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Profile

- Sound designer and music composer. Graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts with honours in Music. Specialised Certificate in Orchestrating and Producing Music and Audio for Games.
- One year of experience working as a freelance sound designer. More than 10 years working with audio software to create original sounds and compositions.
- In-depth understanding of audio technology, multi-track sequencers, virtual instruments, and wave editors.
- Passionate for games and interactive media. Very good at working in a team environment.
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Work Experience

Ekomini. Sept 2009 – To date
- Freelance sound designer and music composer for Ekomini.
- Ekomini works in creating educational games and applications for kids. The last project involved 7 different applications created for the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) organization. My role included creating user-interface sounds, background soundscapes, mixing of SFX and dialogue, and original music.

Brisbane Arts Theatre July 2010
- Sound operator for the Brisbane Arts Theatre Drama Festival. My role included preparing and organizing all the musical cues to be played for each of the different plays. It involved taking notes of specific volumes, order of tracks, and transitions between cues, and then playing them live in synchronization with the play.

Jorge Villamizar, Richar Blair. Aug 2008-Feb 2009
- Production Assistant in the production of the album of Grammy Award winner Jorge Villamizar. My role included working in the logistics and preparation of the recording of the album, assisting the producer, the artists and the sound engineer during the recording and mixing sessions.

Miregui Audio Production. 2007 – 2010
- Worked as a sound designer, music composer, and performer in different projects. These involved student short films, re-creating the audio and music for TV commercials, documentaries, sound design competitions, music for bands, etc.

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Awards

- National Cannabis and Prevention Centre. Brisbane, Australia. December 2009
Winner of the NCPIC Short Film Competition.

-York University Sorbara Award in Music. Toronto, Canada. June 2006
This Award recognizes creative achievement in the areas of composition, improvisation and sound design.

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Education

Specialised Certificate in Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games. Aug 2009-June 2010
- Online Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA.

Pro Tools Operator Certificate. July 2006
- Pro Media Company, Toronto, Canada.

Bachelor in Fine Arts with honors in Music. Aug 2003-July 2007
- York University, Toronto, Canada.

Cross-disciplinary Certificate in Digital Media. Aug 2003-July 2007
- York University, Toronto, Canada.
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Skills

Software

- Extensive experience working with: Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Reason, Sibelius, Waves plugins, and Native Instruments VSTs,  East/West samples (Symphonic Orchestra, Symphonic Choir, Storm Drums).
- Experience working with: Peak, Wavelab, Sountrack Pro, Final Cut Pro, Pipmak, Adobe Flash, Director, Adobe Dreamweaver, and After Effects.

Sound Design

- Mapping and synchronizing music and sound to a linear timeline.
- Working with a basic scripting system to implement changes interactively in game audio (Some experience working with Pipmak and Adobe Flash).
- Recording custom SFX (Choosing appropriate microphones, experimenting with various microphone positions, layering different recordings, etc).
- Effective use of sounds from commercial sound effects libraries.
- Preparing and recording voiceover sessions.
- Utilizing sampler, synthesizers, and effects to produce original sounds.
- Working with different multi-track programs to edit, compose, produce and mix music and sounds (Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Digital Performer, Reason, and Ableton Live).
- Working with wave editors and batch convertors (Peak, Wavelab).
- Working with video editing programs such as Final Cut Pro to edit video and create original projects. Creating titles and video effects utilizing softwares like After Effects.

Music Production and Composition

- Vast knowledge in Latin and African percussion.
- Intermediate knowledge of piano and guitar.
- Composing music of different genres: Classical, Brazilian, Cuban, Blues, Rock, Funk, Jazz.
- Knowledge in orchestrating and arranging music for the symphonic orchestra.

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