Experience

• Lead Technical Artist at Theia Interactive

  Chico, CA, United States of America

  March 2018 - Present

  - Lead a skilled development team to create in-house tools that have saved Theia thousands of development hours
  
  - Streamlined project development pipelines in general, providing massive time savings across the board
  
  - Acted as a consultant for a large aerospace corporation regarding Unreal Engine optimization and VR implementation
  
  - Pioneered software solutions at Theia Interactive, which had focused solely on 3D VR/AR services prior
  
  - The primary UI/UX designer having worked on Optim, and multiple NDA projects.

• Technical Artist at Theia Interactive

  Chico, United States of America

  October 2017 - March 2018

  - Transitioned a billion polygon project from 3ds Max to Unreal Engine and optimized to run 90+fps in VR
  
  - Developed multiple Unreal Engine tools that massively sped up development
  
  - Streamlined and optimized the primary asset library
  
  - Introduced the power of Substance Designer into Theia Interactive's workflow

• Intern at Theia Interactive

  Chico, United States of America

  January 2016 - June 2016

  - Created realistic textures based on provided sources within Substance Designer
  
  - 3D modeled realistic assets based on provided sources with Autodesk Maya
  
  - Optimized assets and materials to be VR ready within Unreal Engine 4

• 3D Generalist at Chico State Game Studios

  Chico, United States of America

  August 2015 - December 2016

  - Modeled, sculpted, and painted digital 3D characters for the game Andromeda
  
  - Created stylized materials and textures within Substance Designer
  
  - Optimized the projects assets and materials