Brad Edwards Email & Phone Number

Greater Salt Lake City Area

South Jordan, Utah

Helped create Disney Infinity 3, Disney Infinity 2, Disney Infinity, Cars 2, Toy Story 3, and Bolt.Lead a team of programmers, finishing our latest playset (game) in just seven months.Co-developed a revolutionary animation system that uses real-time dependency graph evaluation with Bezier curves, constraints, IK, motion retargeting, full blend tree support, animated cameras, effects and materials, and more, supporting our library of thousands of cinematics, over one hundred characters built on various-sized rigs and over twenty-five thousand animations.Co-authored several patents: System and Method for Dependency Graph Evaluation for Animation System Using Rule Based Techniques for Handling Gameplay RestrictionsWrote a system that unifies and componentizes animation, geometry, collision, and game play and allows levels, cinematics, AI, and other objects to be built out of these connectable components. This allowed levels to be created far faster with fewer bugs and took level build times from five minutes to five seconds.Developed a flocking and schooling system with a custom physics system.Implemented various gameplay modes and characters.Wrote gameplay-related nodes for our logic and mission systems.Multi-threaded and optimized a command-line tool, reducing its compute time from over 27 hours to under 40 seconds.

Co-founded Cavebug Games in 2006.Created Pathstorm, distributed by Cavebug Games, Big Fish Games, and other portals.Created unique gameplay in this 2D casual game; and created a level editor, game art and fonts in Photoshop and wrote Photoshop plugins in JavaScript for image manipulation and composition.Contracted and worked closely with multiple artists, sound designers, a musician, and a music-house to create and license the game content.Negotiated contracts with multiple distributors and portals to carry our game.

Helped create Amped 3, Amped 2, and Amped.Managed a team of engineers.Responsible for the snowboarding physics and gameplay.Created an animation system highly optimized for memory and speed.Created a physics/animation fusion where results from one could be passed on to the other for more realistic interactions with the environment.Added inverse kinetics to calculate the forces necessary to move the player to a specific location.Wrote network boarder code and light-weight physics to keep players in sync and smooth on all boxes.Implemented an ultra-fast and stable cloth system using Verlet physics.Created shared game code libraries for multiple game titles.Wrote Maya exporters for objects, hierarchy, and animation.Wrote the math library (vectors, matrices, and quaternions), input system, file I/O classes, cameras, etc.

See description for Indie Built. This was one studio that changed owners from Microsoft to Take-Two Interactive.

Helped create Outwars, Rock, Critical Depth, Jet Moto PC, Twisted Metal II PC, and Twisted Metal PC.Worked with and directed other programmers and artists to ensure milestones were met.Wrote physics, IK, and collision detection and response routines for ground-based actors and vehicles.Created the math library, cameras, and weapons code.Wrote the framework for object persistence, property exposure in the game editor, runtime type information, and post-shipment end-user extensibility.Ported games to Windows using Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectSound, and red book (CD) audio.Championed and taught how to make code localizable.

Wrote numerous articles on networking and web development using Java, ActiveX, and other component technologies, published in PC Magazine and LAN Times and online at MSNBC (msnbc.com), LAN Times (lantimes.com), Parts (ltparts.com), and BugNet (bugnet.com).

Master’S Degree, Computer Science

Thesis: “Simulating Inverse Kinematics for Adaptable Walk Cycles Using Multidimensional Keyframe Animation” Simulated inverse kinematics.

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science

Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a four-year academic scholarship.