shoppin'

if pinterest and google had an ai powered baby that could shop, raised pre-seed $1M

founder; cto & cpo

Self Employed

built autonomous agents and consumer product experiments with ai

ai research engineer

Stealth

tried a few ideas around consumer social networks & products targetting genzees

founder mode

building the 100 people 100 billion dollar ai-powered company from india

Utsav Soi

Valiant Games

•	Lead integration of art assets and manage a small group of VFX and 3D artists.
•	Building a mobile 3D game.
•	Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align artistic vision with technical requirements.
 
Contract

Technical Art Director

datacraft technologies

Ai Generative Artist, 3D Generalist, Tech art, integration, pipeline and asset generation, photogrammetry, emerging techniques and technologies for 3D assets and beyond. Unreal and Unity Engine World Building, Prototyping through Storytelling. ARVR Exploration through Environment Design and Game Mechanics.

Director

Hashbang, Inc.

AAA 
A very fluid role that has me acting as Lead Artist, Technical Artist, and Art Director.  A great group of people.


AAA Console and PC Gaming
Web3 - Blockchain

Art Director and Technical Art Lead

Branch

Short Term
While brief, my time here was very powerful, trial by fire, kind of vibe.
A good experience with some of the smartest people around.

Unity, Maya, Adobe
Mobile 3D Game
Web3

Creative and Technical Consultant

Scientific Games

Tight Knit RnD Team crafting the future of gaming.
Many high end games were shipped.

Created compelling VFX, 3D/CGI, 2D Animation and more into our proprietary hardware devices, 
while also helping teams to strategize, concept, design, develop, and scale prototypes, proof of 
concepts and finished games by way of delivery and implementation through Illustrations, Maya
3D/CGI, Unity, Unreal, Adobe CS and so much more. 

Succeeded in implementing a task tracking and accountability solution for myself during an urgent 
push to get a product out the door. Through this success I scaled up the solution to the rest of the 
art department, thereby speeding up our overall process, saving the company millions.

Wrangled artists and their assets, so developers receive everything, in scale, location and 
functionality.

Outsourcing Lead.  Worked with external vendors to ensure quality assets delivered in the correct formats and timelines.

Senior Game & Technical Artist

Eqogo

Lead 3D Artist - AR Design Director

Senior 3D and Technical Artist 

Microsoft

Designer II 
AR Enterprise Vision Labs | Hololens Future Bureau | Ambient Computing and Robotics | Biz A.I 
Ethics and Design 

Worked with C-Suite executives as a one-man Pixar within the Ambient Computing 
and Robotics organization, creating CGI Prototype Mockups and stories for garnering enterprise 
interest, educating the key stakeholders and for use as a guiding light for the engineers and 
developers. 

Smart Factory Prototyping through Storytelling | Ambient Computing and Robotics (FTE)
Worked with VPs, Storyboarded, Animated, Motion captured and rendered out entire 3D/CGI 
Digital Prototype Concepts for smart factories to be used to educate key stakeholders. 

Built Motion Capture Studio for better, more organic humanoid animation.
Designed and built render farm from repurposed PCs for slimmed render times.

Biz A.I Ethics and Design (FTE)

UI/UX User research with a focus on General AI for Enterprise.

Designer II 

ARVR Enterprise Design Sprints and Prototyping

Hololens Prototype (CSG)
Delivered innovative Augmented Reality Solutions for the US DoD.
Microsoft Vision Labs | Hololens Design Strategy Sprints (CSG)

Designed and delivered a series of world’s first-to-market Augmented Reality pilots for several 
global enterprise interests during our Design Strategy and Prototyping initiatives for Enterprise 
AR/MR Clients.

Technical Artist - CSG

Cloudesign Inc.

VR
Post Production
Motion Design and Graphics
Immersive VR Experiences
CGI Generalist 
VFX

Art and Technical Lead

Many Contracts including:

CGI/3D Generalisms, VFX, Post Production and much more.

3D Artist

Toyota Motor Corporation

Technical Artist
Environment Artist
Generalist

Unity : Maya: Adobe CC and more

Technical Artist

Orbital Transports

CGI Generalist

"Orbital Transports is creating a new paradigm for traveling from the Earth to Space.  We are building safe, affordable, reusable transportation to space for humans and cargo using lighter-than-air vehicles."
http://www.orbitaltransports.com/

Product Prototype Visualization Artist/ Lead 3D Artist

As a classically trained artist and digital technologist, I help corporate R&D labs, application developers and game studios create visually compelling, entertaining and useful experiences so they can go on to produce dynamite products at scale.

I love exploring new frontiers of visual storytelling through VR, AI, Proceedurally Generated Content and Rapid Prototyping using state of the art tools, techniques and best practices. 

With over 17 years of experience as a tech art leader, I combine my passion for art and technology to create stunning, engaging, and useful experiences for various platforms and audiences. My core competencies include 3D, VFX, tech art and integration, pipeline and asset generation, emerging techniques and technologies for game/application assets and beyond, Unreal and Unity Engine world building, and prototyping through storytelling.

I leverage my skills to create innovative and novel 3D solutions, motion graphics, 3D applications and so much more for web3, blockchain, and AAA console, applications and PC gaming. I also act as a creative and technical consultant for short and long-term projects. My mission is to push the boundaries of art and technology and deliver immersive and interactive experiences that delight and inspire.

Users first, simplistic design, clear goals, balanced/breathable aesthetic, humanistic approach, fluidity, freshness, captivating experiences and authenticity.

Interests:  Art, design, futurism, web trends, brands, exploration, adventure, nature + the outdoors, sustainable technology, start-ups, research, architecture, AR/VR games, educational strategies, books, traveling, animals, progressive environments, great people, coffee and good conversations and happy, positive people!

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