Experience

• Senior VFX Artist - VFX Lead at Twisted Pixel Games - Meta

  Austin, TX, US

  November 2019 - January 2026

  Shipped Titles:
  
  Marvel’s Deadpool VR, 2025, Unreal 4 - Oculus Quest 3
  
  Path of the Warrior, 2019, Beard Engine - Oculus Quest

  - Created beautiful, stylized, and performant visual effects for real-time gameplay in VR.
  
  - Led and mentored a team of 4 skilled internal artists, supporting their development and championing a collaborative, inclusive environment.
  
  - Coordinated with Directors and Production to align VFX planning with milestones and timelines.
  
  - Wrote clear and concise documentation, empowering the team to utilize VFX pipeline and tools to their full potential.
  
  - Oversaw external collaboration (5 external artists): prepared tasks, reviewed outsourced work, and maintained high-quality standards.
  
  - Collaborated with other disciplines to deliver impactful visuals and improve pipelines.
  
  - Maintained a modular and performant material system for environment, character and weapon assets.
  
  - Proactively identified, reported on, and mitigated development progress risks, ensuring issues were solved before they impacted the project timeline.
  
  - Ensured all VFX content was optimized to be performant within demanding technical restraints of the platform.
  
  - Elevated team morale and productivity by cultivating a positive culture through empathetic leadership and effective collaboration.
  

• VFX Artist and Co-Founder at The Bread & Butter Game Co.

  Austin, TX, US

  May 2019 - June 2022

  Shipped Titles:
  
  All Hams on Deck, 2020, Unity - iOS/Android

  - Crafted hand-drawn, stylized VFX while maintaining performance for a variety of mobile platforms.
  
  - Created reusable and performant material systems for in-game assets, utilizing C# scripting for implementation.
  

• Case Analyst II at Heartflow

  Austin, TX

  July 2018 - November 2019

  - Created 3D models of coronary arteries by analyzing CT data. Used models and fluid simulation to assess possible blood flow in diseased regions.

• VFX Artist at ArtCraft Entertainment

  Austin, TX, US

  May 2016 - July 2018

  - Created beautiful, stylized and realistic VFX for a PC MMO while maintaining performance targets.
  
  - Built shaders for VFX, UI and character needs. Collaborated with engineers to improve shader tools.
  
  - Worked closely with animation and design for VFX needs of specific classes and enemies.
  

• VFX and Technical Artist at Denius-Sams Gaming Academy

  Austin, TX, United States of America

  August 2015 - May 2016

• Background Painter/Compositor at Anzovin Studios

  Amherst, MA, United States of America

  May 2015 - September 2015