Also, I am a firm believer that in a critique session, it’s always best to be brutally honest if you feel your point is valid. Holding back an important point about an object, motion, shape, or form, could ultimately hurt the quality of the product. I am not one to believe that it is good to “build allies” or cliques within an organization; build good games and films. Just because I might be friends with someone doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be brutally honest in a critique section. Do what is best for the quality of the product while strengthening the entire team dynamic. Let me clarify. Suppose you are to make a presentation to George Lucas on a Friday on shader technology and you know that one of George’s good friends in the organization is Dennis Muren. I do not believe in the approach of going golfing with Dennis Muren on the Wednesday of that week talking about the meeting with George- with the hope that Dennis might say something good to George about your shader work. Instead, take the golf time you would spend with Dennis on that Wednesday and spend it reading more on RenderMan or HLSL to blow George Lucas away; not brown nose him or his close friends.

I look forward to leading a studio, with a group of motivated artists and engineers, in the digital age and making sure that not only are our sales phenominal, but team morale and most importantly quality of product are never compromised. Once I reach executive status, I will continue to be involved in hands on artisitc and technical direction like Mark Zuckerberg, Walt Disney, or Steve Jobs.