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Specialties: Technical Leadership, Code Architecture and Design, Client Programming, C/C++/C#, Unity3D, Javascript, NodeJS, Groovy (Jenkins build pipeline), Fastlane, Lua, Havok, Unreal Engine, some React, some Java, a little Python and ErlangExperience:* Completed a Masters in Computer Science at age 22* Five months of gameplay and animation programming experience in Unreal 3 for an unannounced title* Experience in iPhone development (started 03/2009)* Gameplay programmer on Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter for Wii during the last four months of development* Gameplay / Character Control programmer on Disney's Tangled for the Wii* Kinect Pose Matching Algorithm Programmer for unreleased Dance game on Xbox 360* Gameplay / Backend programmer on The Mummy Online, a Unity3D MMOG* Gameplay / Systems programmer on Gunpowder for Windows 8 and later iOS and Steam. Also some level design.* Gameplay / Systems programmer on Dead on Delivery for Android/iOS phones and tablets* Gameplay / Systems programmer on Throne Together for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8* Gameplay / Systems programmer on Jackpot Gems for Android/iOS phones and tablets* Gameplay / AI programmer on Heist City Heat for iOS* Full-stack Engineer on Spirit Lords (Diablo/P&D game) for Android/iOS phones and tablets* Full-stack Engineer on Star Wars: Uprising for Android/iOS phones and tablets* Full-stack Engineer on several unreleased prototypes, culminating in an narrative prototype picked up by Fox* Technical Director on Storyscape, a narrative choose-your-own adventure game for Android/iOS phones and tabletsGoals:1. Be in the credits of a game *DONE*2. Read a forum post about how a game I was a part of is awesome *DONE*3. Meet a person in real life who thought a game I worked on was awesome *DONE*4. 2 or 3 again, except they tell me how a feature I specifically worked impressed them *DONE*5. Make a game that over a million people played *DONE* (twice!)6. See if an engineering management role is interesting to me (apparently yes!) *DONE*7. Manage a team to a released title *DONE*8. Grow my network and work with industry vets and stars *ONGOING*9. Work with a developer whose title(s) I had played before being introduced to them *ONGOING*10. Release a title that over 2 million people played11. Get referenced in a press article or video about a title I helped release

Listed skills include Gameplay Programming, C, C++, C#, and 22 others.

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  Washington University In St. Louis

  Computer Science