Masters Degree
(2001-2003) Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
Masters of Fine Arts in Digital Production Arts (MFA in DPA)
GPA 3.95

Bachelors Degree
(1996-2000) M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
Cumulative GPA equivalent: 3.5

Work & Intern Experience

• FX Animator, Tippett Studio, Berkeley, CA, January 2004 - present.
  
  • Particle dynamics and cloth simulation.
    
  • Feature Films: Hellboy, Constantine, Son of the Mask, Charolette's Web (in production).
    
• Research Assistantship, Chemistry Department, Clemson, SC (05/01-12/03)
  
  • Design, development and maintenance of Environmental Chemistry website funded by NSF. (www.ces.clemson.edu/ecl)
    
  • Design and development of online problem sets for problem solving assessment system of IMMEX (www.immex.ucla.edu), funded by NSF.
    
• Internship with SanDeigoScreenSavers.com (01/03-05/03)
  
  • Long distance internship as 3D modeler, texturer and animator.
    
• Laptop Support Center Assistant (05/02 - 09/02)
  • Designer and technical support person at the Clemson’s Laptop Support Center (http://laptop.clemson.edu)
• Teaching Assistant (01/01 - 05/02)
  
  • Taught four sections of 20 students in Microsoft Office and HTML code each semester.
    

Publications

• Maya 5.0 Savvy by Dr. John Kundert-Gibbs (2003 November) - Written the chapter on Maya Cloth. Also includes 3D images created in Maya for the color images section of the book.
• Maya 4.5 Savvy by Dr. John Kundert-Gibbs (2003 January) - 3D images created in Maya; revision and partial rewrite of chapter on particle dynamics.
  
  

Computer Skills

• Multimedia: Maya, Syflex, Adobe GoLive, PhotoShop, After Effects, Illustrator, GIMP, Flash.
  
• Programming Languages: C, C++, Pascal, FORTRAN, VB, HTML, MEL, Perl.
  
• Operating Systems: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Irix, Unix.
  
  

Contributions

• Student Volunteer at SIGGRAPH (International conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) conventions in 2001 and 2002.
  
• Assistant lighting designer and crew at Brooks Center, Clemson, SC (2001).
  
• Lead Scene Painter for professional production of "The Death of a Salesman" at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, SC (2003).
  

Awards

• Kneeknocker's Nose - first place at Flickson66 Animation Festival (2003).
  
• Sourdough - second place at Flickson66 Animation Festival (2003).
  
• Sourdough - accepted into Eurographics animation festival (2003).
  
• DinoSIG - second place at Flickson66 Animation Festival (2002).
  Team player for both animations as a modeler, animator, texturer and
  Maya cloth simulator