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Assisting teams developing mixed reality applications, game prototypes, and full-scale games. Designing and developing original video & board games from initial conception/prototyping through funding through release.

Instructed students in SGD 112 (Introduction to Game Design), SGD 113 (Introduction to Game Programming), and SGD 213 (Advanced Game Programming). Lectured, graded assignments/projects, and assisted students with questions/debugging problems.

Instructed students for the Code Immersion boot-camp style courses, taking students with little software development experience and exposing them to full-stack web development using a combination of HTML, CSS, Ruby, Rails, database management, and JavaScript. Assisted students with troubleshooting and development, and provided them with guidance and mentorship toward expanding their careers.

Developed and maintained the build machine for several client projects. Implemented new front-end features for mobile games, and supported development from pre-alpha through softlaunch and release.

Responsible for all client-side development from preproduction through maintenance for a number of cross-platform mobile games. Worked closely with the engineering, design, and art leads to facilitate meeting product goals. Developed core technologies from the ground up related to gameplay, rendering, server communications, and user interfaces. Assisted with customer support requiring engineering solutions. Spearheaded the migration from internal technology to the Unity game engine.

Developed cross-platform casual games primarily for iPhone and iPad devices. Assisted with porting internal technology to emerging mobile platforms. Worked directly with publishers to resolve issues and prepare games for large-scale release.

Worked with the Gamebryo game engine and tool set. Supported and added features toMax, Maya, and XSI exporters. Added features to game creation tool chain and madeframework/engine changes to support new features. Worked with Xbox 360, PS3, andWii.

Instructed freshman students in lab sessions for Introduction to Data Structures (CS 111) and handled the class project for Introduction to Operating Systems (CS450). Lectured, graded assignments/projects, and assisted students with questions/debugging problems.

Researched and developed software for the visualization and manipulation of large sets ofpoint cloud data. Researched 3D scene distribution among a cluster.

Implemented visual effects features on both the tool and game sides. Added features tothe asset editor. Worked with both Xbox 360 and PS3 games.

Debugged and maintained various J2ME games. Ported games across several cell-phone configurations and ported games to other languages.