Experience

• Co-Founder & CEO at GoDemics

  Austin, US

  April 2017 - Present

  As Co-Founder and CEO of GoDemics, I lead overall company strategy, business development, partnerships, and technical vision for a global external development studio and Unreal Engine Approved Training Partner. GoDemics supports leading AAA studios through co-development, embedded pods, staff augmentation, and full-service outsourcing across PC, console, VR, and mobile platforms — trusted by clients including Riot Games, 2K, Nexon, Gearbox, and NetEase.
  
  I oversee all engineering, R&D, and Unreal Engine pipeline development while directing scalable production systems that include remote/virtual collaboration infrastructure, Perforce servers, AWS environments, and AI-augmented internal pipelines. I also lead GoDemics’ proprietary internal game development initiatives, applying deep technical expertise to drive innovation from concept through final delivery.
  
  Drawing on more than 22 years of professional experience with a foundation in lighting, rendering, VFX, and technical art, I now operate at the executive level — providing strategic art direction, scaling high-performing distributed teams (200+ artists and engineers), and building the processes and culture that enable reliable, high-quality delivery at AAA scale.

• Senior Env Artist, Senior Lighting Artist at Certain Affinity

  Austin, US

  January 2014 - January 2018

  Art production for console (PS4/XBox One), PC, and VR video games. Besides typical environment art duties, I also help lead efforts in visual development, lighting and finishing art, as well as pre-production. I leverage my Unreal Technology expertise to help setup pipelines and best practices with Unreal Engine 4, as well as train and mentor artists on my team. I perform a lot of R&D and research into new techniques, technical solutions, pipeline improvements, and software- which I then turn around and share with the studio, creating tutorials and writing up confluence pages.

• Environment Artist | VFX Artist | Cinematics Artist at Spark Unlimited

  Los Angeles, United States of America

  January 2012 - June 2012

  Art production for console (PS3/XBox 360) and PC games. Worked with a talented team of artists to create game environments. Typical duties involved modeling, texturing, sculpting, and optimization.
  
  I also worked as an FX artist creating in-game FX, custom shaders, volumetric lighting, etc. Also worked on the intro cinematics to the game. I created a custom pipeline between Unreal Engine 3, Maya, mental ray, and After Effects to create cinematics for games.
  
  Also had the opportunity to head up VFX for next gen projects as one of the first studios using Unreal Engine 4 technology. Primarily using Maya and After Effects to create VFX for UE4, etc.

• Founder at i3DTutorials

  Miami, United States of America

  May 2007 - January 2012

  Training and consulting business centered around creation of cutting edge training products and services for the computer graphics industry. Besides being a founder, I managed business development and handled strategic relationships with vendors and partners, such as Avid and Autodesk.

• Instructor at Miami Dade College

  Miami, United States of America

  May 2010 - November 2011

  Worked as an instructor, teaching classes on media and entertainment software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, and Adobe Premiere Pro. Responsibilities included planning and creating teaching materials, presentations, and mentoring students.

• Senior 3D Artist at Simpson Strong-Tie

  Miami, United States of America

  August 2009 - September 2010

  Worked on projects that involved creating digital 3D versions of real world objects. Assets were designed for real time rendering, requiring optimal modeling and texturing. Objects required geometric accuracy and scale compared to real life counterparts.
  
  My responsibilities included modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation of assets. I also managed of team of artists, for which I was responsible to make sure production was completed at a high level of quality and on time. Responsibilities included art management, scheduling, and project planning.

• Senior CG Artist at Pratt & Whitney

  Miami, United States of America

  March 2009 - April 2010

  Production of photorealistic visualizations depicting aircraft, jet propulsion systems, engines, etc.
  
  I was responsible for the creation of CG projects that had to adhere to high rendering standards of photorealism.
  
  Responsibilities included modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, shaders, visual effects, lighting, rendering, and video production. I was also responsible for project management, scheduling, and project planning.

• Senior CG Artist at Sapient

  Miami, United States of America

  December 2008 - March 2017

  Art production for commercials, advertising, and visualizations. Primary responsibilities involved character animation, modeling, texturing, shader work, lighting, and rendering. The majority of projects revolved around the presentation of real products, depicted in CG- which required a very high level of photorealistic rendering quality.

• Lead 3D Artist at NAVTEQ

  Miami, United States of America

  September 2007 - April 2008

  I was a Lead 3D Artist working for a subcontractor creating 3D models of real world buildings and landmarks from all over the world for use in Navteq GPS devices. Responsibilities included modeling, texturing, animation, lighting, and rendering. I also handled creation of photorealistic visualizations and promotional CG animations.
  
  As lead my responsibilities included managing and mentoring a team of artists, both onsite and remote. I also worked to improve our pipeline and setup best practices. Also responsible for time management and helping screen new hires and candidates.