I'm actively serving as a Systems Architect in training and Product Owner for Enablers and Runway at Elsevier Shadow Health.Formerly served as Product Owner for the Mental Health and Gerontology products at Shadow Health. Responsible for talking to nursing faculty and students and stake holders and building a prioritized product backlog for the development team that delivers educational value and meets learning objectives. Prior to PO I served as Scrum Master to the product team - helping to maintain roadmaps, schedule sprints and milestones, facilitate standups and scrum of scrums, unblock team members and keep the lines of communication open between departments and across our various projects.Prior to SM I was a Unity programmer working on various tools and systems for our array of virtual patients.

- Worked closely with the Stone County Economic Development Partnership in Stone County, Mississippi to create an app that promoted the SCEDP, provided easy-to-access contact info, up-to-date Stone County information and event lists.- Created entire application from the ground-up featuring: HTML parser which grabs and re-displays info from the SCEDP website on a mobile-friendly 'WebView', iOS 'AddressBook' tie-ins to allow users to easily add SCEDP contact info, embedded Google calendar, XML style menu loading system, proper error handling and memory management.- App passed certification from Apple and is available via iTunes/App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scedp/id435402453

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_monkeyrobot (Unreal Development Kit) - Gameplay Programmer - Modified script execution in UDK to support two-player asymmetrical co-op mode allowing one player to assume an RTS role and the other player to assume a dual-stick shooter role- Created customized weapons and RTS controls within Unreal framework to support top-down retro-styled player control with a unique overhead camera class- Responsible for enemy and friendly AI behaviors including tailored “special-moves” on deployment and utilization of Unreal path node network

- Worked closely with design to implement various enemies utilizing script, engine, kismet and custom behavior tree systems- Created giant “Sentinel Statue” arena-based boss AI which included attached BreakableArchitecture pieces to conceal weak-points, animation tie-ins that granted the player advantage of newly exposed weak-points, ax attacks that destroyed buildings/architecture, a physically thrown shield attack, and knock-back foot stomp attacks upon player encroachment- Created flying “Gunbot” enemy that utilized Unreal's VolumePathNode system (3D nodes that expand when placed in a map until their collision touches architecture or world geometry) which connected to provide info for “safe” flying paths toward the player or cover- Responsible for creating/modifying various player interactions including: a powered jump and dash system, custom inventory managers, physics based powers (pull, throw, push, etc), FOV modifiers, weapon recoil, spread and alternate fires, etc.- Exposed UnrealKismet SequenceAction methods for scripters' use in accessing/modifying actor information (e.g., methods to detect when NPCs can/should talk to the player, events fired when powers were used by the player, post-processing chain modifiers)

MasterPlan (34 student Ogre3D project) - Gameplay & Tools Team - Introduced to the project mid-production with minimal ramp up time - Created various level/map tools (e.g. structs for easier copy/paste, multi-actor movement, asset lockdown tool, XML save/load tool)- Created final "boss" - flying, strafing, environmental-arena style, state-machine based AI Rapid Prototype Production - Programmed two-week game prototypes using Flash ActionScript and Torque Game Engine. - Collaborated with an artist and designer/producer on fully functioning "slice" style prototypes

Performed installations, maintenance, trouble-shooting and support for all Faculty / Staff computers and equipment.