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El Segundo, California

Software development engineer with Amazon Lab126's device accessibility engineering team.

Software engineer with the Central Accessibility team. In my role, I work directly under Karen Stevens, Electronic Arts’ director of accessibility to implement in-game features, development tools and runtime libraries for user-facing accessibility features. I also evaluate existing development tools for screen reader compatibility, making spot fixes to improve their usability. I consult on in-development titles to improve feature designs to maximize functionality and ease of use with the blind gaming community. I also evaluate internal vendor tools and websites to provide feedback on their level of blind accessibility for ADA compliance.Implemented narrated in-game pass icons for Madden 21 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.Credits:• Madden NFL Football 20, PlayStation 4/Xbox One• Madden NFL football 21, PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X

Orlando, Florida Area

Software Engineer with the EA SPORTS Madden NFL franchise gameplay team. Responsibilities include:Animation quality improvementsPlayer head tracking improvementsArtificial Intelligence technology upgradesTechnical lead for Player Likeness Update DLC project - led a team of five engineers, multiple artists and testers to deliver an update to Madden NFL 15 that enables high resolution facial scans of current NFL players to be dynamically loaded into game from downloadable content packs. Developed Xbox One and Playstation 4 downloadable content enumeration and mounting system used for the Player Likeness Update.Performed first party title management with Microsoft and Sony to facilitate testing and retail deployment of the Player Likeness Update product.Credits:• Madden NFL 15 - Xbox One, Playstation 4• Madden NFL 16 - Xbox One, Playstation 4• Madden NFL 17 - Xbox One, Playstation 4• Madden NFL 18 - Xbox One, Playstation 4

Orlando, Florida

Software Engineer with the EA SPORTS Online console team, providing middleware for online multiplayer applications for internal teams at Electronic Arts. New Platforms lead, Senior build engineer.New Platforms lead for the Console team inside of EA SPORTS Online. My work focused on researching the capabilities of new hardware platforms and extending the online middleware the team provided onto those platforms. Led a team of 10+ engineers to simultaneously extend online middleware to the Sony Playstation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One platforms in support of EA SPORTS' three launch titles, Madden NFL 25, FIFA Football 14 and NBA Live 14.Led a team of five engineers extending online middleware to the Nintendo Wii U platform. My team helped with EA SPORTS' Wii U launch titles, FIFA Football 13 and Madden NFL 13.Team's senior build engineer. Designed and implemented all additions to the core build system and supervised new build system development.Credits:• Fight Night Round 3, Xbox/Playstation 2• Madden NFL Football 2007 - 2013, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• NCAA Football 2007 - 2012, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• NASCAR 2007 - 2009, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 - 2012, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• NHL 2007 - 2012, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• FIFA 2007 - 2012, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• NBA Street 3, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• NBA Live 2007 - 2010, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• NCAA March Madness 2007 - 2008, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• NCAA Basketball 2009 - 2010, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• Facebreaker, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• FIght Night Round 4, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• FIght Night Round 5, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• FIght Night Champion, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• NFL Head Coach 2, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• EA Sports MMA, Xbox 360/Playstation 3• FIFA Football, Playstation Vita• Madden NFL 13, Nintendo Wii U• FIFA Football 13, Nintendo Wii U• Madden NFL 25, Xbox One / Playstation 4• FIFA Football 14, Xbox One / Playstation 4• NBA Live 14, Xbox One / Playstation 4

Platform Content Specialist. Provided ASP, Javascript and SQL programming services for medical data collection web platform.

Senior programmer and artist focused on User Interface programming and artwork for handheld videogames using the Tapwave Zodiac/Palm OS platform. Also programmed game AI, gameplay mechanics, some rendering, build tools and data pipelining. Company webmaster.Credits:• Firefly, Tapwave Zodiac• Orbz, Tapwave Zodiac• Think Tanks, Tapwave Zodiac (unpublished)

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science, Studio Art Minor

Computer Science