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Needham, MA, US

San Francisco, California, US

Primary game systems designer for a first-of-its-kind genre mashup. Concepted, designed, and implemented a mobile free-to-play economy from first principles, scaffolding a unique match3-platformer core loop with midcore-inspired progression and metasystem.Identified growth opportunities via user feedback and SQL analytics, achieving significant KPI lift.

Dublin, Dublin 2, IE

Part of the Economy Design team for Star Trek: Fleet Command, a top-grossing mobile 4X strategy game.Design owner for the cross-server PvP feature 'Infinite Incursions'; built stakeholder consensus and collaborated across teams to deliver within scope and technical constraints.Took over monthly inflation of in-app purchases; built tools to expedite process.

Needham, Massachusetts, US

Part of the Live Operations and Economy Design teams for Game of Thrones: Conquest, a top-grossing mobile 4X strategy game.Cultivated deep knowledge of GoT franchise, consulted on feature theming, established consistent lexical style, and wrote copy for hundreds of live events.Designed monthly rotation of fair and exciting live events to engage and retain.

Needham, Massachusetts, US

Projects: Game of Thrones: Conquest, Batman: Arkham Underworld, Dungeons and Dragons OnlineWrote and executed test plans and oversaw external testers to ensure game quality and stability.Redefined internal quality metrics and built bespoke tools to aggregate and report them weekly.Expanded QA’s role in fixing minor text bugs, then leveraged knowledge of.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Part of the Live Events team for Marvel Puzzle Quest, a free-to-play mobile match-three game. Designed a collectible character and 120 unique encounters, rebalanced reward distribution in PVP, and ran more than 50 competitive events.

Needham, Massachusetts, US

QA Tester for Dungeons and Dragons Online, a free-to-play MMORPG. Responsible for testing newly implemented game systems. Recognized by supervisors for quick learning and adaptation to the position.Gained experience in TestTrackPro (TTP) bug tracking database, Hansoft Agile development software, and manual software testing.

Providence, Rhode Island, US

A/V Technical Assistant for the Brown University English Dept. Provided technical support for department lectures and special events, including sound, lighting, and data projection.

Filled in for full-time Museum Guard. Opened and closed the museum and ensured the safety of visitors and objects.

Photographed and researched the museum's Cameroonian collections in preparation for upcoming exhibits. Cleaned ceramics during remodeling of the ceramic storage facilities.

Oversaw the museum's CultureLab Open Hours, during which the museum's satellite collections are made available to students and faculty. Received training in object handling; assisted visitors with object handling and research.

Student Group President (09/2012-05/2014), Head of Programs Committee (09/2011-05/2012), and Head of Exhibits Committee (09/2010-05/2011).Curated major exhibits, including Images of Power: Rulership in the Grasslands of Cameroon, Shoes Have Soul, and exhibits on Japanese Children's Day and Día de los Muertos. Created touch-screen interactive portal to.

Providence, Rhode Island, US

Identified and resolved discrepancies in seven years of incoming/outgoing log books. Prepared images and formatted data for the museum website, created records for new acquisitions, and entered data into the MuseumPlus database. Assisted with object movement, inspection, cleaning, and storage.

Rosemont, IL, US

Prepared made-to-order sandwiches and pizzas, maintained the Hot Foods workstation, and provided customer service.

Providence, Rhode Island, US

Site XBM-047, Igliqtiqsiugvigruaq, a.k.a "The Big Site" on the Kobuk River in NW Alaska (Prof. Douglas Anderson, Brown University). Assisted with excavation of two semi-subterranean house pits during two-month archaeological expedition. Subsequent work on campus included data entry, cataloging, and specimen numbering.

Created and filed tax-related documents, updated client and employee records, assisted with payroll, customer service, and general word processing.

Bachelor'S Degree, Classical, Ancient Mediterranean And Near Eastern Studies And Archaeology

Courses In Computer Science & Game Development