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Work History

• Writer & Director

  SOBA Productions

  May 2015 - Present

  Sonder is a 14 minute CG animated short. The film interweaves stories from past to present as Finn journeys deeper and deeper into the unknown.
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  Instructor

  Academy of Art University

  February 2010 - Present

  • Instruct graduate and undergraduate animation courses.
  • Develop curriculum for new course in animation program, Workflow of Animation.
  • Lecture as guest in student animation club.
  • Assist students in career planning.

• Founder/Creative Director

  Bush + Leavenworth

  December 2008 - Present

  Bush + Leavenworth is a fashion company fueled by entertainment, story and character. Founded in 2008, Bush + Leavenworth began as a creative outlet. As artists, we wanted to create a company that would serve as both a storytelling platform and an unparalleled source of menswear.
  
  Responsibilities:
  • Apparel Design
  • Graphics
  • Creative Direction
  • Branding
  • Production & Manufacturing
  • Sales & Marketing
  • Operations

• Animator

  Baobab Studios

  October 2016 - January 2017

  • Produce over 40 seconds of animation on VR short film, Asteroids!
  • Animate alternate story plots to anticipate user experience in VR

• Lead Animator

  PullString, Inc.

  May 2013 - September 2016

  San Francisco, CA

  • Screened, selected and supervised team of four animators
  • Scoped, forecasted and managed projects for external clients and internal work
  • Coordinated and collaborated with technical and engineering departments to build
  tools for animation
  • Animated on family entertainment apps including The Winston Show, SpeakaZoo,
  SpeakaLegend, and Speak or Treat
  • Designed and animated user interface and user experience elements
  • Assisted with art, design and development
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  Animator

  Oculus Story Studio

  July 2014 - September 2014

  • Animated for in-house short film to be used in virtual reality storytelling
  • Completed animation for over 4,000 frames in two months
  • Assisted in pre-production by defining story and rig testing
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  Animator

  Pixar

  September 2009 - April 2013

  Animated for Brave, Brave Promo, Cars 2, CarsToon, Toy Story 3, The Blue Umbrella, Monsters University, and The Good Dinosaur