<p>Education:</p><p>Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota FL Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Animation – May, 2010 </p><p>Profile: A well traveled, internationally educated Ringling graduate, having lived in South Africa, Japan and the USA.</p><p>Experience: Digital Arts, Film and Television, Detroit, MI Student Animation Workshop - Spring to Summer, 2006 o Directed four-person team, created a three-minute traditional, cell animation. o Lead Writer</p><p> o Animator</p><p>3D Designer, Ten Gun Design, Seattle, WA July - August 2009 o Accelerated the existing pipeline into an in-house operation</p><p> o Created shirts for Xbox Avatars, 3D assets for Xbox themes, and a composite of both CG and photographic elements for use in Xbox Live's Back to School campaign.</p><p> o Independent problem solver</p><p> o Rapidly switched to 3D Studio Max when needed</p><p> o Worked extensive overtime in order to make last minute deadlines for EA Games Software: </p><p>Autodesk Maya Final Cut Pro Basic Unix, Python and MEL Adobe Creative Suite 4 Apple Shake scripting The Foundry Nuke 5.1 Pixar's Renderman Studio Corel Painter X Windows and Mac OS</p><p>Awards / Activities / Interests: </p><p> o Published in GOOD Magazine - May 2010 Issue - Sculptural Water Cistern Design o CG Overdrive Siggraph 2010- Thesis panels to represent Ringling Computer Animation Department o Best of Ringling - Entrant, 2009 - LipSync Animation, Maya o Published in Ringling 2010 Catalog – thesis still to represent student work o Most Creative Boat Award – Ringling Bayou Group Project, chosen out of over 100 boats o Gold Award for Storytelling - Kanto Plains Association of Secondary School Principals Speech Contest o AP Scholar of Distinction - Granted to students who take five or more AP Exams and receive a minimum average grade of 3.5 o National Honor Society - Seisen International School in Tokyo chapter, Sophomore year</p><p>Languages: Fluent in Afrikaans and English, six years of study in French. Interests include animal whispering, rappelling, Food Network, water sports, hedgehogs, and photography.</p>