I live in Montreal, where I completed a BEng in Computer Engineering at McGill University. I first began to teach myself 3D art in 2010, and have been programming since 2007.

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Unity Technologies

2020 – 2023

• Designed and developed the networking and synchronization architecture of the Live Capture package and Unity's Virtual Camera and Face Capture apps for virtual production

• Integrated professional video I/O into the Unity engine and video streaming into the Virtual Camera app

• Added support for open messaging protocols to enable the Unity engine to communicate with external hardware devices and software applications

CAE Healthcare

2019 – 2020

• Used Unity to create medical training applications for HoloLens 1, HoloLens 2, and Oculus Quest

• Was responsible for much of the core framework used by CAE Healthcare AR/VR applications, particularly graphics and UX related aspects

• Developed a high-performance networking solution to transfer simulation data to AR/VR devices

• Worked with clients to complete many projects on aggressive production schedules

CAE Healthcare (Intern)

Summers of 2017, 2018

• Worked on various AR/VR projects using Unity to target the HoloLens, generally for use with medical simulators

• I had many tasks, including working on UI, graphics shaders and optimization, networking, the core game loop, and experimental features, as well as helping with testing

• Mostly worked on VimedixAR, which went on to win the 2017 Unity Impact Award

• Successfully created a demo HoloLens application within a two-week deadline, and it was well received by the clients

Kinematic Soup (Intern)

Summers of 2014, 2015, 2016

• Designed, created the assets for, scripted, and tested a multiplayer game for mobile devices using Unity and KinematicSoup’s multiplayer technologies

• Collaborated in the development of a multiplayer server and corresponding Unity client

• Created and conducted tests for Scene Fusion, a Unity editor tool, as well as participating in its development.

Tveon

May 2014

• Modified 3D game assets to import into Unreal Engine 4 optimally

• Reworked the topology, animations, and textures to achieve better results

Unity Pictures Group

May 2012 - May 2013

• Created a full game environment and characters for a prototype 3D mobile web game

• Later worked with a team to build a full version, where I was responsible for character optimization, rigging, and animation

Worldplay

October 2010

• Created an animation for use on the company website

USS Constitution

November 2016 - Ongoing

• A project to reconstruct and sumulate a 18th century sailing ship in Unity

• Created a historically accurate and highly detailed 3D model of the ship from original drafting documents.

• Implemented a rigging system able to dynamically simulate ropes and pulleys using the job system and burst compiler in Unity to achieve maximum performance

• Implemented a custom GPU accelerated cloth simulation using DirectCompute to achieve realistic sail physics in real-time

Animation Instancing

2021

• A Unity package that allows rendering massive animated crowds

• Uses GPU driven culling, sorting, and LOD rendering to achieve high frame rates with hundreds of thousands of instances.

Boost Blasters

October 2017

• A 3D racing game made in Unity that I originally prototyped during a game jam

• Supports 4 player splitscreen multiplayer

• Has replays that can be saved and shared

A Distant Path

January 2017 - April 2017

• A networked multiplayer prototype game created for the 2017 Ubisoft Game Lab competition

• I was responsible for directing the artwork and scripting visual effects and shaders

• Also focused on optimization and bug fixing

First Person Shooter

2012 - 2014

• A personal project to build a FPS game

• I created the character, weapon, and environment art

• The level is procedurally generated each time the player starts the game, with AI that takes advantage of this for optimal navigation

• Leverages modular assets to randomly generate a level environment when started

Game Timer

December 2015, 2016

• A personal project to create a board game timer for mobile devices using Unity

• Has user and game profiles that store settings

PonyKart

January 2011 - May 2012

• Worked remotely on an open source kart racing game with a team of 20 members from around the world

• Modelled, textured, rigged, and animated characters and karts

• Created a modular character system for NPCs to allow for random variations