PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associated Air Center - Dallas, TX - Technical Illustrator / 3D Artist
April 2015 – Present Dallas
• Produce technical artwork into camera-ready imagery using photos, blueprints, existing line art, sketches and aircraft component as source material for Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
• Create equipment illustrations for maintenance, overhaul and parts catalogue manuals using technical illustration software in both vector and raster formats.
• Layout and draw pictorial, mechanical, schematic, perspective or orthographic views to depict function, relationship and assembly-sequence of parts and assemblies such as gears, engines and instruments.
• Convert rough drafts, sketches or other source material into camera-ready copies by operating equipment such as scanners and cameras.
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Bell Helicopter - Fort Worth, TX - Technical Illustrator Lead
• 2D / 3D Interactive Technical Illustrator Lead on the 525 Commercial Helicopter Program.
• Lead designer in charge of a technical graphics team of four for OH-58F Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) upgrade program.
• Senior 3D Technical Media Designer for the OH-58D Interactive Training Program.
• 2D Layout & 3D Concept Artist for the VXX-22 Presidential (White Top) Business Proposal Team.
• Lead 3D Concept Artist for VXX-22 Presidential (Green Top) Business Proposal Team.
• 2D Layout & 3D Concept Artist for Korean Cobra Attack Helicopter Proposal Team.
• Managed graphics team for the U.S. Army ARH Helicopter Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) which produced graphics in half the proposed time and budget.
• Senior Technical Media Designer responsible for the new creation, development, and application of graphics, illustration, and media products in support of aircraft logistic support and training courseware development for the Marine H1 Cobra and Huey Program.
*Software used: Adobe Production Suite, Autodesk 3D Studio MAX, Auto Trol-Technical Illustrator, Right Hemisphere Deep Exploration, Dassault Catia V6, Dassault 3D VIA Composer & MS Office Suite.
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Gulfstream Aerospace - Savannah, GA - Visualization Design Engineer III
• Visualization Design Engineer III in charge of 3D custom interior layouts and exterior schemes for the G-450 and G-550 models of Military and Business Jets.
• Visualization Design Engineer doing 3D concept designs for fuselage interior bulkheads on the (at the time) future G-650 project.
• Worked closely with out of state facilities in California, Texas and Wisconsin to complete projects on time.
• Participated on special concept and design project designing ergonomic and spatial relations jet interiors.
*Software used: Adobe Suite, Autodesk/Alias Studio Tools, Autodesk/Alias Maya, & MS Office Suit
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Harrah's Casino New Orleans New Orleans, LA I.T. Support Specialist II & Marketing Analyst
• Marketing Analyst in charge of identifying the best marketing strategy to bring in new and reoccurring customers to the casino which resulted in $10 Million a year.
• I.T. Support Specialist in charge of the implementing and maintaining casino network systems.
• I.T. project manager for a $3 million casino venue. My responsibilities included the logistics, programming and implementation of all of the computer equipment and programs.
• Created a graphic intensive presentation for Harrah’s Casino, using The University of New Orleans data to land a 1 million dollar grant from the state of Louisiana to assist with Microsoft Certified Engineering classes for I.T. Computer / Microsoft Office certification classes and G.E.D. classes for the other 3,000 employees of Harrah’s New Orleans.
• 2004 Employee of the quarter at Harrah’s New Orleans for creating a property wide intranet.
*Software used: Adobe Suite, Windows Server, MS Office Suite, AS-400, UNIX
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Digimation Inc St. Rose, LA.
Product Manager / Animator / Research and Development / Trainer
• Assistant 3D Software Product Support and Training Specialist for all Digimation and vendor software products.
• Marketing Communication Specialist for Digimation and Autodesk Visualization Products.
• Software Project Manager on multiple special effects plug-ins which my duties included working closely with the programmers and writing the instruction / training manuals for the software.
• Trained leading gaming studios, visualization companies & animation studios on software implementation.
• Tech Support Liaison for movie studio animator during production on a movie opening sequence.
• Help established one of the most comprehensible tech support websites for Digimation which resulted in customer tech support average call volume from 45 calls per day to 21. Sales increased by 25% due to the online help desk and software updates and tutorials.
*Software Used: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, 3D Studio MAX, Rhino 3D, Right Hemisphere Deep Paint, Alias Maya, Digimation Plugins, Microsoft Office Suite.
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1990-1998 U.S. Army Reserves (Veteran)
• Quartermaster dispatch and escort included stateside and overseas duty for Operation Desert Storm.
EDUCATION
2012-2014 - University of Texas Arlington
Bachelors Degree in Business Communications.
2015-Present - University of Texas Arlington Masters Program
Industry Experience:
Aerospace
Architectural
Military
Simulation
Gaming
Sports
Forensic & Courtroom Presentations
Virtual Reality
Intelligence
Marine Shipping
Accident Recreation
Video & Imaging Analysis
Marketing
Public Relations
History Recreation
Concept Design / Prototyping
I.T. (Information Technology)
Trade Show Design and Pre-Sale Demonstrations
Training / On-Site Technical Support
Desktop Publishing
Commercial Special Effects
Photo Manipulation
Proposals