Experience

• Assistant Professor, Chair of Department at Laguna College of Art and Design

  Laguna Beach, United States of America

  January 2009 - Present

  At LCAD I have helped develop their Game Art department over the course of my 10 years there and currently Chair the department. In this role I am in charge of hiring, organizing and assessing the curriculum, employee reviews, student reviews, and developing content.

  Classes I teach are:
  
  Fundamentals of Game Art- Our modeling class where the students are introduced to PBR materials and prototype a game.
  
  Lighting and Rendering- An environment modeling class with a focus on modular assets, Substance Designer, lighting in engine, and material creation
  
  Creatures and Characters- Character modeling in ZBrush
  
  Rigging and Animation for Game: Rigging in Max with an emphasis on bringing assets into Unity and making them interactive.
  
  Senior Portfolio-Focus on feedback and guiding students through making their portfolios. A lot of emphasis on "why" they are making it, who is it directed towards, and polish

  I have also earned my Masters in Game Design through LCAD where I developed a game managing a team of students.

• Artist at Broken Circle Studio

  Norco, United States of America

  January 2014 - January 2018

  At BCS I did a lot of Vis Dev and Game Mockups for contracts they were bidding for. We also did consulting for studios on multiple well beloved franchises. In 2018 I helped BCS build an art team of some of my recent graduates

• Artist at Inxile Entertainment

  Newport Beach CA, United States of America

  October 2007 - October 2012

  At Inxile I was primarily spearheading game prototypes that the company wanted to pitch. I did a lot of Vis Dev, Character Modeling, Rigging, Greyboxing, and performed the role of Art Lead on some of the smaller projects. I usually worked alongside the Art Directors (Brandon Humphries and Rob Nesler) and the Producer (Dave Jaloza).