For over three decades, I have stood at the intersection where technology reshapes storytelling. From co-developing NUKE at Digital Domain — the compositing tool that became the global industry standard — to supervising visual effects on films that redefined what cinema could be, my work has always been about enabling the impossible.
Today, that frontier is Artificial Intelligence. As an Applied AI Professor at SCAD and a veteran of the VFX industry's most transformative era, I bring a rare combination: deep technical fluency in AI systems alongside first-hand knowledge of how creative industries actually adopt and integrate new tools.
My mission is to accelerate that adoption — in studios, classrooms, theme parks, and beyond — with rigor, artistry, and the perspective of someone who has done it before.
Recipient of the film industry's highest honor for contributions to visual effects — earned through the landmark production of Titanic, where the Digital Domain team achieved photorealistic ocean simulation, digital compositing, and full-scale environmental destruction at a scope never previously attempted in cinema.
As a member of the Digital Domain team, I co-developed NUKE — the node-based compositing application that became, and remains, the global standard for professional visual effects compositing. What began as an in-house production tool is now used on virtually every major studio film, television series, and streaming production worldwide.
Now maintained and distributed by Foundry, NUKE represents one of the most significant software contributions in entertainment technology history — a tool that fundamentally changed how artists work with digital images at scale.
As an Applied AI Professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), I develop and teach curriculum that prepares creative professionals to work with intelligent systems — not as passive users, but as informed architects of AI-enhanced workflows.
With a Computer Science degree focused on AI alongside 35 years of industry practice, I bridge the gap that most academics cannot: I understand both the mathematics and the messy reality of production. My students learn how AI tools actually integrate into creative pipelines, informed by someone who has watched four decades of technological paradigm shifts reshape Hollywood from the inside.
