Experience

• 3D Graphics and Animation Instructor at Tulsa Technology Center

  Tulsa, United States of America

  May 2009 - Present

  I am currently an Instructor teaching 3D Design & Animation at Tulsa Technology Center Riverside Campus. I teach both 2D and 3D animation techniques using the Adobe Creative Suite, Unity and Blender 2.8

• Graphic Designer at WWebnet

  Tulsa, United States of America

  November 2006 - December 2008

  Contract designer developing marketing and advertising material for their company and clients. WWebnet has developed proprietary technology for Business-to-Business and Direct-to-Consumer delivery of licensed video, music, and proprietary content. Some of the clients include Universal Music, Misivids, Venevision International and others.

• Technical Producer II at Winnercomm

  Tulsa, United States of America

  February 1999 - November 2007

  Worked on a broad range of projects for clients, both local and national, to develop, maintain, and promote their brand and messaging across multiple media outlets.

• Art Director at Charybdis Software

  Austin, United States of America

  August 1998 - July 1999

  Directed the completion and localization of artwork for Fighter Pilot published by Electronic Arts for the PC. I worked on new product demos and managed art staff.

• Art Director / Game Designer at Top Dog Software and Game Design

  Austin, TX , United States of America

  January 1996 - January 1998

  Art Direction, training and management of art staff, writing technical documents regarding how art tasks interface with engineering, evaluating new technologies and tools for industry uses, schedules for developing art in tandem with engineering needs, liaison with senior programmer and administration, and creating graphics.
  
  Titles worked on:
  
  Fading Suns: Noble Armada (PC) (Ripcord)
  
  TNN Motor Sports, Hardcore 4X4 II (Playstation) (ASC)
  
  TNN Outdoors, Tournament Bass Fishing (Playstation) (ASC)
  
  Tunnel Rats (Playstation) (Internal)
  
  Lunar Golf (PC) (Berkeley Systems and Sierra Online)

• Art Director at Northstar Studios Inc.

  Austin, TX and San Raphael, CA, United States of America

  January 1994 - January 1996

  Art Director for Monstrous City for Sony Playstation. Responsibilities included design and direction of all art related tasks, scheduling, storyboarding, 3-D modeling with both high and low poly count, animation, cinematic and cut scenes, special visual effects, and liaison between art staff and administration. Worked in tandem with the lead programmer and producer to insure that art elements are available when needed and perform within the memory budget of the target platform.
  
  Aeon Flux (PC) (Virgin)
  
  3Decathelon (Playstation) (Virgin)
  
  Leaps and Bounds (Playstation) (Internal)
  
  Aftermath (Playstation) (Interplay)
  

• Art Department Manager at Bethesda Softworks

  Rockville, MD

  January 1992 - January 1995

  Managed all aspects of the art department. Games published under my direction were: Terminator 2029 and T2029 Mission Disk, The Elder Scrolls: Arena, and Terminator: Rampage. Contributing artist for Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3, Delta Vee and 2300 A.D.

• Lead Artist at New World Computing

  Van Nuys, CA, United States of America

  January 1989 - January 1992

  Created early PC games, packaging and advertising development. Games produced under my direction were; Planets Edge, Kings Bounty (PC version), Nuclear War, and Las Vegas Games for Windows, as well as contributing artist for Might and Magic game series and various SNES and SEGA conversion products.

• Artist at Task Force Games

  Amarillo, United States of America

  February 1987 - September 1992

  Freelance artist for Starfleet Battles, a game based loosely around the original Star Trek franchise Responsible for creating traditional media illustrations of events depicted through game play and fictional stories. I was also a regular contributor to many other products published by Task Force Games such as; Star Fire, Terra Fire, New Empires, Delta Force, Prime Directive, and Federation and Empire.