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Golden, Colorado, United States

• Developed over 15 Unity applications, including recreational games and training simulations for military and law enforcement.• Collaborated with multi-person teams to create and extend application features.• Wrote and maintained efficient, reusable, and reliable C# code facilitating rapid game development.• Built a leaderboard application using an ASP Web Server to track high scores across multiple systems, showcasing client-server architecture expertise.• Identified and resolved bottlenecks and bugs, improving system performance while maintaining clean and organized code.• Designed prototypes for the HoloLens 2 and Meta Quest 3, demonstrating VR/AR development skills.• Developed mobile AR applications to allow customers to visualize product features.• Enabled cross-platform playability, making several games available on WebGL and Mixed Reality.• Implemented Git and GitHub for version control in Unity projects.

Lakewood, Colorado, United States

• Sole developer of Wildwood: A Town Building Game (available on Steam), showcasing expertise in Unity and a passion for game development.• Implemented an innovative modular UI system, allowing designs to be easily mocked up, tested, and iterated on.• Optimized AI behavior through automatic testing and unit tests, resulting in highly performant and natural decision-making.• Developed custom tools to work alongside the Unity Profiler to identify bottlenecks and improve performance.• Created immersive particle systems, improving the game’s visual fidelity.• Engineered efficient C# code to manage tens of thousands of game objects, ensuring smooth gameplay.• Designed an advanced terrain shader in HLSL, featuring seasonal changes, 3D grass, and wind physics, highlighting proficiency in shader development.

Lakewood, Colorado, United States

• Shipped three free-to-play mobile games (Tank Frenzy, Cube Racer, and Station Commander), demonstrating an ability to architect and implement performant mobile game features.• Successfully ported Station Commander to Steam, showcasing cross-platform development capability.• Reduced memory footprint and optimized space utilization, enhancing overall hardware efficiency and enabling smoother gameplay on resource-constrained devices.• Integrated Firebase analytics and crash reporting into Unity projects, improving performance tracking and swiftly identifying critical issues.• Developed the vehicle physics system in Tank Frenzy, showcasing knowledge in Unity’s rigidbody physics.

Toledo, Ohio, United States

• Diagnosed and repaired electronic devices, primarily smartphones, tablets, computers, and consoles.• Worked with wholesalers and part manufacturers, to maintain store inventory and to ensure we provided high quality parts.• Maintained expense and profit reports for the store, ensuring accuracy for ownership to make informed decisions.

Toledo, Ohio, United States

• Demonstrated outstanding sales expertise, doubling accessory sales.• Provided excellent customer service, increasing customer retention and satisfaction.• Mentored and supervised four employees making sure they maintained a professional attitude and met sales goals.