RESUME / CV
Executive creative and production leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling creative studios across animation, VFX, advertising, and digital platforms. Known for developing design systems, production workflows, and creative infrastructure that enable high-volume, high-craft execution across brand, marketing, and product surfaces. Experienced partnering with product, marketing, and engineering teams to translate brand strategy into scalable creative outputs while maintaining visual integrity and operational efficiency.
Skills
Creative Studio Leadership & Talent Development
Creative Direction & Experience Design
Creative Operations & Production Infrastructure
Set & Stage Design Direction
High-Volume Design & Content Execution
Design Production Systems & Toolkits
Brand Identity & Design Systems Production
Animation, Motion Design & VFX Production Pipelines
Creative Strategy & Concept Development
Production Workflow & Pipeline Design
Vendor & Agency Management
Creative Team Leadership & Talent Development
Scalable Creative Frameworks & Platform Design
Cross-Functional Collaboration (Product, Marketing, Communications)
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Computer Arts And Animation
Academy of Art College
San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science And Engineering
Manipal Institute of Technology
Manipal, Karnataka, India
WORK EXPERIENCE
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(10/2021-Current)
Executive Creative Director / SVP - Brandlive StudiosLead the creative vision and execution of Brandlive Studios, building and scaling a multidisciplinary team focused on designing and producing live, virtual, and hybrid event experiences for enterprise clients.
Direct end-to-end creative across show development, content, and visual systems — shaping how brand stories come to life on stage and on screen, from early concept through production and delivery.
Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to translate business objectives into compelling event narratives, structured run of shows, and cohesive visual experiences that drive engagement.
Guide teams across design, motion, and production to deliver high-volume, high-quality creative while maintaining strong craft and consistency across complex, multi-format programs.
Develop scalable creative frameworks and modular systems that support repeatable, high-impact event formats and content experiences across global programs.
Oversee external partners and vendors, assembling and leading specialized creative and production teams to execute large-scale shows and content initiatives.
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(01/2020-10/2021)
Visual Effects Supervisor – Artistic Supervision | The Monkey King
Served as Visual Effects Supervisor providing artistic and technical leadership on The Monkey King, a fully CGI animated feature film produced by Netflix Animation.Partnered closely with the Director and Production Designer to translate the film’s visual vision into production-ready solutions, ensuring both creative integrity and technical feasibility throughout the production pipeline. Collaborated with internal teams and external vendor studios, consulting with vendor VFX supervisors and department leads to align creative direction with production workflows.
Facilitated cross-department collaboration and helped guide the integration of evolving technologies and pipeline tools while maintaining schedule and budget requirements established by production leadership. Ensured that visual effects work met the artistic standards of the film while supporting efficient production delivery across global teams.
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(07/2013 - 10/2021)
EP / Art Director
Worked directly with clients including Nike, Fully, OHSU, Sound United, TGS film and Amazon to create various animated and live content for a range of platforms (broadcast, IG feed, IGS, YT and Augmented Reality). Responsible for putting teams together to pitch for various projects, through execution.
Currently pitching on a AR project as well as our own content for gaming
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(05/2016 - 07/2018)
Executive Producer
Was responsible for building an in-house motion and VFX production team at the #1 Global Ad Agency HQ (Portland, OR)
Managed a team of 15 artists and freelancers as needed for the various projects that spanned Story Boarding and editorial for Samsung and Coco-Cola, Animated, VFX, immersive and motion content for Coke, Nike, Samsung, Airbnb, Amazon Music, Soylent, KFC, Anki and other such brands.
The animated content included 3D, stop-motion, 2D and motion for DOOH, Social platforms, Broadcast, VR and AR.
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(08/2008 - 06/2013)
Senior Look Dev / Compositing Artist
Led various commercial 3D animated ad spots, putting teams together and managing local and remote artists for some of the productions.
Set up a lookDev-Lighting-Compositing pipeline working closely with the software team.
Art directed and helped on numerous pitches.
The work included ads for Frito Lay, M&M and internal short films
Worked with Digital Design Group for 2 years on various pitches for the film slate. This included exploration of look dev of characters to develop the concept art.
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(01/2006 - 02/2008)
Senior Look Dev Artist + Compositor
Led LookDev + Lighting and Compositing on various 3D CG animated ad spots, working closely with directors, art department and editorial.
Most notable project were the epic ad spots for Coco Cola’s ‘Happiness Factory’ and ‘World of Coke’
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01/2003 - 02/2005
Senior Lighting And Compositing Artist
Lighting and Compositing on various sequences for the CG feature film Robots.
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01/1998 - 10/1999 + 06/2000 - 10/2022
Lighting And Compositing ArtistLighting and compositing VFX shots and sequences on the following feature films The Hulk, Star Wars, Men in Black, Wild Wild West.
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(11/1999 - 12/2001)
LookDev, Lighting And Compositing Artist
CG generalist mostly focused on Lighting, LookDev and compositing for various ad spots and CG animated short films.
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(1995-1998)
FX Animator, Lighting Artist
FX animation, Lighting and compositing VFX shots on various feature films most notably Starship Troopers!