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 individual growth and performance of my direct reports and work with them to ensure they are given the opportunities necessary for them to grow and contribute to the company and projects.Additionally, I lead department efforts related to creation and maintenance of internal engineering documentation, best practices and procedures for new hire and project onboarding, training and operation of the engineering interview process, code review procedures, as well as contributing to general studio and project best practices and standards. I am a member of the studios culture team, and team captain for VCA Extra Life.

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• Help to maintain Hookbang's card collecting game Packrat• Developed multiple VR/AR prototypes and demos for wearable devices like the HTC Vive, Occulus Go, Microsoft Hololens and Magic Leap headset• In house research and development for mobile AR applications and client demos• Developed a backend server and managed databases for an unannounced client web project

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 pipeline utilized by developers and artists to prevent bloated downloads and provide the best possible experiences. Helped to mentor newer engineers and onboard them with our development best practices and standards. Assisted in development of the backend server features.

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 on all aspects of gameplay programming including engine programming, technical art, front end programming, 3rd party tool and system integration, and tool creation. Helped to create Unity art pipeline and related best practices.Accomplishments:• 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.• Developed a Unity art pipeline and related best practices guide.

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