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​   Veteran game art professional with 25+ years of experience, 14 shipped titles, and leadership roles at world-class studios including Kabam, SEGA, LucasArts, and Oxide Games. Skilled in building and leading high-performing studio art teams, managing large-scale outsource pipelines, establishing & leading external partnerships, to deliver polished content across PC, console, mobile, and web platforms. Adept at uniting cross-disciplinary teams under a shared creative vision, optimizing pipelines, and shipping AAA-quality assets under tight deadlines. Known for balancing hands-on artistic excellence with strong leadership, mentorship, and production strategy. 

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Expertise​​

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• Effective Leadership and Communication, Balancing Empathy with Results-Oriented Execution

• Ensuring Art Team Objectives Are Clearly Aligned With Creative Direction And Technological Limitations

• Achieving Art Direction & Production Goals In Each Phase From Concept to Launch

• Outsource and External Partner Management (Global Teams)

• Team Building, Staffing & Mentorship

• Adaptable to Different Management and Production Methods

• Close Collaboration With Art Directors and Producers to successfully achieve visual targets

• Pipeline Development & Workflow Design

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Career Highlights​

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• 14 shipped titles across PC, console, mobile, and web.

• Trusted by major publishers and IPs: LucasArts, SEGA, Marvel, Disney, Warner Bros, Microsoft.

• Successfully managed outsourcing pipelines and external partners delivering large volumes of high-quality art assets and animated content.

• Cultivated and developed internal art crews, fostering talent growth, high retention, and long-term team success.

• Hands-on expertise in art creation, polish, and optimization across genres and platforms.​

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Professional Experience

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Oxide Games – Timonium, MD

Outsource Manager / Art Producer / Art Manager | Dec 2019 – Feb 2025

Shipped Title: Ara: History Untold (PC/Xbox)

• Manage and provide early rounds of direction 20-person in-house art team, guiding production across characters, environments, VFX, and lighting following established art guidelines.

• Partner with Microsoft Publishing & Marketing to define product targets, streamline pipelines, and ensure assets met inclusivity, licensing, and rating standards.

• Build strong vendor alliances, negotiate budgets, set benchmarks, provide early rounds of art direction and maintain quality, with external partners. The combination of Outsourcing and External Partnerships deliver ~90% of art content for Ara.

• Oversaw outsource and external partner art critiques, created DevOps documentation, and milestone tracking to ensure on-time, AAA-standard asset delivery.

• Provided hands-on final art polish to elevate in-game visuals before launch.

 

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Kabam Games – San Francisco, CA & Beijing, China

Lead 3D Artist / Outsource Manager | Apr 2012 – Feb 2019

Shipped Titles: Star Wars: Uprising, The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age, The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle Earth, Dragons of Atlantis, Edgeworld

• Manage and provide early rounds of art direction for 20+ internal artists across six major projects, while coordinating with global outsourcing partners.

• Manage vendor pipelines that contribute 70% of 3D content for five shipped titles.

• Recruit, train and mentor multiple environment and character art teams.

• Designed asset pipelines and tools that improve efficiency from concept to final implementation.

• Provided final polish on characters, VFX, and environments to meet brand IP standards for Star Wars and The Hobbit.

 

SEGA Studios – San Francisco, CA

Lead 3D Artist / Outsource Manager | Feb 2005 – Apr 2012

Shipped Titles: Iron Man, Iron Man II, Golden Axe, X-Men PSP, The Simpsons (Tech Demo)

• Manage and provide direction for 20 artists, coordinate outsourcing teams responsible for 50% of game mesh content.

• Collaborate directly with Marvel and SEGA stakeholders to achieve franchise-quality visuals.

• Recruit, train and mentor 3D environment art teams across multiple AAA console projects.

• Design environment art pipelines to streamline production and improve team efficiency.

• Provide final art polish across multiple asset categories including characters, VFX, and environments.​

 

LucasArts Entertainment – San Rafael, CA

Lead / Senior Environment Artist | Apr 2000 – Nov 2004

Shipped Titles: Republic Commando, Bounty Hunter, Jedi Starfighter

• Manage and provide direction for 40 environment artists on Republic Commando.

• Recruit, train and mentor environment teams across multiple AAA console projects.

• Develop world-building pipelines and toolsets: directory structures, file translation tools, naming conventions, and user manuals, adopted across multiple projects.

• Create and Deliver environments that uphold the Star Wars brand’s cinematic standards across multiple platforms.