Experience

 

 

 

Character Builder / Revisions Animator

  Big Bad Boo Studios, 1001 Nights

       March 2010 – Present

     ♦   Revised 2D digital animation ensuring efficient production pipeline

     ♦   Built and rigged characters for use in ToonBoom

     ♦   Collaborate with director to resolve character design issues

 

Compositor / Match Mover

   Greendale Productions, TV Heart Attack: ‘A/O’ music video

      Oct 2009 – Jan 2010

     ♦   Compositing CG, smoke, lighting elements for HD footage shot on Genisis

     ♦   Produced motion tracking from less-than-ideal lighting conditions

     ♦   Created CG elements for use in compositing

 

3D Animator

   Rainmaker Entertainment, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, Max Steel: Mutant Menace

      April 2008 – Current

   Bardel Entertainment Inc., Viva Pinata

      June 2006 - April 2008

     ♦   Produced high quality, realistic, game cinematics from motion capture

     ♦   Produced ‘cartoony’ key frame, TV quality animation

     ♦   Consistently delivered high-quality animation on time

     ♦   Created prototype animation and cycles reducing production time

     ♦   Created previs animatic and carried all the way to final animation

     ♦   Mentor juniors to improve productivity and quality

     ♦   Collaborate with director and supervisors to resolve production issues

     ♦   Gathered references for animation style, visual targets and PR stills

     ♦   Managed own weekly workload

 

 Technical Support Technician

   Teekay Shipping (Canada) Ltd.  

      June 2000 - July 2004

     ♦     1^st and 2^nd level support for 500 users, 10 offices

     ♦   Managed IT support calls using ‘Helpdesk Magic’ system to track service levels

     ♦   Implemented companywide software deployment over various WAN connections

     ♦   Standardized hardware, OS builds and migration process reducing  maintenance

     ♦   Coordinated PC life cycle to produce $6000 annual tax savings

     ♦   Wrote software installation documentation and increasing accuracy

     ♦   Developed technician training program, reducing training time by half

     ♦   Evaluated various software vendors to automate inventory tracking

     ♦   Configured ‘Altiris’ XML database to create inventory reports

     ♦   Managed ATT dial-up accounts, eliminating fraud

     ♦   Managed multiple vendors for printer / copier / fax maintenance

 

  Digital Imaging Technician

    IKON Document Services

       May 97 - June 99

     ♦     Streamlined printing services improving turnaround by half