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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Overview: Building the metaverse!Develop features to improve the user experience and retention for the Onboarding Team.Evaluate, design, develop, debug and test real-time AR and VR software.Work effectively with XFN partners and stakeholders to drive feature development.Make architectural and design tradeoffs required to rapidly deliver software solutions.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Overview: Drive new product development and innovation initiatives for the Walt Disney Company.Research and develop tech stacks and new software products for NFTs and the metaverse.Write enterprise-quality, full-stack software in a variety of languages and platforms.Create interactive experiences ranging from drawing apps to remote-control droids.Drive and steward app development with Disney client partners and internal stakeholders.Ideate and build out engineering prototypes in support of innovation concepts.Pitch new technology, experiences, or products internally to stakeholdersthroughout TWDC and externally to Disney partners.

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Overview: Architect and build web-games with Vue.js for Game-Based Innovations Lab. Quickly devise plans and solutions for new features and hard-to-solve bugs. Develop web-based games using reactive frameworks and game engines.Spearhead UX/UI development for games through design and implementation.Drive refactoring efforts to maintain a stable, modular, and legible code base.Devise new game-based solutions for internal and client problems.About the Game-Based Innovations Lab:The Game-Based Innovations Lab at McKinsey & Company designs, develops, and deploys games and interactive applications that transform the measurement of human potential. We design robust, immersive, simulation-based assessments that evaluate people's cognitive skills through a scientifically-grounded and data-driven process. We are a cross-functional team of scientists, technologists, and product leaders who are expanding how people think about games in many domains—and having fun while making an impact!

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Lead development of game-based assessments in a reactive framework using Javascript for ed-tech startup acquired by McKinsey.Refactor code base to promote legibility, modularity, and efficiency.Drive the development and enhancement of core tools.Refactor and update code base to maintain high quality of code and product.Contribute UX/UI designs in Axure and and art asset creation.Wrangle large databases and convert data for different platforms.About Imbellus:Imbellus is an interdisciplinary team of learning scientists, game developers, artists, data scientists, and AI engineers. We build assessments that measure how people think, not just what they know. Imbellus was successfully acquired by McKinsey & Company.

New York, New York, Us

Video Game Project: Red Dead Redemption IISystems Implementation:Implement and maintain in-game databases and systems, scalingand patching them as required for the project. Systems include inventories, input prompts, UI menus, looting, animation move networks.Content:Script ambient content across the game world. Hook up animation sequences and player interactions. Create motion-capture documents.API/Database Management:Document new API’s and instruct designers on usage of new tools and systems. Respond to feedback in order to fine-tune implementations. Maintained online databases and integrated database into existing systems.Production:Manage and oversee production tasks, coordinating art, code, and design departments on an international team. Track, scope, and assign bugs in order to keep on schedule.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Developed branding and created social media material for Season 4 programming. Supported outreach and communications efforts by updating twitter, conducting email blasts, and finding partnerships.Assisted in web production, specifically redesigning POV’s “For Filmmakers” resource website.Screened and edited films, managed the front desk, and performed administrative duties.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Prototyped and iterated from conception to implementation on a touchscreen game for Android devices.Created custom models and textures, animated quadrupeds, and scripted custom shaders and touch control systems in Unity3D. Contributed art and code to various digital products.Conducted market research and compiled reports.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Architectural + Digital Design

Master'S Degree, Mcit, Computer Science