Ty is an industry-recognized professional aerial cinematographer and drone pilot. He has spoken at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Interdrone, Drone World Expo and AMA Expo on the subject. He's also shot for Discovery Networks, Sci, History, and for Feature and Industrial Films. Ty is also on the advisory board for the Society of Aerial Cinematography.

Ty is also an award-winning 3D animator and visual effects artist. He's been a VFX supervisor on feature film, a motion-graphics artist for network television, and an animator for science-visualization. Ty is also on the advisory board for GenArts Sapphire.

Ty has been a freelance contributor for Videomaker Magazine for over 15 years, and has four published books. Ty has also written screenplays as well as several scripts for short format.

Ty has used his experience in the industry to consult on the build-out for several studios. He's designed everything from multi-user shared storage solutions for simultaneous work in post production on projects to small single-user edit and motion graphics bays for ad agencies. Ty has served as a consultant on several occasions. He's been brought in to streamline post-production processes, update equipment, and improve the efficiency of the entire production process.

Ty has been programming for over 30 years. While other children were raking leaves for cash, Ty was developing games for neighborhood kids, and networking them all together. His first job out of college was with frog design as a web developer. He's programmed interactive museum exhibits for California Academy of Sciences. Ty has also developed several mobile games and has a book published on the subject.

Ty is considered by many to be a "top-tier" photogrammetry artist. He has even pioneered a method for capturing models and maps that are such high quality that they are deemed to be inspection-grade. This method is currently in a patent-pending status.