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-Developed a video game (Paperbound) from ideation to shipping on PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC using custom engine written from scratch on top of XNA game framework-Formed and managed a geographically-dispersed, multidisciplinary team to build and release Paperbound-Managed remote developer team porting Paperbound from XNA to Unity-Wrote 2D, polygonal collision detection and solver and convex decomposition tool-Created level editor from scratch-Secured platform partnerships with console platforms and obtained media coverage-Working as a contractor, optimized Saturnalia, improving their lighting and draw call performance and implementing screen-space reflections in a highly-stylized game-Fixed visual issues with object highlighting system-Used compute shaders to simulate planetary atmosphere and oceans in a game prototype

Bellevue, Wa, Us

-Built experimental gameplay features and corresponding rendering techniques in Source 2 engine-Implemented “Find Games to Play with Friends” feature in Steam-Fixed display scaling issues in Steam that involved inter-process communication-Learned React and contributed to Steam’s New Big Picture Mode and refreshed desktop U

San Francisco, Us

-Worked on Unity ArtEngine and other art creation tools-Researched and prototyped geometry generation tools using compute shaders with the goal of helping artists to reshape photogrammetry meshes for use in different scenes-Initiated and facilitated discussions with external AAA game artists to understand their needs and workflows in order to build tools for them-As part of a team, separated GUI and business logic code in order to create command-line interface for Unity ArtEngine for use in material photogrammetry pipeline-Educated developer and product teams on the practice of game art creation-Learned Google Cloud Platform and implemented cloud image processing service

Redmond, Washington, Us

-Worked on a team to develop a mixed reality AR/VR app (Microsoft Layout) for HoloLens and VR which allowed users to view assets in the context of their real-world space-Architected major systems such as MVC representation suitable for multi-user experience-Prototyped novel AR/VR interaction method for aligning digital and real-world versions of a room-Developed algorithm to solve for the intersections of user-specified walls to create complete rooms of arbitrary shape-Implemented conversion of 2D data imported from Visio format to our 3D room representation-Worked with other disciplines to understand product usage and customer needs-Implemented projector effect using dynamic depth texture-Spearheaded use of unit testing in Unity project

San Diego, Us

-Wrote stylized shaders for environment assets and post-processing-Optimized rendering performance by merging static meshes and and updating shaders to handle lightmapping and flipbook animations in merged meshes-Optimized shaders for PS4-Created character creation tool for an in-house tech artist to use, placing all the necessary sub-objects in a character rig-Re-wrote 3rd-person camera collision system to make a previously buggy system now work smoothly-Worked on weapon selection UI and shaders

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

-Contributed to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Transformers: Cybertron series, and The Bourne Conspiracy-Researched material blending techniques-Researched custom resolve anti-aliasing techniques-Invented novel “normal offset” shadow mapping technique (GDC poster) to nearly eliminate shadow mapping acne for vehicles-Built custom tools for in-house FX artist including complex parenting and override system, trail and beam rendering, particle polygon shape optimization, overdraw visualization, deferred particle rendering, particle lighting system, electric arc tech, and data packing and loading for console memory optimization-Assisted level designers in optimizing levels-Wrote PS3 SPU modules for particle simulation-Profiled and optimized shaders for console-Fixed numerous Unreal engine bugs, including tricky multithreading issues

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

-Developed new curriculum in real-time rendering using OpenGL, GLSL, and C++-Taught introductory and subsequent course on bringing students from no knowledge to being able to implement lighting, normal mapping, shadow mapping, and deferred rendering, leading to industry careers for students

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-Implemented shader variant management and LOD systems-Created tools, rendering techniques, and systems in collaboration with an FX artist-Implemented dynamic weather system, including simulation, rain rendering, and terrain shaders-Implemented grass foliage system and authoring tool

-Performed novel research on face detection using GPUs prior to the advent of compute shaders-Used shader assembly language to overcome limitations of shader compilers at the time-Ported tests for GPU hardware

Bs, Computer Science

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