Leading Visual / Media Designer(August 2000 - Present)
IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory, San Jose, California
Working very closely with user-centered design specialists and software developers to design the user interface of software products, from early prototypes to final finished product, including the design of creative look and feel, screen layouts, interactive actions, icons, and overall product signature. Also help design technical information, such as product manuals and online help, product packaging, and marketing deliverables, such as WWW sites, brochures, and multimedia demos and presentations.

Matte Painting Technical Director(May 1999 - August 2000)
PDI/DreamWorks, Palo Alto, California
Working as a Technical Director for Oscar winning computer animated feature film "Shrek". Responsible for visual development, lighting, animation, managing matte painting layout to create 3D effects, painting background, morphing the 2d paintings to create 3D motion, and lighting. I also used Maya Mel script to create dust and stars. Writing shell scripts and helping other artists were also part of my every day job.

Video and Multimedia Production Specialist (September 1998 - May 1999)
Visualization Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Shooting, editing, transferring, and recording video with both analog and digital tools. Using different graphics software to produce video or multimedia production.

Instructor (July 1997 - July 1998)
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Teaching color, drawing, perspective, and architectural drafting.

Webmaster (May 1997 - August 1998)
The Bush Presidential Library Complex, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Developing and Maintaining the "International Center" and "BellSouth Worldroom" web sites.

Architect / Graphics Designer(May 1993 - April 1997)
RTKL Associates Inc., Dallas, Texas
Creating graphics presentation with sketches, drawings, renderings, and animation for sale presentation, schematic design, design development, and construction document.

Computer Animator / Graphic Designer (April 1997 - August 1997)
Murphymorris Inc., Dallas, Texas
Creating computer images and animation for educational CD-ROM Book

Instructor (July 1986 - July 1992)
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Teaching graphics design, production design, computer aided design, and architectural design

Oracle8 Certified Database Administrator (June 2001)
Shin Shin Computer Training Center, Mountain View, California

Master of Science in Visualization Science (May 1999)
Visualization Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Master of Architecture (December 1995)
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

Bachelor Science in Structural Engineering (July 1986)
Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Language: C/C++, Java, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Perl, Visual Basic.

Software: Flash, Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, AfterEffects, Director, Icon Editor, Composer, Alias/Wavefront Power Animator, StudioPaint, Maya, and 3D Studio Max.

Hardware: PC, SGI Workstation, MAC, Sony BVE-900 Editing Platform, Grass Valley Edit Controller, Sony BETACAM SP and Hi-8 cameras

"Shrek", Best Animated Feature for Oscar, 2002

In-between, "The Hidden Truth", was selected for inclusion in the SIGGRAPH 98 Computer Animation Festival program, 1998

Faculty Citation of Merit awarded upon graduation in recognition of a record of superior academic achievement, 1996

Best of Show in Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition sponsored by American Institute of Architecture, Dallas, 1995