Resume

SKILL SET

Zbrush
Maya
Modo
3DSMax

Houdini
World Machine
Substance Designer
Substance Painter

Photoshop
Marvelous Designer
Knald
Xnormal

KeyShot
Unreal 4

WORK EXPERIENCE

Microsoft 343 Industries // SEP 2016 - Present //
3D Environment Artist

Shadow of War // Monolith // NOV 2015 - AUG 2016
World Artist

Modeled high & low poly terrain feature sets, unwrapped, textured and placed in level.
Utilized prefabricated assets and in house tools to populate a level.
Utilized in house tools to author terrain materials.
Created both Macro and Micro tiling textures in Zbrush and Substance Designer for use on terrain feature sets.
Modeled & uved architecture elements on top of pre existing design layouts.

HALO 5 // Microsoft 343 Industries // APR 2013 - NOV 2015
Technical 3D Environment Artist

Modeled high & low poly props, unwrapped, textured, and packaged assets for engine.
Utilized prefabricated assets & materials to create Environments in various levels.
Optimized numerous props for ship // LOD generation // Collision // Reduced draw calls.
Defined play space boundaries in which levels would exist in engine.
Provided both art and asset integration direction to outsourcing companies for prop assets.
Provided tech support and guidance to art teams on solutions with in house techniques.
Evaluated numerous levels to provide working optimization solutions to env leads for both custom collision and assets exceeding ideal costs for ship.

HALO 4 // Microsoft 343 Industries // FEB 2011 - FEB 2013
Technical 3D Environment Artist

Modeled high & low poly props, unwrapped, textured, and packaged asset for engine.
Utilized prefabricated assets & materials, to create an environment in a Level.
Defined play space boundaries in which levels would exist in engine.
Defined streaming order for levels // Pre loads and drop outs.
Tracked and reported on memory budgets for assigned levels.
Alleviated draw calls outside the field of view for assigned levels to increase performance.

United States Army // JAN 2004 - JAN 2007
Infantryman / Training NCO

Assigned to a Mechanized Infantry platoon as a team leader.
Participated in combat operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Provided tactical and technical guidance to supervisors and subordinates on and off the field.
Promoted to junior NCO upon return. Responsible for the care and welfare of 6 Soldiers, retained position two pay grades higher than appointed as Training NCO, conducting Administrative duties and deployment readiness with a battalion that numbered 630 Soldiers.