Resume

GOALS

My professional pursuits are in the field of computer graphics and visualization. I am primarily interested in a position as an FX artist, technical director or tool developer in the entertainment industry. I enjoy working on tasks with ambitious goals that let me use my technical and creative abilities to solve unique challenges.

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

  • C / C++ / C#
  • HLSL
  • RSL
  • MEL Script
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • ActionScript 2 & 3
  • PHP

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Passion for designing and creating top quality online and offline CGI
  • Proficiency with a variety of languages to create a robust object-oriented code architecture
  • Predilection for creative technical problem solving
  • Effects creation using procedural and physically-based techniques
  • Experience programming real-time graphics using XNA and OpenGL
  • Developing complex, goal-oriented shaders using procedural and texture-based techniques

WORK EXPERIENCE

Game and Pipeline Developer for Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
Contact: see first reference
January 2009 – Present
  • Currently working at an on-campus position using Maya, Photoshop, C# and XNA to create an educational FPS-style game that teaches circuit logic
Senior Graphic Designer for Net Perspective
Contact: see second reference
January 2006 - January 2009
  • Created animations and web-based applications using Adobe Flash
  • Designed and created websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University
  • M.S. Visualization Sciences
    • 2006 – Present
    • GPR 3.8
    • Expected graduation in Dec 2009
  • BED Environmental Design
    • 2002 – 2006
    • Graduated Summa Cum Laude

REFERENCES

Dr. Vinod Srinivasan
  • vinod at viz dot tamu dot edu*
  • acquainted for 2 years
Dr. Srinivasan is my thesis advisor and supervisor for my on-campus position.
Robert Adam Ray
  • robert.adam.ray at gmail dot com*
  • acquainted for 4 years
Robert Adam is my colleague and previous supervisor. We worked together closely on many web-based projects during my employment at Net Perspective.
Dr. Ergun Akleman
  • ergun at viz dot tamu dot edu*
  • acquainted for 3 years
Dr. Akleman taught several of my undergraduate and graduate courses including Modeling and Animation, Image Synthesis, and Computer Aided Sculpting.
*if additional contact information is needed please email me