Work Experience

                                                                                                

Bats-toi INC, Brooklyn, NY 

Lead Technical Animator 2019 – current 

• Successfully designed and integrated animation pipelines for multiple company projects.

• Lead content development team manager for asset creation, character modeling and world building and other technical art solutions.

• Optimized animation pipelines using iClone, CC4, and Unreal Live Link, resulting in a 30% reduction in production time.

• Worked with motion capture to create in-game and cinematic performances going beyond underlying motion capture and exuding personality.

• Recorded and animated  a library of over 100 wrestling moves, successfully implementing them into Unreal Engine's animation systems for an online multiplayer game.

• Created game animation systems for locomotion, combat, and gameplay.

 

Sandbox VR, Los Angeles, CA 

Deployment Engineer, Feb 2018 – Feb 2020 

• Provided technical solutions for new store build-outs. Planned effectively with hardware and software vendors to scope solutions.

• Ensured the systems run well in store. During system failures, investigated and documented causes to work with R&D team and developed solutions.

• Executed the deployment plan which included cabling, hardware assembling, wireless networking, and software installation.

Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, Banff, CA 

Lead Technical Animator, Feb 2017 – Jan 2018 

• Designed and developed a pipeline for real-time animation in Unreal Engine for the Opera VR studio, ensuring seamless integration of different characters to be used in live performance.

• Provided technical support and troubleshooted issues to optimize live virtual production.

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 

PhD research assistant Sep 2017–Oct 2018 

• Designed and authored live motion capture performances for theater and opera. 

• Researched applications in the intersection of rituals and shamanism with VR. 

 

NYU TANDON School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY

Adjunct Professor, Aug. 2016 – June 2017

• Taught the course “Motion capture for animation and games.” Applying user experience design and industry software tools to develop student projects.

• Managed the motion capture studio of the Integrated Digital Media program.

 

Claro Telecommunications, Quito, Ecuador 

Cell base Engineer, Jan. 2011 – Feb. 2012

• Supervised the construction and installation of new cell base towers. 

• Provided diagnosis of faulty antennas, and crafted a repair plan, resulting in a 40% decrease in system failures across multiple zones. 

• Drafted a consistent design system for cabling and served as liaison with hardware vendors. 

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Selected Projects, commissions, and residencies

• Bridging realities Opera Lab, Banff Center for the creative arts, February 2018

• To Be With Hamlet, Tribeca Film Festival, April 2017
• The Return of Adam. Metropolitan Museum of Art. July 2015
• Computational Fashion Master Class, Eyebeam. August 2014.

• Mappathon, Projection Mapping Master Class. Eyebeam May 2014.

• Art-a-hack, ThoughtWorks & Volumetric Society NYC. July 2014.

• Primal, Short film Exhibition. ApexArt Gallery, New York November 2014.

• Journey to the Shaman, Motion-captured Performance BXMC MAGNET, May 2015

• Trespassing, Interactive Installation, BXMC MAGNET, Dic 2014

• Borrowed, Interactive Installation, BXMC MAGNET, July 2014

• Untitled New York Story, Multichannel video installation, and performance. BMX MAGNET, Nov 2013