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Charlotte, NC, US

Developing unforgettable RPGs. Responsible for game design, planning, simulations, and balancing.

Charlotte Metro

I lead Game Ventures, a unique marketplace for crowdfunded video game challenge contests. I handle product design, company administration, marketing decisions, company policies, and general site operation.

Charlotte Metro

FramePerfect Solutions LLC is a consultancy which aims to support and promote speedrunning and emergent gameplay through education, technical services, and unique products. I lead this company and develop new technical innovations, literature, presentations, and other consulting services related to video game gameplay optimization.

Arlington, VA

Technical consulting services in support of Games Done Quick's charity fundraising missions. Contribute to design, product testing, and troubleshooting the event video production flow. Provide live support for event operations, planning, and other decision-making.

Lexington, MA

• Designed and developed a novel technique for counterfeit microelectronics detection. Principal Investigator for a team to build prototypes and evaluate the technique on microcontrollers and FPGAs. Currently leading the.
• Designed, developed, and evaluated multiple novel side channel analysis mitigation techniques for FPGA designs
• Designed and developed side channel analysis demonstration platform and GUI in MATLAB
• Explored and characterized threat of electromagnetic side channel analysis on FPGA designs
• Assessed cybersecurity concerns for Lab-wide program of record and contributed to timely program execution
• Evaluated novel architecture to support hardware-enforced compartmentalization for software security

• Pursued an advanced degree in computer and information security for the United States government
• Performed side channel analysis evaluations of both known and novel mitigation techniques
• Developed several high-performance implementations of the Advanced Encryption Standard cryptographic algorithm using a modular approach to test different architectures
• Gained experience in Cyber Attack, Cyber Defense, and Reverse Engineering through projects and study of state-of-the-art approaches
• Explored technical and legal challenges facing cybersecurity implementation and practice

-Worked as a contractor on a short-term but tight-deadlined software project-Designed and implemented an interactive product training simulation creation tool-Developed two separate interactive product training simulations using this tool

In charge of ensuring stability of the lab system, functionality of individual computers, and making sure all required software is installed and up to date.I also take evening time slots to help students with programming problems and questions, in addition to grading coursework as necessary.

Commissioned to work on various aspects of Optical Skin Detection-Worked with and/or modified various hardware to check for feasability of use with the project-Analyzed real-time video for common skin characteristics through MATLAB-Set up data collection systems and helped to analyze experimental data and results

Java unit testing, MySQL database query creation, continuous build and integration testing, site problem solving.

Organized and managed professional gaming competitions, handled tournament brackets, performed live commentary.

Ms, Cyber Operations, Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dual DegreeThesis: Effects of Architecture on Information Leakage of a Hardware Advanced Encryption Standard.

Bscpe, Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Upsilon Pi Epsilon ('09-'10 Chapter President), ACM ('08-'10 Chapter Treasurer), IEEE (Member), ONU Multisport.