Arthur Ward Jr Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Contracted to assist in developing the game SeasonSpree. I created the original prototype, core data system, core custom development tools on top of and agnostic to Unity, and continue to contribute code to the game's development in all aspects

New York, Ny, Us

Architected a powerful new integrations framework that vastly expanded on our capabilities allowing us to expand into other markets as well as facilitating rapid development, automated testing, and more robust debugging capabilitiesWorked on creating many internal tools to allow easy operation of both new and existing features as well as integrationsLed optimization projects for some core systems to improve general performance and database efficiencyWorked to greatly expand our automated billing capabilitiesMade a push to improve our error handling to separate technical errors from business errors leading to a great decrease in costs from services such as RollbarContributed to product design discussions on making sure features are reliable and when necessary approached from the user perspective

Developed both new sites and features for existing high traffic websites, APIs for apps, and an in-store restaurant order fulfillment system. Developed numerous stand-alone CMS plugins for ExpressionEngine and CraftCMS to support features including SSO, easy API access, and analytics

New York, Ny, Us

C# programming on the Microsoft Jackpot development team. Additionally I assisted the internal R&D team with prototypes and prepared special topic presentations to educate the development department on new technology and up to date best practices

Worked on numerous website features and the base of an analytics platform for an new company product

Promoting the culture of Independent games through various arcade installations and exhibits both locally and internationally.Assembled hardware, maintained software, and wrote scripts to automate exhibits.

Us

Originally I started out as an intern here, working on data migration and conversion for a rather big project to launch a new product approvals system. Later I did some work on the new United Features Site. In July of 2009, I returned to United Media to help with their product approvals and anything else I could help with at the time.

Working on various software projects

Handle web development and server maintenance.

Did testing of new approvals and asset management softwareAssisted in data conversion and migration to new approvals systemAssisted in writing software documentation and troubleshooting guidesResolved technical support issues for new approvals software.

New York, Ny, Us

Assist in updating database recordsAssist in indexing and filing