EDUCATION
Academy of Art University San Francisco, Bachelor of Arts – Visual Effects (May 2004)

WORK EXPERIENCE
Weta Digital - Wellington, New Zealand                                 May 2008 – Present
Digital Modeler
Responsible for assisting with the development of modeling assets.
Projects: Avatar (20th Century Fox), The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (Dreamworks)

Digital Domain – Los Angeles, California                         April 2008 – April 2005
Digital Modeler
Assisted with the development of the character modeling pipeline.
Projects: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal Pictures) (2008); Meet the Robinsons (Walt Disney Pictures) (2007); Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (Walt Disney Pictures) (2007); Letters from Iwo Jima (Dreamworks Pictures) (2006); Flags of Our Father (Dreamworks Pictures) (2006)

The Third Floor . – Los Angeles, California                                      June 2007 Generalist
Modeled and Textured a previz character.
Project: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (20th Century Fox)

Sway Studios  – Los Angeles, California                                                  May 2007
Generalist
Modeled, textured, and lite assets for a Nissan car commercial
Project: Nissan Car Commercial

The Famous Group  – Los Angeles, California                                        May 2007
Generalist
Modeled, textured, and animated assets for ESPN Motocross 
Project: ESPN Motocross Promo

The Orphanage – San Francisco, California     September 2005 – October 2005
Digital Modeler
Created modeled assets for Dr. Pepper and Xbox commercials.
Project: Dr. Pepper, Microsoft Xbox Commercial

Molecular Rotation, Inc. – Walnut Creek, California        April 2002 – April 2003
Generalist
Produced 3D animations of medical delivery devices.
Project: Molecular rotation delivery devices

TOOLS AND PLATFORMS
Adobe After Affects
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Apple Shake
Autodesk 3D Max
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Mudbox
Headus UV Layout
Nuke
Pixologic Zbrush

AWARDS
The Academy of Art University Spring Show: "Best Hard Surface Model for 2005"

INTERESTS
Mountain Biking, backpack traveling. Places traveled: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Greece, Hawaii, Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Samoa, Spain, Turkey

LANGUAGES
English and Portuguese