Resume
Technical Knowledge
Visualization
- DeltaGen (Dassault System SME 2020 & Trainer) 8 yrs. (Adjunct Prof. Lawrence Tech SME) 4yrs. (GM-SME 2012 & Trainer) 11yrs.
-VRED (Dassault System SME 2020) 8 yrs. – Autodesk Certified (Basic and Advance)
- Showcase (GM-SME 2012 & Trainer) -5yrs.
- Maya (3DExcite SME) 4yrs., (Prestige SME) 2yrs., (GM) 2yrs. -Advanced skills
- Bunkspeed, Hypershot (Dassault System SME Trainer) 4yrs.
- Key Shot (Prestige SME) 2yrs.
- Unreal and Unity (Functional and Key Dassault SME of DG to Unreal & Unity workflows).
2D/3D Photo Re-Touching & Texture Mapping
- Photoshop 10 yrs. - advanced skills
- Mud Box (Dassault Innovation Award – The living Heart Project) 1yr.
3D Modeling
- Alias Automotive (GM-SME 2012 & Trainer) -11yrs.
- Clay Modeler (GM contract) 2yrs.
Experience
DASSAULT SYSTEMES - CATIA Design -Senior Solution Consultant - DeltaGen SME
Jan. 2016 - Present
- Support pre-sales efforts with demonstrations and technical expertise. Help customers identify 3DExcite product and services suitable for their design needs and demonstrate how to integrate them into the design process. Demonstrate advanced DeltaGen plug-ins including RealDrive (driving simulation), RealImpact (crash simulation), RealFluid (aerodynamics simulation), and ToleranceVis. Assist sales force in building rapport with customers. Provide direct on-site customer training and technical support.
- Key accounts under my responsibility: General Motors, Honda, Ford, FCA, Toyota, Nissan, Gulf Stream, Lockheed Martin, Case New Holland, Paccar, Harley Davidson.
- Special Assignment – Lockheed Martin (On-site): F35 Lightning - Turbine PoC, Orion Mars Command Module PoC, Skunk Works PoC. (Required US security clearance for all 3 projects).
- 2014 Dassault Innovation Forward award winner for “The Living Heart,” a collaborative project with Simulia Division of Dassault Systemes.
3DExcite - Professional Solutions Consultant
September 2012 – January 2016
- Part of a four-man team specializing in High End Visualization and Virtual prototyping. Support pre-sales efforts with demonstrations and technical expertise. Help customers identify 3DExcite product and services suitable for their design needs and demonstrate how to integrate them into the design process. Assist sales force in building rapport with customers.
- Provide direct on-site customer training and technical support. Provided services-for-hire to Nissan as leader of cross-functional team of artists and engineers tasked with creating virtual prototypes to cut time and costs involved with physical properties.
Prestige Engineering - Photo Retoucher & Render Artist
May 2012 - September 2012
- Created 3-D models and 2-D marketing assets for web and catalogs for Chrysler products. Developed method for integrating Maya and KeyShot data and created a master materials library. Activities included leading a user group in development of technical best practices.
General Motors Design Center - Digital Artist, Creative Digital Imaging & Animation
March 2010 – November 2011
- Used Maya to create digital press / media quality renderings and animations that portrayed products in visual realism competitive to film and photography. Projects included Buick Enclave, Cadillac CTS, XTS and ATS and GMC Sierra HD All-terrain concept truck.
- Developed techniques for importing Maya cameras and animations into DeltaGen and Showcase enabling designers to render different effects in different applications for later 2-D and 3-D compilation in Photoshop or After Effects.
- Member of design team that created the GMC Sierra HD animation for the 2010 – 2011 North American Auto Shows.
- Designated Showcase SME (subject matter expert) and Mentor for Design Center (North America).
- Created multiple custom HDR environments from Spherion camera output for global use in Showcase and DeltaGen
Digital Artist, Color and Trim
January 2009 – February 2010
Created real-time presentations for alternative color and materials themes for automotive interior and exterior concepts.
- Designated SME for DeltaGen software and earned Color Acuity Certification.
- Created General Motors Global Shader Library assuring color-matching consistency in all GM design facilities.
- Initiated global color calibration project and standardization of color environment in GM Design Centers worldwide.
Assistant Manager, Virtual Reality
November 2001 – December 2008
Assembled 2-D and 3-D assets using GM’s proprietary “Visualize” software (and later DeltaGen) for presentation at executive reviews including reviews of design programs being developed throughout NA and in seven locations abroad.
- Pioneered use of VR for exterior theme evaluation.
- Proposed and implemented use of “Cave” technology for interior theme development and evaluation of 1:5 scale concepts in full size.
- Used Team Center Community to facilitate global VR collaboration.
Lead Alias Sculptor, Studio
February 1999 – October 2001
Directed activities of teams of up to eight Alias sculptors to create complete interior and exterior themes for vehicles. Additionally, continued duties as Alias sculptor for such vehicles as Chevrolet Venture, Buick Rendezvous, and GMC Trail Blazer.
- Selected as lead for 2004 Chevrolet Corvette interior, team member for exteriors and designated Alias Trainer / Mentor for Production North and show car group.
- Lead on mid-cycle enhancements for GMT800 full-size truck, GM’s largest program developed through virtual technology.
- Member of Design Best Practices Committee.
Alias Sculptor, Studio (Direct)
April 1996 - September 1999
- Digitally sculpted 3-D concepts from sketches and scan data for portions of interiors and exteriors on vehicles including Pontiac Bonneville, Oldsmobile Aurora, Buick LeSabre, Cadillac Seville, and Pontiac Sun fire. Hired as full-time GM employee.
Clay Sculptor, Studio (Contract)
June 1993 – March 1996
- Hand modeled interiors and exteriors full-size and 1:5 scale. Used Taurus C/NC Milling & Digitizing System to mill parts for clay models and digitize 3-D model surfaces.
Education / Professional Development
2020 - Transportation and Mobility- Industry Essentials
2019 ENOVIA - Brand Essentials
2019 - Solution Consultant - Certification Program
2018 - Swymer's - Certification Program
2018 - CATIA - Creative Design – ARTICULATE
2010 - Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, Color Science course, Color Acuity Certification
1997 - Alias Wavefront Inc., Toronto, Canada, Maya animation training
1996 - Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, Alias Design course, Student Exhibition 3rd place
1993 - Bachelor of Science, Product Design Engineering Technology, Ferris State University
1991- Associate of Arts, Tool and Die Drafting, Ferris State University
Community Involvement
2002 - 2007 Pinewood Derby organizer for Cub Scout Pack 1984
2008 - 2012 Assistant Scout Master for Troup 1489
Organizer of Winter Klondike for Southeast Michigan Boy Scout District
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