Education
State University of New York at Binghamton, Watson School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, December 1991
Experience
| Centropolis Effects, LLC, Santa Monica, CA, 90404 |
November 1997 to Present
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Godzilla - Digital Effects Team
Responsible for creating several different effects for interatoion
of CG Godzilla with Live Action BG plates. Effects consisted of Interactive
Rain, Plate Rain, Debris, Cracking Pavement and destruction of Brooklin
Bridge from film finale. Coordinated elements from Effects team and
2D Compositing team. Managed priorities of effects work load for
team.
| Digital Domain, Venice, CA 90291 |
November 1994 to November 1997
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Titanic: Character Integration Breaking Sequence Lead
Character Integration Breaking Sequence Lead of Motion Captured and
Roto-captured 3D Characters. Effects animator for interactive water of
swimming characters. Color and Lighting for characters. Compositing of
several breaking sequence shots.
The Fifth Element: Leeloo Escape Sequence and Cab Chase Sequence
Part of the Reasearch and Development team for Previsualization of
Leeloo Escape and Cab Chase Sequences. Previs Tasks consisted of creating
camera moves for the stage shoot; shot layout of hero car, traffic and
buildings; animation of hero car and traffic. Production tasks consisted
of procedural traffic animation; effects animation for traffic; color and
lighting for traffic; and compositing.
General Cinemas: Coming Attractions and Feature Presentations
Character Design of both lead characters, Popcorn "Bob" and Pepsi "Sue",
plus design of Candy Band and various audience members. Color and Lighting
and Composting of Coming Attractions sequence and Live Action Feature Presentations
shots.
Terminator 2: 3D: Mini-Hunter/Killer Team
Match-move/3D Camera Plate Tracking of Above and bleow ground garage
shot.ground and Below , Mini-Hunter Killer Animation, Effects Animation,
Color and Lighting, Compositing.
Technical Assistant for Apollo 13, Interview with a Vampire and Strange
Days.
| Computer Sciences Corperation, Endwell, NY 13760 |
March 1992 to September 1994
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Analyzed the Video Support Software (VSS) system requirements and developed a detailed design for the project. Developed code and unit test cases for the VSS aspect of the project verifying that the cases conform the the Object Oriented Programming standards and techniques defined by the Integrated Mission Processor (IMP) Software Development Plan. Conducted all of the required peer inspections for the development life cycle. Customized the Verdix Ada Development System kernel for the three separate hardware configurations. Created, revised and refined all documentation used throughout the VSS project. Participated in other IMP reviews of high level design, low level design and code, suggesting refinements to improve present design and techniques. Provided technical consultation to other IMP software components to resolve problems of design, reliability or maintainability of the system.
Software Engineer: STAR
Provided lab support activities for a classified Emitter Signal Management
System. Duties include debugging code to ensure complience with various
software design documents, developing tools to automate routine lab processes,
providing general general analysis of system problems, testing and integation
of operation software, creation and inspection of patches to existing code,
and designing and implementing software changes to the Operational Flight
Program.
| General Electric, Johnson City, NY 13790 |
October 1989 to February 1992
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Designed, coded and tested embedded programs for flight critical real time systems. Duties included: debugged software problems detected during Hardware/Software Integration; design and analysis of customer requrements for both system and software components; training and supervising new engineers; creating technical documentation for the A10 LASTE 4.x/GPS Computer Software Component (CSC) Integration test methodology and procedures; support of Developmental Flight Tests and overall Goverment customer support. Also was given lead position of Software/Hardware CSC Integration Tests for both the A10 LASTE project version 4.x and the A10 LASTE GPS Developmental Flight Program spinoff. The position required creating schedules and designing outlines for the Integration Test Plan, generating integration test procedures, and monitoring and maintaing engineering teams progress.
Software: Houdini, Prisms, Renderman, Shake, Softimage,
Alias, Lightwave, Flint/Flame
Hardware/OS: SGI/Unix, DEC Alpha/Windows NT, PC/DOS
References available upon request.