron, production lighting and compositing at DreamWorks Animation, as well as a former Pixar Undergraduate (PUP).

Skills

Software proficiency

Maya

RenderMan

Substance 3D Painter

Adobe Substance 3D assets

Substance B2M

Blackmagic Design Fusion

Nuke

V-Ray

Photoshop

After Effects

Premiere

Quixel Suite

Python

Katana

Marvelous Designer

ZBrush

Reel

Productions

- Movie
  Toy Story 5
- Year
  2026
- Role
  Lead Technical Director
- Company
  Pixar Animation
- Movie
  Inside Out 2
- Year
  2024
- Role
  Lead Technical Director
- Company
  Pixar Animation
- Movie
  Elemental
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Lightspeed Technical Director
- Company
  Pixar Animation
- Movie
  Lightyear
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Lightspeed Technical Director
- Company
  Pixar Animation
- Movie
  Luca
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Lightspeed Technical Director
- Company
  Pixar Animation
- Movie
  Turbo
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Lighting Technical Assistant
- Company
  DreamWorks Animation

Experience

Lead Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios
Emeryville, CA, United States of America
September 2020 - Present
Freelance CG Generalist at Self Employed
November 2018 - September 2020
Freelance 3D Shading, Lighting, Rendering, and Compositing for various clients.

- Work closely with clients to determine requirements and define realistic expectations.

- Implement flexible solutions that allow clients the freedom to tweak and fine-tune results (render layers, mattes, AOVs).

- Quick to communicate progress and provide suggestions for how to overcome hurdles.

- Deliver super-awesome renders within deadlines that exceed expectations.
Senior Software Engineer at Micron Technologies
Lehi, UT, United States of America
April 2013 - September 2020
- Frontend developer on worldwide Agile team addressing enhancements and defects across a range of production-critical systems and languages.

- Delivered multiple concept-to-completion full-stack MVC web applications as the lead .NET and Javascript developer.

- Re-architected multiple Perl and c++ services to provide automatic failovers to secondary servers in case of system outages.

- Implemented hundreds of Perl and Python scripts to automate tasks, populate databases, collect data, and monitor system health.

- Spear-headed the company’s use of Azure-DevOps to automate deployments and maintain Git repositories.
Lighting TA at DreamWorks Animation
Glendale, CA
January 2012 - April 2013
- Set up the initial Linux file structure and light rigs for new shot sequences.

- Optimized shots to reduce memory usage and render time by culling unseen assets, reducing G.I. bounces, baking light and shadows, and using cards.

- Fixed render artifacts including shadows, reflections, G.I., light leaks.

- Worked as the initial tester of DreamWorks’ new Lighting package; working closely with the developers to provide feedback and use cases.

- Heavily leveraged Python to automate shot setup, improving efficiency.
Computer Professional at University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
September 2010 - January 2012
- Serviced and maintained hundreds of Apple computers across campus.

- Developed a Bash system to automatically reimage down Macs without having to travel across campus for maintenance.
Pixar Undergraduate at Pixar Animation Studios
Emeryville, CA, United States of America
June 2010 - August 2010
- Formally trained on the entire production pipeline.

- Developed several shots collaboratively using production tools.