David Glazier

Miami Beach, FL, 33140
(267) 593-2843  |  dglazier613@gmail.com
LinkedIn  |  www.davidglazier.art

Technical Skills

Computer Skills: Unity Game Engine | C# | Python | Git and Github version control | Javascript

3D Modeling + Animation: AutoDesk Maya | Blender 3D | 3D printing | Adobe Substance 3D Painter | After Effects

Digital Design: Adobe Creative suite | Photoshop | Vector Art | After Effects

Manufacturing: 3D printing FDM & Resin | Laser Cutting and Engraving | CAD | Cricut | TinkerCad | OpenSCAD | Prusa Slicer | Glowforge

Education

Miami Dade College
Double Associates Degree  ·  Miami, FL  ·  May 2024 - April 2026
  • Game Development and Design
  • Animation and Game Art

Relevant Experience

Fallen Fate - Miami Dade College
Code Lead  ·  Miami, FL  ·  May 2025 - April 2026
  • Lead a team of 6 programmers to utilize Unity Game Engine and C# for Fallen Fate on Itch.io
  • Collaborated with art, level design, QA, and audio divisions to seamlessly conduct the project
  • Assigned strict due dates and provided prompt feedback and review for clean code and best practices
  • Defined high-level structure and relationships within Game software system, for maintainability, scalability, and performance
  • Developed underlying rules, mechanics, and interconnected loops, combat logic and game progression.
  • Used Github to organize and cooperate on a large scale project across multiple teams.
NightLight - Miami Dade College
Character Animator  ·  Miami, FL  ·  May 2025 - April 2026
  • Utilized Autodesk Maya for keyframe animation of skeletal meshes
  • Brought to life expressive character acting and animation for 3D characters in Autodesk Maya through posing and expressions.
  • Painted UV unwrapping and texturing of 3D models to create interior scenes using Adobe Substance Painter and Autodesk Maya.
  • Created bump, normal, height, displacement and depth maps with Adobe Substance Painter and Adobe Photoshop
  • Mastered breakdown and in-between spacing in Maya's Graph Editor to control arcs and prevent floaty or mechanical movements.
  • Applied the 12 principles of animation with an emphasis on appeal, timing, and exaggeration
Midway Specialty Care Center
Game Development and AI Intern  ·  Miami, FL  ·  June 2025 - July 2025
  • Built Agentic AI character assistant: AI website assistant mascot with real time conversational interaction and character performing for client facing interaction for medical care services using ElevenLabs, GPT-4o and Convai Unity plug-in.
  • Researched common issues of the average stakeholder in order to come up with a clear solution
  • Devised a workflow for a multilingual agentic AI assistant to independently call patients' phone numbers, re-route calls to a human specialist and open relevant webpages
  • Coded a new custom text to speech voice that can speak in Creole utilizing proper phonetics
  • Animated actions and emotions in 2D and 3D for an AI character to respond correctly according to tone and context using Javascript
  • Utilized critical thinking skills and empathy to pitch and prototype a proposed solution
  • Collaborated respectfully with a team of 6 to create innovative solutions to reduce the spread of STDs in Miami
3D Printing Designer
Au Bon Cake Cookie Cutters  ·  Newton, PA  ·  January 2017 - September 2021
  • Leveraged 3D computer aided design software to manufacture over 200 unique physical cookie cutter, cake topper and chocolate mold designs
  • Manufactured 20,000 products operating 3D printers, Glowforge Laser cutting and engraving tech to sell on Amazon, Etsy and physical stores
  • Operated six Prusa 3D printers, two Glowforge laser-cutting machines, two Anycubic resin 3D printers and one vacuum press
  • Designed and internationally licensed the Perfect Hamentashen Cutter selling 3,000 worldwide
  • Quickly learned and adapted to a fast-paced, high-volume production environment with diverse technical tools, material constraints, and fabrication methods
  • Performed the entire product pipeline from initial concept and digital 3D modeling to physical fabrication and quality control to fulfill 20k+ orders