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BollyX and dance instructor for the Embarcadero YMCA Gym.

Voluntarily left Toys for Bob to determine new career goals and passions. Currently growing creative and leadership skills by studying dance at Academy of Ballet, teaching at the YMCA, and performing at Bay Area venues.

Shipped titles:Skylanders: Trap Team (2014)Skylanders: Giants (2012)Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (2011)Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (2006)Madagascar (2005)Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (2003)- One of Forbes Magazine's 2013 "Top 30 Under 30" for Skylanders.- Skylanders generated $3 billion in sales, and is one of the top 20 highest-selling video game franchises of all time.- Established and directed the 5-person gameplay engineering team, including hiring of all team members and defining our roles. The team was responsible for collaborating with content-creators across the studio to prototype, oversee, and implement core systems.- Fulfilled roles of both Lead Gameplay Engineer and Lead Designer, overseeing design and final implementation of game systems controlling UI, cameras, audio, physics, player controls, first-party technical requirements, animation, cutscenes, and more.- Designed and implemented the Portal of Power peripheral's in-game interactions for the Skylanders series.- Established and advocated best practices for fostering a team environment amongst the creative teams and studio heads.- Increased productivity in all teams by engaging employees proactively, creating valued contributors and ensuring they each knew their value to the project and team.- Primary trainer and educator for Toys for Bob's proprietary toolset. Responsible for writing and maintaining documentation and tutorials, educating new internal hires, guiding content-creators, and training various external studio staffs to assist in development efforts.- Consultant and director for several off-site teams developing ports of our games, including WiiU versions of all the Skylanders games and Xbox One, PS4, and tablet versions of Skylanders: Trap Team.