Head of Creative Technology

2022 - Present

Developing interactive audio-visual installs for museums, theme parks, and public places.

  • Lead and foster Creative Technologist positions and liaison with the Creative team.
  • Create a plans that align with ngx creative technologist vision.
  • Collaborate with other team members on institutional knowledge and what are clients’ needs are
  • Act as lead software developer on projects
  • Mentor / lead other developers that are on projects with you
  • Set directions and priorities for software and hardware R&D Initiatives
  • Provide mentorship to the tech team when they cycle through R&D projects
  • Contribute to Sales and early stage ideation, includes early stage brainstorming, participate in planning for pitches, create proof of concepts
  • Contribute to process initiatives, development and execution
  • Contribute to development of internal tools, looking for ways to automate
  • Help establish DevOps strategies

Freelance AV Artist and Production Manager

2019 - Present

Use programming, event design, and communication skills to create custom AV install and event solutions to majorly simplify and add production value to Theaters, Houses of Worship, and Live Event Venues.

  • Syncing video, sound, and lights together via OSC, DMX, and other communication protocols
  • Production/Streaming Manager for Rock and Roll San Diego’s livestreaming music venue. In charge of planning all gigs, installing and managing software and hardware, overseeing gigs, and setting up and managing streaming software operations.
  • Technical Director for multiple churches looking to add an extra level of production.
  • Projections Coordinator for San Diego Repertory Theater, the Lyceum Theatre. Converting CAD diagrams to actionable items, translating needs from production team to installation needs.
  • Lighting Design for musicals, plays, fashion shows, corporate events, etc.
  • Installation Manager, help new developments, and old facilities, to find the right video, audio, and sound equipment, lead pricing discovery, plan and execute installations.
  • Live Video Switching Operator, running ATEM, Roland, and Analog Way consoles for both image magnification (IMAG) on projectors for live events, and for online livestreaming.
  • Sound Operator, spending two days a week at least operating the Midas M32 console, as well as installations and gigs with Soundcraft, and Yamaha consoles.
  • Stage Manage technically complex shows, making sure the stage crew, actors, and the technical elements all work seamlessly, and communicate needs to facilities personnel.

Co-Owner and Experience Design Manager at FUEL Creative Agency

2014 - 2019

Bringing together all the freelancers I had worked with to create a digital marketing agency to later merge with a well respected branding house to become a full 360 degree creative marketing agency.

  • iOS and Android AR App made in part in Unity as an value add for artist’s print sales
  • VR Walkthrough app as a value add for an Interior Design company to give clients the ability to walk around a yet-to-be-built space.
  • Lead development and design team using Agile methodologies to create a Ruby on Rails web app from the ground up
  • R&D and prototyping for medical field, creating a self-guided drug and alcohol addiction assessment form to help people get help fast.
  • Social media management, creating monthly and weekly content calendars, leading team in creating video and picture content, as well as planning events.
  • New brand and web app for RV hospitality that increased online bookings 273%
  • Create and lead a Cabo San Lucas based team, to provide services for tight-knit community of hospitality providers
  • Worked with large corporate clients such as Jack in the Box, Samsung, AT&T, Sheraton, and Birch Aquarium

Freelance Web & App Developer/Designer

2010 - 2014

Designing and Developing highly customized web experiences for small to medium sized businesses. Focusing on pushing the extent of the capabilities of web technologies at the time to create experiences that feel like magic.

  • Create responsive, boundary pushing websites for live events, weddings, livestreaming, hospitality, education, entertainment, real estate, interior design, and many more.
  • Custom Ruby on Rails based Asterisk PBX phone cache-ing and analytics tool.
  • Early 3D website design using Blender and image sequences.
  • Early 2.5D CSS depth library
  • “Create your own poster,” Flash web app utilizing elements from featured artist
  • Aid Miramar College with converting old user data to new Drupal site
  • Organize teams of freelancers to accomplish agency level product
  • R&D and prototyping for medical field, creating a revolutionary food entry system for mobile utilizing the principle of geometric sequences to easily log anything.

Who is this person?

“What do you do?”

It’s a question I get asked a lot, and I guess the best answer I can give is: whatever it takes.

Growing up as a musical theatre performer embedded in me the need to create emotional experiences for people. So every project I approach starts with the feel, how do I want my users/audience to feel after they’ve visited my website/watched my show/interacted with my brand. Because I start with possibilities, and not issues, sometimes my dreams can be a little bigger than my technical knowledge. What sets me apart is my willingness and ability to learn, and learn quick. Whatever the project needs, I’ll figure it out.

Whether it’s programming lights using a custom audio reactive Ableton Max for Live script, or creating 3D effects in browser using vanilla CSS, etc. I use my breadth of knowledge in the computer and arts world to find exactly the skill/person/tool I need to elicit exactly the desired feeling. And because I can bounce around, I find new and exciting ways to combine tools where other more specialized designers fall flat.

Skills

95%
Creative Technologist
90%
Web Development
80%
Generative/Performing Artist
70%
Simply Communicating Tech
65%
Production Manager
55%
Management and Agile
55%
3D Animation & Modeling
55%
Soldering Thru-Hole & SMD

Tools

95%
Adobe Photoshop
90%
Adobe Illustrator
90%
CMS tools (WordPress, Shopify, etc.)
90%
Adobe After Effects
80%
TouchDesigner, Processing
75%
Final Cut Pro X
70%
QLab, Resolume
65%
Max/MSP
65%
OBS
60%
Adobe XD, Balsamiq
55%
Ableton Live, Logic Pro X
50%
Blender
45%
Git
40%
Unity

Languages

95%
HTML/CSS/Javascript
90%
PHP
90%
Node.js
75%
Python
65%
Three.js
65%
Ruby on Rails
60%
GLSL
50%
Java
45%
C++

Acquiring Skills

Machine Learning

  • Completed the Mathematics for Machine Learning Specialization from Imperial College London via Coursera, which includes Multivariate Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Principle Component Analysis
  • Completed DeepLearning.AI’s Neural Networks and Deep Learning course

Theatre Tech

Little WomenProjections DesignerMoonlight Youth TheatreMike Bradford
Freaky FridayProjections DesignerMoonlight Youth TheatreJ. Scott Lapp
33 1/3rd: House of DreamsProjections Design AssistantSan Diego Repertory TheatreBlake McCarty, Javier Velasco
Traditions of Christmas: RemixedProduction ManagerChris Rubio ProductionsChris Rubio
Hershey Felder Presents:
- Beethoven
- Chopin
- Nathan Gunn, FLYING SOLO
Projections ConsultantSan Diego Repertory TheatreErik Carstensen, Hershey Felder
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatProduction ManagerChris Rubio ProductionsChris Rubio

Theatre Performance

Uncharted Regions (Radio Play)Multiple Roles
9 Years with Tinseltones CarolersBassSan Diego Zoo, Hotel Del Coronado, L'auberge, and many more!
West Coast Premiere of Disney's Peter PanCaptain HookSDJTDesha Crownover
Old Globe Honors WinnerSpoken Theatre
CabaretBand Member (Mandolin, Banjo, Guitar), Ernst Ludwig, Kit Kat BoyIon TheatreClaudio Raygoza
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeSoldier, AlexIon TheatreKim Strassburger, Glenn Paris
Geeks the MusicalCo-DirectorIon Theatre