| 2008 - 2010 | Art Contractor for various third party game developers, working from Austin, Texas. Provided 2D and 3D art assets for video games on the Wii, DSI, and other platforms. Clients include studios local to Austin, as well as California-based studios. |
| 2003 - 2008 | Lead Animator and Art Director for WayForward Technologies, in Valencia, California. Managed all the art staff and 2D and 3D art assets (animation, environments, user interface, etc.) for Nintendo DS and LeapFrog games, including Nicktoons: Android Invasion and SpongeBob: Fists of Foam. Created graphics and animation, and managed a small team of animators for Nintendo DS, GameBoy Advance, and mobile games. Credits include Shrek: Ogres & Dronkeys (DS), American Dragon: Attack of the Dark Dragon (DS), SpongeBob: The Movie (GBA), Tak: The Great Juju Challenge (GBA), and Sigma Star Saga (GBA). |
| 2001 - 2003 | Animator for Paradox Developement, in Moorpark, California. Used 3D Studio Max to rig and animate characters for games such as X-Men: Next Dimension (Activision) and Backyard Wrestling (Eidos), X-Box, Sony Playstation 2, and Gamecube. |
| 1996 - 2000 | Created and completed four animated short films, including direction, story, design, and animation. Two of these films went on to be screened at international film festivals. I also designed tee-shirts, and was an Artist Intern on the TV show Hey Arnold! at Nickelodeon Animation Studio, where I cleaned up drawings and designed miscellaneous characters. |
| summer 2004 | Completed the Odyssey Writing Workshop. Manchester, New Hampshire. |
| summer 2001 | CG classes at College of the Canyons. Valencia, California. |
| 1996 - 2000 | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Character Animation, California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, California. |
| 1992 - 1996 | Top Ten High Honors graduate of West High School. Manchester, New Hampshire. |
| 2002 - 2010 | Name credit as Animator or Lead Animator on twenty-two published games for the Wii, PlayStation 2, X-Box, Gamecube, Nintendo DS and DSI, Gameboy Advance, LeapFrog Didj, PC, plug-n-play, iPhone, and mobile platforms. My student film Like Liz and Beth was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. |
| 1998 - 2001 | My student films were chosen for screening at the following film festivals: 2001 Annecy International Film Festival in Annecy, France; the 2001 Minnesota Fringe Film Festival; the 2000 and 1999 CalArts Producer's Shows; the 2000 Iowa State University Film Festival; the 2000 Schizm Florida Film Festival; and Finalist in the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences internship award. My student film Like Liz and Beth was leased to Level 13 Entertainment, Inc. |
| 1996 - 1998 | Screen credit on several episodes of Hey Arnold!; Rochester Institute of Technology Presidential Scholarship; Kansas City Art Institute Vice Presidential scholarship; The Maryland Institute, College of Art merit scholarship; Journalism Art Award, The Union Leader; graduated from high school with a 3.98 GPA. |
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