Experience

• Art Director at Transfr VR

  New York, US

  April 2020 - February 2025

  • Directed the creation of engaging and realistic VR/AR simulations for Meta 2 & 3 headsets used for training, ensuring an immersive and safe environment for users to learn various trade skills including automotive & electrical repair, aviation, nursing, culinary, etc.
  
  • Supervised remote designers & developers to maintain production schedule, mentored junior artists and reviewed and approved all 3D asset submissions.
  
  • Worked closely with Subject Matter Experts in various trades to ensure accurate representation of the content.
  
  • Developed a cohesive design language and best practices across multiple company products.
  
  • Troubleshot various user experience issues related to VR environments, including height adjustments, teleportation mechanics, and motion sickness.
  
  • Created optimized VR environments from concept to completion ensuring high performance while staying within hardware limitations. This included modeling, texturing, materials, and light map baking.

• Lead 3D Artist at D2|TEAM-Sim

  Somerset

  March 2019 - April 2020

  Responsible for creating engaging military and educational training simulation using the Unity game engine. Simulations are designed for VR and AR apps for use on the Oculus Go/Quest and other mobile devices.

• Freelance Art Director / Game Designer at Ashana Health

  Robbinsville, NJ

  August 2018 - March 2019

  Project: DynaWheel
  
  Responsible for designing and creating multiple apps to make the rehabilitation process more engaging and motivating for patients suffering from: traumatic brain injuries, stroke, cognitive impairments, upper body and hand/wrist injuries.

• 3D Environment Artist at Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.

  New York, NY, United States of America

  January 2017 - April 2018

  Projects: Home Run Derby 2017, 2018 and RBI 2017, 2018 - XBox1, PS4, Android, IOS
  
  Environment Artist responsible for creating and optimizing stadiums, creating physics models and baking light maps using the Unity Engine.

• 3D Environment Artist at Grit Games, LLC

  Raleigh, NC, United States of America

  September 2016 - November 2016

  Project: Autodesk University 2016 Factory demo, HTC Vive
  
  Freelance 3D Generalist responsible for creating accurate high resolution and in-game 3D models along with pbr texturing for Autodesk’s Autodesk University located in Las Vegas, Nov. 2016. Helped design and create a factory simulation in which participants view a heavy machinery assembly line using HTC Vive virtual reality head set.

• 3D Generalist at Art Bully Productions, LLC

  Rosedale, NY, United States of America

  May 2016 - June 2016

  Project: Killing Floor 2- PC
  
  Freelance 3D Generalist responsible for creating accurate high resolution and in-game 3D models along with pbr textures. Published by Tripwire Interactive.

• Lead 3D Artist at IPKeys Technologies

  Eatontown, NJ, United States of America

  October 2011 - February 2016

  Project: I-GAME - PC
  
  • Lead 3D Artist for I-GAME, which is a military trainer designed in Unreal 4 for the Department of Defense. Main purpose of the project was to give soldiers a new immersive more engaging IED detection training program.
  
  • Textured, setup UVs, and modeled all high resolution and in-game 1st person and 3rd person weapons and vehicles with level of detail models (LODs).
  
  • Participated in creating the art content workflow pipeline for I-GAME deliverables.
  
  • Mentored junior level artist in advanced game content creation.
  

• 3D Weapons and Characters Lead at KAOS Studios - THQ

  New York, NY, United States of America

  July 2005 - April 2011

  Project: Homefront - Xbox 360, PS3, PC
  
  • Weapons Supervisor responsible for creating all weapons and drones from concept to a shipable product.
  
  • Generated accurate high-resolution weapon models, working closely with the actual weapon manufacturers.
  
  • Conceptualized and designed the weapon upgrade system, including all gun scopes, sights and under barrel attachments.
  
  • Packed all UVs and rigged all 1st person and 3rd person weapons for Unreal game engine setup.

  Project: Frontlines: Fuel of War - Xbox 360, PC
  
  • Character and Weapons Supervisor responsible for creating the workflow pipeline, taking an asset from concept to completion.
  
  • Modeled almost every character and weapon for the entire game, including all 1st person arms and weapons for both Single player and Multi player game modes.
  
  • Managed the tasks and timelines for 4 other artists, who created all the textures for the various character and weapon models.
  
  • Managed a team of 5-7 rotating artists, who created screen shots and videos for marketing and advertising.

• 3D Generalist at Athos Consulting

  West Orange, NJ, United States of America

  March 2010 - July 2010

  Project: Toy Physics - iPhone, iPad
  
  • 3D Generalist who helped design and create the look and feel of the game. Made game art effectively work under the technical requirements of the mobile platform.
  
  • Modeled and textured all in game assets and designed several of the dynamic elements.
  

• Senior 3D Artist at Digital Illusions CE (DICE), New York

  New York, NY, United States of America

  October 2003 - January 2005

  Project: Battlefield 2 - PC
  
  Project: Desert Combat - PC
  
  • Lead Artist and one of the original founding members of Trauma Studios, which was a mod team that took a WW2 game (Electronic Art’s Battlefield 1942) and made it into a modern-day gulf war game Desert Combat. The game had over 10 million downloads and Trauma Studios was later bought by DICE, the original creators of Battlefield franchise.
  
  • Modeled and textured weapons, vehicles, and props for Desert Combat. As well as managed several artists from remote that contributed environment assets.
  
  • Helped prototype and create assets for research and development and earned credit on Battlefield 2 for R & D.

• 3D Generalist at Mythic Entertainment

  Fairfax, VA, United States of America

  January 2003 - October 2003

  Project: Dark Age of Camelot - Trials of Atlantis and Foundations (PC)
  
  • 3D Generalist who modeled, textured, and setup UV for collectible trophies for players to use in the game.
  
  • Tested and fixed bugs for player and environment collision issues.
  

• Senior 3D Artist at Majesco Entertainment

  Edison, NJ, United States of America

  September 2001 - January 2003

  Project: BloodRayne - PC, PS2, Xbox, Nintendo Game Cube
  
  • 3D Generalist responsible for modeling 117 destroyable low polygon environment props. Assets varied from house furniture to cars and boats.
  
  • Manually generated the particles and effects for the destroyable objects.
  
  • Used Character Studio to animate several idles and hand to hand to hand attacks for the main character, Rayne.
  

• 3D Generalist at N-Fusion Interactive

  Manalapan, NJ, United States of America

  January 2001 - May 2001

  Project: Deadly Dozen - PC
  
  • 3D Generalist who modeled several low polygon military vehicles for a World War II shooter.
  
  • Used Character Studio to animate various idles and deaths for human characters.
  
  • Created rigs and animated 1st person weapon fires and reloads.
  

• Lead Artist/ Designer at ReAllis

  Piscataway, NJ, United States of America

  January 1998 - January 2001

  Project: ROGUE Wars - PC
  
  • Lead Artist/Designer for a real time 3D action game mixing 1st person shooter with turn base strategy.
  
  • Project was finalist in the 2nd Annual Independent Game Developers Conference (GDC).
  
  • Modeled, designed and animated all the characters, weapons and levels.
  
  • Remotely managed 3 artists, who contributed UI design and level texture maps.
  

• 3D Instructor at Katherine Gibbs College

  Montclair, NJ, United States of America

  January 1999 - January 2000

  Instructor for introductory and advanced 3D Studio Max modeling and animation classes.