PROFILE
3D Generalist with excellent animation skills, a good understanding of software’s, lighting, visual effects and the animation process.SOFTWARE
Maya (Advanced), Photoshop (Advanced), Real Flow (Beginner), Shake (Beginner), After Effects (Intermediate)EDUCATION
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Masters in Digital Imaging and Design
New York University SCPS, New York NY. (May 2008)
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Associate Of Science Degree in Computer Animation
FullSail Real World Education, Winter Park, FL. (2001)
Honors/Awards
- Valedictorian
- Course Directors Award for Character Development, Motion Studies
- Course Directors Award for the Wonderful World of 3D
- Perfect Attendance Award
- Alias/Wavefront Certification for Maya Basics
- Course in Advertising
- Bachelor Of Arts (Sociology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GEODSX
New York, USA (May 2008-Current)
Position: 3D Generalist/Technical Director
Project Management of projects outsourced to India.
FREESTYLE COLLECTIVE New York, NY (Jan 2007-April
2007)
Position: Animation Intern
Worked on various commercials doing modeling, texturing, lighting and animations
ALIAGROUP Mumbai, India (2005-2006)
Position: Animation Consultant
Aliagroup is a design company. I was brought in to work on exploring the idea of expanding into animation and to work on in house projects. Here I worked on Pack Shots and logos for the designs submitted.
Selected Accomplishments:
- Projects include: Nerolac Paints, Air India, Pepsodent, Taj Mahal Tea.
Visual Computing
Labs (A Division of Tata Elxsi Ltd.)
Mumbai, India (2002 – 2004)
Position: Animation Consultant
Worked on various Logo Animations, Pack Animations, and Special Effects for Advertisements, Corporate Films, and Feature Films for the Indian Market and Hollywood.
Selected Accomplishments:
- Advertisement Projects include: Cadburys, Anchor Talc, Kodak, Cadbury Celebrations, Bharat Petroleum, Reliance, Sunlight, Luxor, Castrol, Colgate, Birla, Stayfree, Lifebuoy, Horlics, Ariel, and LG CDMA.
The work included modeling of packs and logos, shading, lighting and texturing, animating and rendering and the creation of liquid using Real Flow for various projects.
- Corporate Film Projects include: Alex carbon, ILTD Div, Tata AGM, and Satyam. Designed various charts and animations for the corporate films.
- Feature Films include: Agni Pankh, Fun2shh, Hum Tum, and Veera Zaara
The work included special effects, such as explosions, sand, gold dust (dynamics) etc., building of virtual sets, backgrounds, and some 3D elements.
- International Projects include: Leprechaun 2, and Oscars.
Created a morph of the Oscar statue from liquid gold, for the simulation of realistic fluids, using Real Flow (Next Limit).
Western Outdoor Media Technologies
Mumbai, India (2001 – 2002)
Position: Animation Consultant
Worked on various Logo Animations, Pack Animations, and Special Effects for Advertisements, Corporate Films, and Feature Films for the Indian Market.
Selected Accomplishments:
· Advertisement Projects include: Kodak, Cadbury Celebrations, Chocolate Horlics, Polycrol, Society Tea, Colgate, and Lifebuoy. The work included modeling of packs and logos, shading, lighting and texturing, animating and rendering.
· Feature Films include: Chupke Se
The work included special effects, Logo animation, animated backgrounds, building of virtual sets, and some 3D elements.
Bombay Talkies
Mumbai, India (1996 – 1997)
Position: Production Assistant
Interned as Production Assistant, Booking Models, conducting screen tests, organizing utilities for shoots, also participated in post-production editing of shoot.
References available upon request