J Lu Email and Phone Number
I love learning new things while meeting others who are motivated and enjoy solving problems while keeping a humble and humorous attitude. I have no problem tackling problems that might be out of my reach, I can climb to reach them and I live for that improvement. My motto is see one, do one, teach one.I work with Faculty at Central Piedmont Community College to design and develop better online courses and material as an Instructional Developer II; as well as teaching part time in the Simulation and Game Development Program. Among teaching a variety of game development courses (Character development, Animation 2D/3D, Production Management, Machinima, Graphic Design Tools, Design, Introduction), I also help support the community side of things in the program. This includes extra-curricular activities like game-jams or "dev blitzes" where students pair up and are given 24/48 hours to develop a game from scratch using the skills they learned from the semester and previous classes. It helps give students real world experience, apply their skills in problem solving, teamwork, communication, and hard/soft skills. I also help with SGD's Program Orientation where new students are introduced to our program, structure of classes, our industry, and observe student work & meet local game developers who like to give lectures/workshops. Outside of school related events, I freelance and develop games and simulations for local companies, train businesses in Adobe After Effects/Photoshop/Premiere Pro, and talk to local high schools, middle schools, and younger children about game development and the game industry. It is extremely rewarding to talk to children and young adults about what they love to do or what they might enjoy doing for a career.At home it is my wife and I, and our 5 furry children (3 dogs and 2 cats). When we aren't busy in the mountains, we will usually be working on our own games in that thing called spare time, usually learning something new along the way. I also love building and maintaining computers (and our own Render Farm/Private Cloud Storage Server)!
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Xr Developer / Project ManagerLinktovr Feb 2022 - Present-Oversee and procure project resource assignments and teams to ensure project success- Ensure SOW’s Workback Plans, and deliverables are clearly documented, tracked, and communicated.- Act as a key point of contact with customers & fellow team members for any project issues and escalations.- Conceptualizing, storyboarding, and developing XR Projects for discerning clients.- Establishing strategy and developing pipelines.- Planning and implementing the gamification of different XR experiences.- Transforming design ideas into functional games.- Designing and building game codes.- Identifying and fixing code errors and project bottlenecks- Testing game functionality and theme dynamics.- Ensuring products conform to or exceed industry standards- Designing and building game patches and upgrades.- Going above and beyond to ensure the success of the team.- Providing a positive, team-centric attitude to each assignment
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Freelance Game DeveloperN/A Aug 2011 - PresentDuring my spare time, I love working on my hard and soft skills developing games that I am passionate about. I push my hard skills by trying new things, developing and designing new layouts, features, and integration. I also love to work with others who help make sure we communicate, create, and iterate with the best of them. No matter what the problem is, we will find a solution together.
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InstructorCentral Piedmont Community College May 2011 - PresentCharlotte, North Carolina, UsInstruct students in simulations, game design, game development, animation, character development, industry trends/tools/history, project management.Host Orientation, SGD Awards Ceremony, Developer's Blitz, and other extra curricular activities for students. -
Instructional DesignerCentral Piedmont Community College Aug 2019 - Feb 2022Charlotte, North Carolina, UsSupport my students by working with faculty to design, update, and develop online courses and course content to create the best environment for learning and success.
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Instructional Lab FacilitatorCentral Piedmont Community College Jul 2015 - Feb 2017Charlotte, North Carolina, UsCharacteristic Duties and Responsibilities:1. Monitors laboratory activities; enforces rules and regulations and ensures safe environment.2. Monitors students in laboratory classes; assists students with laboratory class-related problems, tutors students,reviews student lab work, monitors student progress, proctors tests; and will assist in assigning grades under thesupervision of the instructor of record.3. Prepares facility for classes and ensures that work areas are clean and neat; ensures that equipment, materials, andhandouts are laid out for classes.4. Assists in maintaining laboratory equipment; performs simple maintenance, cleans and stores equipment when notin use, monitors condition, and notifies supervisor of any needed repairs.5. Monitors inventory of materials and supplies, initiates ordering process as needed.6. Researches and evaluates new equipment, and makes recommendations regarding purchase decisions.7. Maintains a library of materials which may include books, tapes, and magazines.8. Monitors activities of part-time student lab assistants; establishes schedules and assigns tasks.9. Maintains records of laboratory activities and student files including grades and attendance.
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Art DirectorIsdgames Feb 2017 - Aug 2019Manage the art pipeline that is used to develop the games/projects for our casino cabinets. Work with ISD Games to make sure the vision and overall visual aspects of the projects are created, processed, and implemented into the project. Determine how best to represent concepts visually. Coordinate the work of other artistic/design staff to meet our project's overall vision. Develop detailed budgets and timelines for any art elements of the projects. Present designs to owner for approval.Now even though I am an Art Director, that has not stopped me from using my skills at this company to help out by expanding my job roles to:Quality Assurance Testing, Network Administration, Hardware testing and Information Technology Services that include hardware and network troubleshooting, Shipping/Receiving/Packing, and even programming, game design, and code translation. Part of working with a small team is being able to multitask and wear many hats(Between ripping out the guts of a casino cabinet and building it back up piece by piece[testing it of course!], to helping create, implement, and test the software and product that I will eventually weigh, pack, and ship out and/or help install or maintain at a client site) Even though I am not a hat person, I excel at making sure I do everything and anything possible to make sure my team completes our mission.
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Chair Of Igda Charlotte ChapterInternational Game Developers Association (Igda) 2014 - Aug 2019San Francisco, Ca, UsResponsibilities include working with industry members to provide content and guidance to game development academia of updated trends in the industry. Working with students to help them set goals, help them understand their chapter and community's industry, networks, mentorship, and pathways to help foster community and industry growth. Anything that has to do with helping a student gain a foothold in working toward a job or growth in the community. -
Summer Camp InstructorSmart Educational Art2013 Jun 2013 - Aug 2019Developed and taught programs for 6-12 grade students during the summer to learn several game development and new media software tools. Game Maker, SketchUp, and other tools.
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Project Manager - Game Design (Cpcc Liaison) / Game Developer (Extended Contract)Ibm Oct 2014 - Jun 2015Armonk, New York, Ny, UsGathering a team of Simulation and Game Development students to design, develop, and export two projects funded by IBM's inner Enterprise Crowd-funding method. Project Management duties include scheduling, organizing, motivating the team of developers to work together to develop two games in tandem. This includes overseeing programming, art, design, audio, and platform development, while filling in at times when needed.The second phase of the project consisted of taking a team of seasoned developers (7 including myself) to take the student's projects and complete/finish the project from where they left off. My contribution included game design, scripting (C#) UI integration, gameplay integration, save feature integration, database integration, art/sound production[integrating assets into the pipeline], and level design. This phase lasted 1 month and by the end of the phase, each milestone was met and the games (Learnapalooza and Learning Is An Adventure) were delivered. -
Animation InternCharlotte Hornets Jun 2014 - Dec 2014Charlotte, Nc, UsSummer Internship with the animation department. Duties include working on animations and graphics for the video displays at the arena. Replay animations, scoreboard trivia, full 360 and scoreboard takeovers and crowd prompts. Working with the display controls in the arena and understanding the pipeline for animation development with the Charlotte Hornets. -
Game DeveloperIdeal Internet Inc. Jun 2013 - Feb 2014UsDesigned UI and game systems, developed and implemented animation, UI, game mechanics for several web based games at Speckd(Ideal Internet Inc.). -
Adobe After Effects Business TrainerCharlotte Chamber Of Commerce Mar 2013 - Apr 2013Charlotte, Nc, UsTraining employees in Adobe After Effects, navigation, User Interface elements, 2D graphic elements, export modules, Rendering tips, and specific color grading. -
Certified Medical AssistantMid Carolina Cardiology Jan 2010 - Apr 2010UsWorked with Doctors, Nurses, and other staff under the Doctor's scope while checking in patients, gathering vitals, charting medications, data management, assisting in procedures, administered EKGs, kept office clean and sterile. -
Certified Medical AssistantCapitol Ent May 2008 - Oct 2009Worked with Doctors, Nurses, and other staff under the Doctor's scope while checking in patients, gathering vitals, charting medications, data management, assisting in procedures, kept office clean and sterile.
J Lu Education Details
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Southern New Hampshire UniversityGame Design And Development - Supporting Technologies -
Central Piedmont Community CollegeSimulation And Game Development
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Wake Technical Community CollegeCertified Medical Assistant
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East Carolina UniversityPsychology
Frequently Asked Questions about J Lu
What company does J Lu work for?
J Lu works for Central Piedmont Community College
What is J Lu's role at the current company?
J Lu's current role is XR Developer / Project Manager at LinkToVR.
What schools did J Lu attend?
J Lu attended Southern New Hampshire University, Central Piedmont Community College, Wake Technical Community College, East Carolina University.
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