Experience Blue Sky Studios, Animator (8/11 – present) working on the feature film “Ice Age: Continental Drift” Reel FX, Remote Animator (5/11 – 7/11) Responsible for creating character performances for a TV Christmas Special while working remotely. Delivering high quality animation, on time with minimal supervision. Sony Pictures Imageworks , Animator (1/11 – 4/11) Worked as an animator on the feature film “Green Lantern”. Responsible for creating facial and lip sync animation, full cg key-frame animation, working with motion capture and live action plate backgrounds, creating body tracking, deformations, and muscle animation on various shots. Digital Tap, Character Animator (7/08 – 9/10) Responsible for creating Character and Facial animation on shots for the Direct-to-DVD children's episode “Zap Squad, And The Sands of Time” Responsible for producing high quality animation under tight deadlines with a quota of 30 seconds of animation per week. Also responsible for creating various other 2D and 3D graphics for engineering and other commercial projects. Blue Sky Studios, Animator (7/07 – 11/07) Responsible for working with Animation Supervisors and Directors to create Character and Facial animation on shots for the feature film “Horton Hears a Who” (2008) Also responsible for creating background character cycles and setting up crowd shots, also working on fixes for various shots during the QC process. Four Directions Productions, Character Animator (2/04 – 7/07) Responsible for all character, facial and lip-sync animation on a wide variety of projects. Also responsible for some directing, modeling, concept development, script writing, character and environment design, lighting and textures. Titles Include: “Raccoon & Crawfish” (2007) – Character Animator/ Co-Director Remote Freelance Character Animator Working as a remote freelance animator, responsible for creating layout, camera, character and facial animation for various clients and projects. Clients Include: GlueWorks Animation, Peculiar Pictures, Four Directions Productions, CBN, Transgraphics LLC Titles Include: “Hermie and Friends: Milo the Mantis” (DVD/VHS 2007) “Hermie and Friends: Stanley The Stink Bug” (DVD/VHS 2005) “Hermie: A Common Caterpillar” (DVD/VHS 2002) “My Home” (short film 2011) “Axel and Plug Screen Test” (2010) Education 1998-2002 Ringling School of Art and Design Awarded the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in the Department of Computer Animation Continued Education: Attended Maya Master classes program at Siggraph 2005 & 2006 Skills The ability to tell stories and create characters that an audience can relate to, using the principles of animation to show meaning through movement, design, concept development, storytelling and acting. Software: Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe AfterEffects