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Duvall, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Redmond, Wa, Us

After a few months at the studio I was offered the role of leading the campaign world design. I was absolutely honored and accepted.In this new role I was responsible for: - Collaboration with studio and project leadership to develop and document all aspects of the campaign. - Game structure and beats. - Game play mechanics and systems. - Missions experience and pacing. - Process and pipelines. - Prototyping. - Iteration.Following the release of the campaign, I have been tapped as the design and creative lead for the delivery of campaign co-op and mission replay.

Redmond, Wa, Us

I joined 343 Industries as Lead Systems Designer to lead a team in the development of systems to support Halo Infinite's goal to deliver on the open world experience promised by the first game.I was responsible for:- Collaboration with project leadership to design game mechanics and systems for this new paradigm.- Lead a team of multiple disciplines in the prototyping of mechanics and systems.

Frisco, Texas, Us

I was brought into Gearbox Software to take the reins of Aliens: Colonial Marines for its final four months of development, but it turned out there was too much to be done for that timeline, so over the course of a number of extensions we able to complete the title.I was responsible for:- Overall coordination and direction across four studios.- Editing together a cohesive game structure from existing content.- Refinement of game play mechanics and systems.- Co-writing the story and directing the VO sessions.- I wrote and developed with a small team the Campaign DLC "Stasis Interrupted".Following ACM I was pulled onto another project mid development; Battleborn. I was asked to redirect what was shaping up to be a MOBA in first person...into a First Person shooter with MOBA influenced mechanics instead.I was responsible for:- Working with the team and studio leadership to redirect the game's focus and mechanics to be FPS first.- Designing and documenting new mechanics to support what was essentially a new game type.- Working with the team to refine existing content pipelines to support the pace of delivery required.- Developing narrative structures to support the game.Following Battleborn, I joined the team that was going to be be developing Borderlands 3. Not only were we tackling the newest release in a beloved franchise, but would be developing it from scratch in Unreal 4.I worked on that team in Mission Design helping to develop the tools and pipelines required to re-create the "magic" of Borderlands in this new engine.Mid-development on Borderlands 3, I was asked to take up the reins in a Creative Director role with a small team to develop concepts for a fantasy themed franchise leveraging the Borderlands systems and mechanics. I worked with a small team collaborating with studio leadership to develop and document this new franchise until leaving to join 343 Industries.

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I was brought to Id Software to build a team to create the next game in the DOOM franchise. Our Creative Director had a vision of a gritty Hell on Earth game in which humanity fights for its very survival against the forces of evil unleashed upon cities across the planet.I was responsible for:- Recruiting and assembling a fresh team.- Collaborating with creative disciplines on vision.- Designing and documenting that vision and the systems required to deliver it.- Leading a team to the execution of that vision.The direction for this game was eventually changed to one more aimed at its roots in the amazing 2016 release. However, two notable systems that survived from our Hell on Earth game that I am particularly proud of are the visceral synced melee system you saw in the 2016 release, and the player cover system that shipped in the 2014 Wolfenstein: The New World Order.

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Following F.E.A.R. I was asked to lead a team in the development of a console-only sequel, "Project Origin". This title would be developed simultaneously to a separate PC sequel. The console was meant to be a side story to the coming main line PC release. This meant that there were a lot of plot points core to the lore that were off limits. Eventually the PC release was cancelled and a number of those ideas were folded back into "Project Origin" which was now officially F.E.A.R. 2.For this title I was responsible for collaboration with studio leadership on the overall story and structure that would work with the PC sequel.I lead a team in the development and documentation of new game play experiences and the systems required to deliver them.When the PC title was cancelled, it was late in development. We worked with studio leadership to integrate the best elements from that title into our framework without completely rebooting the title.It was a challenging development cycle, but our team did a great job in pulling everything together to deliver a strong sequel.

Kirkland, Wa, Us

I worked as the Lead Level Designer on: - No One Lives Forever - No One Lives Forever 2 - Contract J.A.C.K. - F.E.A.R.While working on these titles I was responsible for:- Working with the Creative Director and other discipline leads to solidify and document game vision.- Team collaboration to develop and document systems and structures to deliver those visions. - Mission/Level designs focused on: - Narrative/visual story telling. - Combat progression. - Overall pacing. - Combat AI and the supporting world markup. - Gameplay systems. - Pioneered "prefab" systems before that was an industry standard.- Personally designing and executing a large portion of the Missions/Levels in each of these titles.In addition to the above, I was responsible for driving our game play systems as well as the tools and technology required to implement them. I served on the leadership team responsible for developing and maintaining our "five year plan" studio roadmap.During the wrap up of Contract J.A.C.K. and the pre-production on FEAR I was pulled onto the TRON 2.0 project in a Project Lead capacity to help the team focus their efforts, streamline their aspirations, and deliver the game.

Kirkland, Wa, Us

I joined Monolith in July of 1999 as a Level Designer hired for AVP2, but since there was still a lot of preliminary work to be done on the design and setup for that game, I was sent over to the NOLF team to learn the engine and the editor. I worked my butt off and when it came time to rejoin the AVP2 team, the NOLF team were unwilling to give me up and I was made the Lead Level Designer of the single player campaign.

High Level game design, documentation, mission construction, game play scripting and art creation.