Jakoby Etchells Email & Phone Number

Quality Assurance, Customer Support, Release Management, and creating new processes/guidelines for data management.

Redmond

• Experience working with Hololens.• Knowledge of running BVT and smoke tests on builds, and reports.• Experience using visual studios.• Testing on OS as well as games and apps for AR and VR.

Seattle, Wa

I write lyrics and perform vocals in the band Empyrean. We are currently creating new music, playing shows, and getting ready to record our debut EP.

Greater Seattle Area

• Experience using Apple and Android products, including both phone and tablets.• Worked on multiple game guides including their content, language, and functionality.• Participated in limited user research studies.• Obtained professional screenshots and videos for App stores.• Experience working on free and full games, paywalls, and purchasing.

Kirkland, Wa

•Experience doing BVT testing and reports.•Extensive AI testing including: animations, combat, movement, design, and behaviors.•Knowledge of environment testing including: bullet collision, play collision, navmesh, and more.•Familiarity with helping setup and run playtests.•Ability to work in the mindset of how other players will use the game in retail settings, and test in those environments.•Written and submitted reports with feedback, bugs, and other details when needed.•Assisted in completing test cases.•Used debug to check multiple scripted, cinematic, and vignette, events.•Experience using tools for perf testing.•Use of tracking tools to write and regress bugs. •Extensive use of the Xbox One and PC systems.

Bellevue, Washington

• Gained experience using tools to capture and analyze data output.• Extensive knowledge with using and reading telemetry data.• Experience gathering data across multiple platforms for comparison analysis.• Worked closely with engineers and designers to solve problematic, and time-consuming issues.• Ability to focus on and analyze data for critical issues.• Able to make plans to focus and sort out potential issues early.• Familiar with working on large studio wide projects and deadlines.• Experience writing and debugging hardware, tool, as well as software issues.• Strong multi-tasking abilities. Including cross console testing.• Knowledge and experience using tools including telemetry, GPAD, PIX, razor capture, and similar tools.• Extensive experience using the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 systems.• Knowledge of working with certification issues and processes.• Ability to quickly learn and use new tools. • Experience debugging crashes to gain useful information.• Flexible with hours and familiarity with strict deadlines upon request. • Knowledge and understanding of using tools to learn and to search for bugs.• Experience in looking for mismatched IDs, mismatched animations, and etcetera. Thorough knowledge of running verifications for armor, weapons, and other items.

Redmond Washington

• Used great attention to detail to accurately communicate bug data.• Analyzed games in a professional group setting.• Utilized technical skill set and intricate experience with software testing and recording bugs.• Developed both excellent verbal and written communication skills, combined with team leadership and people skills.• Ability to work independently, as well as in teams, adhering to strict deadliness.• Extensively trained in areas such as online capabilities, system communications, and both hardware and software functionality.• Strong familiarity and experience with multiple gaming platforms as well as Microsoft Offices and similar programs.• Excellent work ethic, consistently seeking ways to improve performance.• Strong familiarity with several game genres, their strategies and flow.• Willing and capable of quickly learning procedures and tasks required for any project at hand.• Constantly mindful of software security and confidentiality.• Experience working with localization to ensure grammar and context were consistent.• Pushed the boundaries of games to ensure every possibility of gameplay style was tested thoroughly.• Thorough knowledge and extensive experience reporting, tracking, and regressing bugs using Nintendo’s bug tracking system and similar software• Experience testing hardware and software across all Nintendo gaming platforms, such as WiiU, Nintendo 3DS, DSLite, DS, and Nintendo Wii• Experience leading small dedicated teams on projects, as well as being a valued member of teams for several Nintendo projects.• Familiarity with Windows-based software programs, including Microsoft Office• Experience with being a key member of a team to run completion of several projects