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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

Systems and gameplay programmer for the 4X strategy game, Old World. Responsible for the design and implementation of multiple systems, including AI, multiplayer (network and play-by-cloud), the data and DLL mod system, procedural map generation, animations, and undo/redo/replay of player actions. Provided engineering support to the design team. Prototyped some innovative UI solutions, such as nested tooltips. Integrated the Unity project with third party solutions such as AWS (S3, DynamoDB, and SNS), GameSparks, Epic Online Services, and Steamworks. Developed the automation system that was invaluable for Quality Assurance. The game was named strategy game of the year by PC gamer magazine, and was nominated for a Global Industry Game Award in Artificial Intelligence.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Architected, coded, debugged, and optimized software implementations, wrote manuals and technical documents, solicited and responded to customer feedback and requests, and prototyped new features.Developed Scaleform Studio run-time, a lightweight multi-platform game engine for user interface and 2D game creation. The result was a faster and more powerful solution that consumed less memory than its predecessor, Scaleform GFx.Created a remote profiling system for memory, performance, and ActionScript code analysis. The tool enabled customers to optimize their use of Scaleform as a UI and multimedia solution.

Lead Tools and Automation development.

Sparks, Maryland, Us

Systems Lead, XCOM: Enemy UnknownLed a 4-person team tasked with implementing supporting systems for the game: destructible environments, pathfinding, camera control, data serialization, effects, audio, and multiplayer mode.XCOM was named 2012 Game of the Year by multiple publications.Lead Programmer, ColonizationEnhanced the game engine and designed and implemented all new systems. Scheduled and oversaw the work of all 3 engineers on the project from pre­production to gold master. Pioneered extreme programming techniques for the company in an effort to maximize productivity. Established the team practice of pair programming to promote collective code ownership, to mentor junior engineers, and to gain expertise in previously unfamiliar areas, such as 3D rendering. The project was completed on time with no overtime.Lead Programmer and Lead Designer, Civilization IV: Beyond the SwordManaged a team of five programmers on an aggressive ten ­month schedule from pre­production to gold master. As lead designer, worked closely with producers, other designers, artists, writers, testers, and sound engineers to realize own vision of the game.Injected a considerable amount of new content, polish, and optimization into the initial Civilization IV release, thereby creating the largest expansion pack the studio had ever produced. Lead Programmer, Civilization IV: WarlordsDesigned and implemented new game mechanics, made AI improvements, and optimized performance.Attention to detail and good teamwork led to a highly polished and successful expansion pack, despite the short time frame of development.Senior Programmer, Civilization IVDeveloped new features for gameplay, GUI, multiplayer, localization system, and other systems.Immediately demonstrated the ability to understand, maintain, enhance, and debug preexisting code.Civilization named Best PC Game of 2005 by Gamespot, Gamespy, IGN, and Time Magazine. It holds a metacritic review score of 94/100.

Neuilly Sur Seine, Paris, Fr

Developed the electronic trading component of LongView, the company’s trade order management system.

Austin, Texas, Us

Created the Tenfold Universal Application, a product for rapidly building large-­scale software applications.

Coupled a vortex-lattice and integral boundary layer method for predicting aerodynamic forces with a hydrodynamic model based on experimental data to produce a unique velocity prediction program for sailing yachts. Young America used the software for sail and hull shape optimization. Helped design a new graduate level course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 13.024: Numerical Marine Hydrodynamics, and shared lecturing duties with Professor J. Milgram.

Barcelona, Es

Provided expertise in the field of hydrodynamics, and coordinated the model testing program for the Young America design team. The resulting sailing yacht competed in the 2000 America’s Cup.

Stationed at office in charge of the design and construction of Naval Landing Ships. Carried out performance analyses. Translated technical documents and manuals.

Incorporated new techniques in data analysis software for model hull experiments. Work used in evaluating the designs considered for the 1992 America's Cup. The selected design successfully defended the Cup.

Ph.D., Hydrodynamics

S.M, Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering

M.Eng., Electrical And Electronic Engineering