Experience

• Rigging Supervisor at Versatile Media Ltd.

  Langley, CA

  September 2022 - April 2024

  Duties Included:
  
  • Rebuilding rigging pipeline with a data-centric approach
  
  • Directing the technical aspects of the rigging pipeline
  
  • Bidding on assets for productions
  
  • Setting up templates for riggers to use when assets are assigned
  
  • Supporting other riggers in their tasks
  
  • Quality checking assets before approval
  
  • Creating tools for the rigging team to streamline processes
  
  • Updating Confluence to current standards and practices

• CEO & Founder at DED EYE Inc.

  Toronto, CA

  December 2018 - August 2023

  Duties included:
  
  • Client Acquisition, interviewing and bidding on contracts
  
  • Maintaining relationships with clients, fulfilling contracts
  
  • Talent Acquisition, interviewing candidates and hiring subcontractors
  
  • Supervising animation, rigging, modeling, and look dev
  
  • Bidding on assets for productions
  
  • Rigging for props, characters, vehicles, etc., in multiple DCCs
  
  • Creating version control pipeline for subcontractors to follow via GitHub, easily sharing and updating files
  
  • Game Development, 2D and 3D video games for mobile and PC
  

• 3D Rigger at Pixomondo

  Toronto, CA

  August 2021 - July 2022

  Duties Included:
  
  • Rigging props and characters in Maya
  
  • Scripting tools for the rigging team in Python/MEL
  
  • Creating Data-centric processes with scripts to be able to edit parts of rigs
  
  • Quality checking assets before approving for rigging
  
  • Updating and fixing rigs that are sent back from animation
  
  • Working with NXT node graph, mGear, and ngSkinTools modules/plugins
  
  • Updating company rigging pipeline wiki to current standards and practices
  

• 3D Rigger at Tangent Animation

  Toronto, CA

  June 2021 - August 2021

  Duties Included:
  
  • Rigging props and characters in Maya
  
  • Scripting tools for the rigging team in Python/MEL
  
  • Creating Data-centric processes with scripts to be able to edit parts of rigs
  
  • Quality checking assets before approving for rigging
  
  • Updating and fixing rigs that are sent back from animation
  
  • Working with NXT node graph, mGear, and ngSkinTools modules/plugins

• Senior 3D Rigger at Tangent Interactive Media Inc.

  Toronto, CA

  November 2020 - January 2021

  Duties Included:
  
  • Rigging props and characters in Blender
  
  • Building character rigs in Unity
  
  • Full-body and facial animation of rigged characters in Blender and exporting into Unity
  
  • Working closely with assets and team members to ensure assets move smoothly through the production pipeline
  
  • Defining and maintaining a consistent and high-quality rig pipeline and systems
  
  • Developing .BPY (Blender Python) scripts for automating task

• 3D Rigger at Snowball VFX

  Toronto, CA

  June 2019 - May 2020

  Duties Included:
  
  • Rigging sets and assets
  
  • Skinning sets and assets
  
  • Making personal tools in MEL and Python for quicker and more automated rigging
  
  • Creating data centric rigs with mGear
  
  • Updating old assets and integrating them into pipeline, optimizing rigs
  
  • Ingesting purchased assets, applying changes, fixing UVs
  
  • Building assets from scratch
  
  • Texturing assets in Substance Painter

• 3D Rigger at Rocket Science VFX

  Toronto, CA

  March 2018 - June 2019

  Job Duties Included:
  
  • Rigging all characters and assets
  
  • Skinning all characters and assets
  
  • Making personal tools in MEL and Python for quicker and more automated rigging
  
  • Creating distortion lens and 3D Tracking for match move in action plates
  
  • Layout and geometry creation for 3D projection and match move

• 3D Rigger at Autonomicity Games Inc.

  Toronto, CA

  June 2017 - May 2018

  Duties Included:
  
  • Rigging all Characters
  
  • Skinning all Characters
  
  • Making tools in MEL and Python for quicker and more automated rigging
  
  • Maintaining clear communication with team leaders and updating them weekly on progress

• 3D Rigger at Bitr Blok Games

  Toronto, CA

  January 2017 - April 2017

  Duties Included:
  
  • Rigging all Characters
  
  • Skinning all Characters
  
  • Maintaining clear communication with team leaders and updating them weekly on progress