John Everson Email & Phone Number

Novato, California, US

Engineering Manager and Lead Engineer on the NBA2K project. I oversee the VCA engineers embedded on different feature teams for both retail and live ops, as well as negotiate and communicated with relevant stakeholders and other department heads/leads to ensure smooth development and on time deliveries. As an engineering manager, I am responsible for the.

Austin, TX, US

• Working on exciting new AR and VR experiences!
• Lead Engineer for the NBA 2K21 Gen4 Hookbang team
• Lead Engineer for the Friends anniversary mobile app
• Was part of a Google ATAP project to develop shared space multiplayer AR games, resulting in the release of Nightenfell
• Created Hookbang's "Assisted Reality" demo
• Worked on internal development demos, prototypes, and smaller projects for Hookbang and our partners, including projects for Dell Alienware, Cubic, and Netspend

San Francisco, California, US

Handled development of the Black Diamond Casino and Vegas Diamond Casino mobile apps, as well as the Black Diamond Casino web app for Facebook. Responsible for Facebook integration with the app. Handled tracking errors across live clients to detect and identify issues in the live environment so that they could be resolved. Maintained and optimized an asset.

New York, NY, US

• Assist in programming and creating the latest interactive games and products with Arkadium. Helped to transition between Flash and Unity technologies. Created game and applications in both Unity and Adobe Air. Worked.
• Quickly learned and adapted to new technologies, earning a promotion within the first year of employment.
• Released Twisty Hollow across iOS, Android, and Kindle devices, earning featuring on all three platforms.
• Assisted the company in transitioning into using Adobe Air and Unity technologies to develop games and products.
• Developed special tools and extensions to allow non-programmers to work more efficiently and effectively in Unity.
• Held several sessions within the company to teach non-programmers basic programming and Unity development skills.

New York, NY, US

Created several smaller game prototypes to determine which new game ideas were most viable for production. Leveraged different technologies and platforms to get the best and most accurate results from testing. Created two prototypes that went on to break R&D metric records and were put into full production.

Campbell, CA, US

Managed a team of instructors at a tech camp. Taught students how to use the Unreal Development Kit to make games and learn new technical skills. Managed student medications and health issues. Was responsible for campers 24/7 during there stay at camp. Assisted the camp director with running the camp during its full duration