Dan Haffner Email & Phone Number

Redmond, WA, US

I'm leading a team in developing a web-based product that creates promotional videos for video games. We currently utilize input from both the Steam platform and custom gameplay videos provided by our users, processing it with a combination of custom-designed media and AI tools to achieve higher quality results than would be possible with either approach.

Bellevue, WA

- Designed a scalable system for cataloguing performance data for Destiny and Destiny 2. It comprises a website, standalone tools, and maintenance services. To build this I worked with clients in engineering, art, and test to ensure their needs were met. This system saves the test team hours per day by automatically categorizing the data, and saves.

I started Highbrow Games in 2009 and shipped ten products for Xbox 360, Windows Phone, and Windows 8. The latest is a complex audio-based game named Project Rap, which allows players to build sentences in real-time, compete in rap battles, and create funny rap songs. While the theme of my business may be sophomoric, I take pride in creating products that.

Managed and participated in the development of automated accuracy/performance test suites for Xbox 360's Software Development Kit (XDK). Areas included graphics, audio, networking, and input (Kinect) hardware and software. This position required technical leadership around the creation and quality of test frameworks, strong and decisive management.

Redmond, WA

- Owned tests for DirectSound, DirectMusic, XACT, and support tools for Xbox and Windows (C++)- Created standard test framework and APIs for automated logging to SQL database- Created website to view the aforementioned test results- Remotely debugged test failures using the kernel debugger

San Rafael, California

[Unnamed project]: Worked on the audio engine, recorded dialog and added it to the product, and worked on a tool that allowed animators to synchronize frames of animation with audio.