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• Supported multiple teams with design leadership, team management, mentoring, hands-on design, and hands-on scripting to multiple projects, both shipped and unannounced.
• Lone Echo / Echo Arena won Immersive Reality Game of the Year and Immersive Reality Technical Achievement from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences at the 2017 D.I.C.E. Awards.
• Lone Echo II won Immersive Reality Game of the Year and Immersive Reality Technical Achievement from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences at the 2021 D.I.C.E. Awards.

Irvine, California, US

Los Angeles, California, US

Design and prototype exotic gameplay, unusual character controls, interactive collectible objects, and camera systems. Script, build Blueprints, and write C++ code in Unreal 4 for What Remains of Edith Finch (PC, PS4). Specific focus on the stories of Barbara, Lewis, and Gregory, and the pickups for Milton and Odin.

Seattle, WA, US

Confidential projects

San Mateo, CA, US

• Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
• Added player stealth abilities & ingredients, led new AI design & investigation systems
• Gathered and analyzed tools usage metrics to optimize designer workflowsTomb Raider (2013, Xbox 360/PS3/PC, in-house CDC Engine)Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (2014, Xbox 360/Xbox One/PS3/PS4/PC)
• Designed core gameplay and systems for a blockbuster AAA franchise reboot from early concept to ship, reinventing the core pillars of the franchise
• Spun up, trained, and managed a new external team of designers and artists (Vancouver, BC) to deliver key features and stretch goals under intense deadline pressure
• Led three different cross-functional teams during development, each consisting of extremely talented programmers, designers, animators, and artists.

Hunt Valley, MD, US

• Bridged business development and product development defining the vision and pitching dozens of proposals, presentations, and concept documents for PC, handheld, and console games to Microsoft, Nintendo, Electronic.
• Built a strong design culture, mentoring designers and other staff in game design and leading workshops using the MDA Framework (a design approach I have been pioneering and teaching since 2001)Released Titles
• Command & Conquer III: Kane's Wrath (2008, PC/Xbox 360, SAGE engine)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (2006, PC, SAGE engine)
• A Force More Powerful (2006, PC, Gamebryo)Other Highlights
• Relic Hunters (PC, Gamebryo, 3rd Person Episodic Action/Adventure)

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Created and executed a games-driven strategy to expand the interactive multimedia division of a top shelf entertainment and experience design agency based in Los Angeles and New York
• Extended existing relationship with IBM into new media and generated repeat business. Designed, developed, and shipped a You Don’t Know Jack-inspired tool to train IBM’s global sales force in IBM’s routes-to-market.
• Negotiated contracts and budgets, closed new business, and developed profitable interactive projects for clients like Nike, Samsung, AOL, and Yahoo

• Developed a new strategy and coded prototype for an enterprise client/server real-time data visualization product suite (webHeatmaps), responding to financial market clients who wanted a browser-based product
• Built a second product development team from the ground up, supervising 10+ full-time developers, freelancers & outside vendors
• Doubled company revenue in two quarters, closing deals and managing relationships with new customers including Nasdaq.com
• Won 2001 Best of the Web mention in Forbes
• Repositioned NeoVision as the leader in “tactical visualization” to differentiate both product lines from larger software companies stealing mindshare with visually similar but fundamentally different products
• NeoVision was acquired by SS&C Technologies, a larger financial software consulting & services company

• Guided internal and external teams to change how preschool kids find games on SesameStreet.com, launching a new, character-centric UI/UX that allowed pre-literate preschoolers to find content more independently.
• Managed and completed conversion of legacy static content (145 simple web games, branching storybooks, and coloring pages) into a dynamic Content Management System.
• Hired and supervised external vendors to develop original content for Storybook Corner (richly-illustrated interactive stories for AOL) and Parents’ Activity Guide (extending curriculum-based online games into offline.

• Wrote, designed, and produced CD-ROMs, kiosks, and web projects at this boutique interactive ad agency
• Directed SAG/AFTRA talent in voiceover and video recording sessions
• Lead Designer of the MasterCard Brand Experience
• Location-based installation consisting of 5 touchscreen kiosks with embedded games and stories
• Coded one of the kiosks, managed conversion of assets from 5 individual kiosks into 1 CD-ROM
• Won a 1998 One Show Bronze Pencil for Interactive Design