Evan M. Boucher

evan.m.boucher@gmail.com
1(610)906-9236
www.evanboucher.com

Education

Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
Masters of Science in Digital Media, March 2011-GPA 3.94
Bachelors of Science in Digital Media, June 2009-GPA 3.91
summa cum laude

Honors and Awards

• Winner of the National Geographic-Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize for Digital Modeling and Animation 2011
• Winner of the Best Graduate Poster Presentation for Creative Arts and Design Research at Drexel University's Research Day 2011
• Animation First Step won "Best Animation" category at the Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival 2010
• Animation Bazi won "Best Animation category at Drexel University's Untitled Film Festival 2009

Experience

PDI/DreamWorks Animation – Redwood City, CA
Character Technical Director, November 2011 – Present

• Character Rigging on Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014)

Side Effects Software Inc. – Santa Monica, CA
Character Animator, May 2011 – November 2011

• Character Animation in Houdini for an internally produced short film
• Exploring and evaluating character techniques and workflows in Houdini, including animation, rigging, modeling, and character fx

Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
Adjunct Professor – Computer Animation II, April – June, 2010

• Prepared and taught lectures in 3D animation tools, pipelines, problem solving, and production
• Mentored students in narrative visual storytelling
• Taught students various dynamic systems for animation production
• Taught students rigging and character animation concepts for animation production
• Introduced students to project management, rendering, and compositing techniques
• Critiqued technical, aesthetic, and storytelling aspects of student work

The Academy of Natural Sciences – Philadelphia, PA
Fossil Prep Lab Volunteer, Drexel University Fossil Lab monitor, July 2009 – September 2010

• Surface cleaning of fossils
• Opening and excavating field jackets
• Repairing fractured and broken fossils
• Casting fossils
• Instructing other volunteers on methods of fossil preparation
• Informing museum visitors about dinosaurs, anatomy, fossilization, and fossil collection

ACIN (Applied Communications and Information Networking) - Camden, NJ
Human Factors Research Assistant, March 2008-July 2009

• Evaluated government software user interfaces
• Conducted interviews with Subject Matter Expert
• Met with software developers
• Created mockups of suggested changes for user interfaces

Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
Educational Game Designer for Autism Research, August 2008 - July 2009

• Story and puzzle design
• 2D character design and animation
• 2D effects animation

Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant, July-December 2008

• Introduced students to the pipeline for creating and importing 3D assets into the Torque Game Engine
• Taught lectures on 3D game pipelines and 3D modeling for gaming
• Assisted students with debugging and solving code and pipeline issues