Profile
Enthusiastic and dedicated animator with over 10 years of professional experience desiring to be part of a team creating fun, interactive experiences.
Experience
Senior Animator – Smartbomb Interactive, Salt Lake City, Utah —June 2007- June 2009
Snoopy: WWI Flying Ace– Rigged and animated a number vehicles, planes, weapons and bosses as well as the famous Peanuts characters for in game and cinematic animations. Also provided mentoring to junior animators.
Bee Movie Game (Nintendo Wii)– Rigged and animated a number of characters for in game animations.

Senior Animator, Incognito Studio (Sony), Salt Lake City, Utah — August 2004-April 2007
Warhawk (PS3)– Rigged and animated a number of characters and vehicles for both in game and cinematic animations.
Calling All Cars (PS3)– Rigged and animated a number of characters for both in game and cinematic animations.
Twisted Metal: Head On (PSP) – Created animations for in game.

Lead Animator, Jaleco Entertainment, Boulder, Colorado — October 2000-March 2004
Goblin Commander – Directed a team of 4 animators on a real time strategy game developed for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Gamecube. Duties included working with the lead artist to develop a schedule, delegating animation tasks and reviewing models and animations for quality and consistency. On top of my responsibilities as lead, I also modeled, rigged and animated. My team and I modeled and rigged over 40 different creatures and created over 400 unique animations under a very aggressive schedule.
Lost Continents – modeled, rigged and animated numerous creatures for a massively multiplayer online game developed for the PC.
Figure drawing coordinator – In addition to my duties as an animator, I organized and ran a weekly figure drawing session at the studio for the benefit of the art staff.

Artist, Random Games, Cary, North Carolina — Sept 1998-Sept 2000
Animated and modeled 3d characters. Designed interfaces and graphics for numerous games including:
· Squad Leader – MicroProse
· Rules of the Game – Random Games
· Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus – Mattel
· Parker Brothers Classic Card Games – Hasbro Interactive
· Milton Bradley Classic Board Games – Hasbro Interactive
· CE Scrabble – Hasbro Interactive
Education
Animation Mentor — Diploma of Advanced Studies in Character Animation, Jan 2006-Sept 2007
An intensive 18 month program consisting of weekly lectures and assignments. Students are assigned a personal mentor for weekly animation critiques as well as individualized instruction. Mentors are industry professionals from animation studios such as Pixar, Dreamworks and Blue Sky.
School of Communication Arts, Raleigh, North Carolina — Certificate in Computer Art and Animation Sept 1997-June 1998
Curriculum included various aspects of cg animation including:
· Character animation
· Modeling 3D characters and environments
· Storyboarding
· Texture creation and mapping
· Lighting and camera placement

Universita per Stranieri, Siena, Italy — 1991-1992
Italian language program

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia — BFA 1996-1990
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a concentration in printmaking and a minor in art history. Curriculum included various traditional art media.

Strengths
• Proven experience as a team leader and mentor.
• Professional experience developing games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox 360, iPhone and PC.
• Strong understanding of the 12 Principles of Animation and how they relate to games.
• Strong rigging skills.
• Fine Art background in drawing and printmaking.