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Innovative Concept Art veteran and Art Director with over a decade of experience in game development, managing art teams and creating results for real-time rendering applications, including Unreal Engine 5. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in creating cutting-edge digital experiences by blending artistic excellence with technical expertise.

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Experience:

Staffed and led an art team of 15 artists and technical artists, as well as 3 external partners/co-developers, driving key strategic initiatives to ship 7 pre-alpha game releases.

• Led DEADROP art production from conception to multiple pre-alpha launches.
• Managed and mentored a team of 3D artists, concept artists, and technical artists.
• Defined and implemented robust art pipelines for real-time rendering in Unreal Engine 5.
• Collaborated with product managers, designers, and engineers to establish strategic goals.

Orchestrated art content for a team of ~400 video game artists, driving creative vision while shepherding a $5B franchise.

• Developed and launched Halo Infinite, leveraging the proprietary real-time rendering Engine, Slipspace.
• Led art direction for branding and marketing initiatives, aligning creative output with overarching product and marketing strategies.
• Spearheaded visual development of Halo Infinite, ensuring consistency and high-quality execution across multiple projects within the program
• Art Direction support for Shooter Live, Multiplayer, Sandbox, UI, FX, Character teams
• Consumer Products oversight, providing strategic guidance, critique, and approvals for franchise materials and consumer products. Oversaw internal and external publishing projects, Mattel toys (Mega Bloks, BoomCo.), McFarlane collectibles, apparel, and brand style guides to ensure alignment with brand vision and quality standards.

Led the concept art team, driving project development, ensuring high-quality standards, while managing team performance and growth.

• Team Career Manager, overseeing the full talent lifecycle—including sourcing, interviewing, hiring, career planning and perfromance reviews.
• Led and mentored a team of top-tier artists, fostering professional growth and ensuring high creative standards.
• Managed task distribution, provided artistic feedback, and conducted review evaluations, leading to improved quality and efficiency.
• Defined and evolved the artistic vision for projects, collaborating closely with creative, technical, and production leads to maintain a high-quality standard.
• Ensured art quality across all disciplines, including character design, environmental art, VFX, UI, lighting, and rendering targets.

Helped define the vision for the universe of DESTINY.

• Senior Concept Artist working closely with Art and Creative Direction to bring to life the Destiny franchise via artwork created to define envrionments, weapons, vehicles, vfx and characters.

Background painter and concept artist, working under the Annie Award-winning Production Designer Alberto Meilgo.

• TRON: UPRISING (2012, Disney XD)

Concept artist, developing multiple film projects under the Production Design of Academy Award-winning Production Deisgner, Doug Chiang.

• Mars Needs Moms! (2012, Disney Feature Animation)
• Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009, Disney Feature Animation)

• Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008)
• Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath (2008)

• Close Quarters Conflict (2006)

Training:

• Managing at Microsoft I (2014)
• Managing at Microsoft II: Deliver Results Through Teams (2014)
• Organizational Behavior and Leadership (2015)

Certification:

• ComptTIA Project+ - Project Management (2015)

Education:

Art Center College of Design - Entertainment Design

Art Institute of Seattle - Associates of Applied Arts in Industrial Design Technology