Experience
Senior Creative Software Engineer, Envoy
Building and deploying creative software solutions for real-time and interactive experiences.
- Developing long term always running rendering engines and experiences.
- Optimizing content delivery for very large display arrays and projection systems.
- Custom content management solutions and integrations into existing solutions.
- GLSL shaders, graphics optimization.
2021 – present
Dallas, TX
Founder & Owner, Enviral Design
Created GeoPix, an open source lighting control & previz software made for large-scale lighting design, stage production, and architectural installation.
- Developed GPU-accelerated infrastructure that delivers 250,000+ pixels worth of real-time content @ 60 fps in a single threaded scenario.
- Architected a workflow that unifies driving video, LED & DMX fixtures with video.
- Built UI system that instantly generates 100+ widgets via HTML/CSS/JS integration.
- Maintenance of 66,000+ lines of Python application code.
- Management of website, marketing, video tutorials, and social communities.
2014 – present
Dallas, TX
Senior Developer, Imaginex
Led optimization efforts for Crescent Sun, a video mapping performance software.
- Overhauled the PanelFX system to achieve 200+ panels @ 60 fps.
- Rebuilt back-end subsystems for scalability and reduced memory footprint.
- Optimized panel mapper front-end tool for a more intuitive user experience.
2016 – 2018
Dallas, TX
(remote)
Lead Environment Artist, HitPoint Studios
Lead Environment Artist on Adera, built & managed render farm for 8-10x rendering gains. Responsible for 3D environments, shading, lighting, rendering, compositing.
2011 – 2014
Hatfield, MA
3D Artist, LSI
Responsible for 3D environments, shading, lighting, rendering, compositing, motion capture.
2010 – 2011
Houston, TX
Skills
Graphics Programming
OpenGL, GLSL, light culling algorithms, ray marching, 3D lighting & shading, optimization
System Architecture
Desktop applications, web render UI, scalability, optimization, networking, CMS
Web Technologies
HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, WebGL, UI/UX interactivity, GitHub
Application Development
Back-end, front-end, TouchDesigner, Python, UI/UX, C++ plugins, API implementation, OOP
3D Design
Visual programming, modeling, lighting, rendering, generative art, 3D printing
Embedded Systems
Arduino, esp8266, IoT, ultra wide-band, Linux, TCP, addressable LEDs, PCB design
Education
Bachelor's of Computer Animation, Full Sail University
2007 – 2009
Winter Park, FL