Education:
Columbia College Chicago (Class of 2016)
Bachelor of Arts: Audio Design and Production with a minor in Arts Entertainment and Media Management
Experience:
Incredible Technologies (September 2015 - Current)
Senior Composer and Sound Designer
Composing, producing, mixing, and mastering modern music of all genres for high earning casino and coin operated games.
Creating sound effects through the use of SFX libraries, advanced synthesis techniques, and foley.
Implementing original audio content through the use of a proprietary middleware engine.
Collaborating simultaneously with multiple interdisciplinary development teams.
Originally hired as an intern while a senior at Columbia and promoted to my current position.
Worked on successful games such as Stack Up Pays, Lotus Link, Power Push, Temple Falls, and 50+ other games
Columbia College Chicago (September 2024 - Current
Adjunct Professor
Creating and maintaining a curriculum for a 300 level college course focusing on the audio production work being done in the gaming and post production worlds
Teaching said curriculum 3 credit hours per semester taught to a classroom of primarily juniors and seniors
Providing critical feedback, guidance, and assessment of the students' work in order to better prepare them for a future career in audio and expand their knowledge of the topic
Collaborating with different departments to create cross-disciplinary projects for the students
Maintaining regular communications with other faculty, and students.
Who’z The Boss Music Library (October 2021 - Current)
Composer
Composing, producing, mixing, and mastering modern music of many genres for the purpose of licensing for use in media (film, television, online content).
General Freelance (May 2013 - Current)
Composer, Producer, Audio Engineer
Composer: Composed, produced, performed and mastered custom scores for several commercials, online media content videos and several short films in a time efficient and professional fashion.
Producer/Audio Engineer: Recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered EP’s, LP’s, and singles for several local Chicago artists and bands in my home studio.
Sound Designer: Created custom sound effects for short films and online media content.
32 Forty (November 2012 - September 2014)
Co-Founder, Events Coordinator, Live Sound Engineer, and Guitar Teacher
Co-founded the music school/event space with Benn Jordan (The Flashbulb).
Coordinated events like recitals for students, open mic nights, and concert performances.
Performed the live sound tasks for events including mic placement, running the board, and troubleshooting.
Teaching guitar to students ranging in age from children to adults, including several special needs students.
Software Proficiency:
Pro Tools
Logic X Pro
Ableton Live
Sound Forge
Middleware (Current company uses a proprietary engine but I am familiar with FMOD and Wwise)
Industry standard plugins (Native Instruments, Spectrasonics, Kiloheartz, Slate, iZotope, Melodyne, East West and more
Many Adobe Products including Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects
Standard Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Office, Teams, One Drive, etc)
Standard Google products (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive)
Other Proficiencies:
Guitarist for 18 years
I dabble in Bass, Ukulele, Keyboards, 90s Outboard Rack Synthesizers
In-depth knowledge of Social Media Marketing as it pertains to my record label and personal music