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Germantown, Maryland; West Lafayette, Indiana

Established Play by Electron Games, a company providing play-by-email gaming. Handled all aspects of company operations, including game development, customer service, turn processing, and technical support. Created all three Play by Electron Games' game offerings: Eldritch, Monsters!, and Iron Kings.Transitioned the company from play-by-email gaming to a.

Hunt Valley, Maryland

Led the IT team responsible for all company network and computer systems. Communicated corporate security and computer policies to staff. Evaluated and approved all company hardware and software purchases. Built corporate firewall, mail, and web servers using BSD UNIX.

Hunt Valley, Maryland

Worked as a developer on BreakAway's Entropy Based Warfare product. Assisted IT staff in maintaining company desktops, servers, and network. Manged BreakAway's office move. Helped plan technical, network, and facilities build out. Communicated move plan to staff.

Germantown, Maryland

Provided technical services to home and business customers, including web and email management, network security, and Windows administration. Worked as a game designer and writer for interactive training products.

Washington DC

Worked as a developer on InfoTravel, an interactive travel guide for hotel cable-TV systems. Managed all mail and web services, firewall configuration, systems security, and user- and server-systems configuration and support. Directed pmpro's office move, including all technical, network, and logistical planning.

Bethesda, Maryland

Provided hands-on technical support for all in-house production systems and facilities. Built corporate intranet web site. Helped coordinate the company's office move.

Washington DC

Developed consumer and commercial titles for the CD-i platform. Consulted with sales and production staff on technical aspects of new title proposals. Built and documented portions of an in-house run-time library and authoring tool-set.

Washington DC

Developed consumer and commercial titles for the CD-i platform, including three launch titles. Advised designers, artists, and producers on technical constraints and requirements. Mentored a junior title engineer.

Washington DC

Ported two CD-i disc-building tools, CDB and MRDB from UNIX to Windows.

Silver Spring, Maryland

Developed virtual locales, scenarios, and plots for AUSI's Dragon's Gate product. Wrote an informal user's guide for AUSI's game masters.

Bethesda, Maryland

Worked on multiple projects designed to bring computer-based training and document services to US Navy vessels. Developed a prototype PC-based interactive manual system for use in US Navy field tests. Created a graphics library for the IBM EGA display.

Silver Spring, Maryland

Created Metro, a shareware, public-transit simulation for the Amiga personal computer. Worked with a partner to design and implement all aspects of the game.