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Morganton, Nc, Us

Morganton, Nc, Us

Princeton, Nj, Us

● Close collaboration with all Alliance members across contracts on behalf of New Platform Development Team.● Initiate, research and design new student facing interactions and assessment platform tools.● Communicate and manage design and development risks across contracts.● Provide pro-active solutions to client requests that are data driven and based on ETS best practices.Implement methods to improve efficiencies.

Princeton, Nj, Us

● Project lead for the Features, Tools and Accommodations team within the New Platform Development group● Next Generation assessment platform design, testing and prototyping.● UI/UX and technical design.● New product and platform prototype design and development.● New component design/development – (React/Redux/Node)● Legacy platform support, integration and content deployment.

Bespoke casual game development for Web, Social and Mobile.Online Community development, education and marketing through interactive games and activities.Viral marketing concepts and vehicles.Active in the non-profit space and the "Games For Change" movement of the "Serious Gaming" initiative.Have delivered titles for:MTV, VH1, Spike TV, Lifetime, History Channel, A&E, 4Kids, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, PBS kids, Adult Swim, BoatUS, Scholastic, Penguin Books

· Product and application architect for emerging technology medical training platform.· VR educational product design and development and deployment.· VR and AR product development, platform specification and prototyping.· Production and development pipeline specification and development of teams.· Cloud deployment and backend server API, database schema and reporting design.· Specify deliverables and vet third party development teams.· New product development, design and prototyping for emerging hardware and markets.

Princeton, Nj, Us

• Programming Team lead across several product lines.• Interface between Design, Programming, QA and client delivery• New product R&D, architecture, UX and product design consulting (VR, AR, MR, 3D, Mobile)• Javascript SPA application design and development for educational modules.

Stafford, Virgina, Us

Product manager and team lead for the gaming / modeling and simulations department. Design, develop and propose software training solutions for the Department of Defense and private sector clients.- Shape design, direction and development of overall product(s)- Supervise Art, Programming and Design Leads- Identify, define and shape new product areas and technologies - Identify and explore new markets and opportunities- Author technical whitepapers and proposal details

Stafford, Virgina, Us

Manage the design department division of IPKeys StudioResponsible for the overall gameplay vision of all products, convert client requirements into engaging gameplay and maintain products' educational goalsFacilitate communication and maintain common product goals by interfacing with Art and Programming departments.User Experience lead across all products, maintain end client usability, define User Interface requirements and be an active advocate for the end user.Maintain current knowledge of emerging delivery platforms (mobile trends, educational trends)

Stafford, Virgina, Us

Responsible for User Interface / User Experience design across all products.Responsible for content oversight, segmentation and design for educational efficacy.Help manage project budgets, estimates and delivery schedules.Serve as lead of mobile development.Provide support for all marketing outreach materials.

Stafford, Virgina, Us

Hired to help bring the Serious Gaming team into the world of Mobile Tablet-Based application development, I also lead UI/UX development, flows and content development/integration to maximize educational efficacy in applications across several platforms.I investigate and recommend the ever changing development and deployment technologies in the Android mobile space and develop, design and produce mobile-based training and game applications for both Department of Defense and the private sector.

New York, New York, Us

Lead Actionscript developer for agile and busy agency.Designed and developed interactive web-based games, tools, social API connected apps, multi-platform, interconnected marketing vehicles, micro-sites, mobile applications and mobile-friendly websites.Managed overflow outsourcing when needed, was involved in initial specification and quote development, as well as hands on coding across multiple deployment platforms.Heavy involvement with the changing Facebook social API, Android OS deployment and hybrid product development that spanned mobile, web and social platforms concurrently.Clients included: Scholastic Books, HP Printers and HP TouchPad teams

Williamsville, New York, Us

Co-founder, partner and technology lead of an interactive rich-media production company. I designed, pitched and developed an early CRM/Incentive management system for Ricoh and Lanier print companies. Ricoh e-Lead created a single content source portal and toolset for third party sales people to promote Ricoh approved promotions through customized, targeted, tracked, multimedia email templates. Participation was monitored and incentivised with internal sweepstakes, drawings and portal performance based rewards.I designed, developed and deployed dozens of titles and applications on Kiosk, DVD, CD-ROM and the Web for fortune 1000 companies in the Telecom, Pharmaceutical and publishing industries. I created and lead the production and programming departments, investigated and approved new technologies and developed production workflows.I helped transition the company from a presentation production company to an enterprise SaaS model in the corporate B2B space, and designed the application logic and created a 'game layer' interface to their flagship Employee Incentive Reward application.Clients included: Canon, AT&T, Ricoh, Bell Labs, Telcordia, Avaya.Technologies included: Adobe Director, Adobe Flash, ASP, .NET, MS SQL,

West Long Branch, Nj, Us

I was brought in to create and teach a Multimedia Design course for the BFA program.I created the curriculum from scratch, including all presentations and teaching materials and trained the existing teaching staff in Multimedia Design principals and best practices.

Created the interactive media production department for a graphics/slide presentation company. Oversaw all aspects of 'new media' development, planning, application development, hardware and software specification, budgeting and integration.