Summary
I'm an experienced Technical and VFX Artist with a focus on efficient shader development, VFX, and animation. I am also a capable character rigger, illustrator, and team lead. My passion lies in creating exceptional experiences for players, and helping my team make them a reality through advising on best practices, identifying performance bottlenecks, and creating workflows for artists.
In addition to my technical skill set, over the past thirteen years in the games industry I have experienced live operations, taking projects from inception to launch, and also managing teams of artists. Learning is a constant for me, and I am picking up new tools and techniques all the time so I can push my craft even further. Let's chat and see how I can help your team!
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Productions
- Mobile GameDungeon Dwarves
- Year2022
- RoleSr. Technical Artist
- CompanyHyper Hippo Entertainment
- Mobile GameVacation Tycoon
- Year2022
- RoleProject Lead, Sr. Technical Artist
- CompanyHyper Hippo Entertainment
- Mobile GameAdVenture Communist
- Year2017
- RoleSr. Technical Artist
- CompanyHyper Hippo Entertainment
- Mobile GameAdVenture Capitalist
- Year2015
- RoleSr. Technical Artist
- CompanyHyper Hippo Entertainment
- Mobile GameClub Penguin Island
- Year2017
- RoleTeam Lead, Animation and VFX
- CompanyWalt Disney Interactive
- Video GameClub Penguin
- Year2014
- RoleFlash Illustrator
- CompanyWalt Disney Interactive
- TV ProductionMax Steel Monstrous Alliance
- Year2012
- RoleAnimator
- CompanyRainmaker Entertainment
- MovieBarbie in a Mermaid Tale 2
- Year2012
- RoleAnimator
- CompanyRainmaker Entertainment
- MovieBarbie: Princess Charm School
- Year2011
- RoleAnimator
- CompanyRainmaker Entertainment
- MovieBarbie: A Fairy Secret
- Year2010
- RoleAnimator
- CompanyRainmaker Entertainment
Experience
- Principal Technical Artist at Hyper Hippo EntertainmentCAMarch 2019 - July 2025
Oversaw and created VFX, shaders, art pipelines and character rigs for multiple released and unreleased projects, as well as coaching and support for art team.
Other titles held at Hyper Hippo: Sr. Technical Artist, Art Manager, Sr. Art Manager - Senior Animator, Team Lead at Walt Disney InteractiveKelowna, CanadaJuly 2012 - October 2018
Liaison between tech, animation and production stakeholders. Familiar with Agile development. Oversaw all aspects of gameplay and character animation and VFX for Club Penguin Island, as well as simultaneous production on two unreleased titles. Self taught basic C# scripting and CG shader language.
Software used: Unity, Maya, Photoshop, Monodevelop, Flash - Animator at Rainmaker EntertainmentVancouver, CanadaNovember 2009 - May 2012
Full keyframe animation as well as animation over motion capture for Barbie and Max Steel properties.
Software used: Maya, XSI - Junior Programmer at FTS inc.Victoria, CanadaOctober 2002 - August 2004
MySQL, Javascript, HTML. Designed and built interface for employee feedback over company intranet.