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New Haven, Connecticut, Us

Built the Games/XR Division from scratch. Since inception we have worked on a wide variety of XR and gaming projects for known brands and companies such as the US Navy, McGraw Hill, Mattel, Nickelodeon, Paranormal Activity, Palantir, the Smithsonian, and many start-ups. One of our areas of growth has been EdTech and technology for change. Through strategic partnerships with small businesses and universities such as Yale and the University of Houston, we have helped submit and win grants from ED/IES, DoD, NIH, and NSF.Learn more in the capabilities deck.

New Haven, Connecticut, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Taqtile, a Microsoft Hololens launch partner & a Magic Leap grant winner, has built a multitude of AR/VR applications as well as two licensable AR platforms for international brands.- Oversaw all AR/VR projects for Hololens, Mixed Reality, Magic Leap, and ARKit.- Client-facing technical role for clients including the PGA, thyssenkrupp, AT&T, Real Madrid, Cleveland Cavaliers, Ernst & Young, US Air Force, Chevron, and Raytheon.- Transitioned HoloMaps into a licensed platform that has customers in three continents. - Studied garment industry in Shanghai & built an AR clothing app to reduce design costs. - Developed key features for our Manifest platform such as remote assist, notations, and the port to Magic Leap.- Ensured our engineering team built modular/re-usable code in a central code library that was used across multiple projects.

Work From Anywhere, Remote, Oo

I completed a couple small contracts including a serious game for Harvard University's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. This game's goal was to encourage players to help train ML agents by identifying cancerous versus non-cancerous cells. I also was contracted by TopTal to write their Unity hiring guide as I was one of the earlier Unity developers on their platform.

Tucson, Arizona, Us

Founded by former Sony Online Entertainment executives, Kihon released four games over multiple platforms ranging from freemium to premium; casual to core; single player to multiplayer. - Raised over $2 million in funding, led by Rick Thompson of Signia Ventures.- Split time between client engineering duties and managing the studio’s production pipeline, financials, business development deals, marketing plans, human resources, community, etc.- Coordinated Apple outreach to help secure a top feature for Dojo Danger. [Cocos2d]- Planned Marketing strategy that landed SketchPhrase in the Top 10 iOS free game charts.- Secured deal with musical mastermind, Parry Gripp which lead to ‘Baby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig)’ achieving over 1.7M downloads. [Cocos2d]- Created cross platform ‘Conquest: Heroes of Galandria’ for Steam, iOS, & WP8. [Unity3D]- Monitored analytics for key performance indicators (LTV, Daily Retention, ARPU, CPI, etc.)

San Diego, Ca, Us

Client Developer for Tucson Studio's Wildlife Refuge, a Flash Facebook Game named Top 10 in 2010 by Inside Social Games.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

- Lead and coordinate a team of junior developers and multiple international freelancers- Oversee the technical aspects of interactive projects from concept to completion. This includes recommending solutions, estimating production time, and ensuring deadlines are met.- Adhere to OOP best practices. Strive for a balance between clean code and quick turnaround- Experience integrating sites with dynamic data using XML or database calls via .NET or PHP- Developed core AS3 library to streamline production- Designed custom game engines using common optimization techniques such as ‘blitting’- Collaborate closely with Art Director to discover optimal mix of art and code- Mentor team members on technical architecture, coding practices, and debugging skills

Indianapolis, In, Us

- Instruct “Online Portfolio” at the sophomore level for the New Media Department - Designed the curriculum to help students prepare themselves for finding jobs after college

Worked individually and on teams on a variety of projects ranging from simple static websites, to corporate videos, to complex Flash experiences.

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- Developed Flash data visualizations and tested simulations to fulfill multi-million dollar contracts- Collaborated with teams across multiple disciplines to meet hard deadlines for simulations used in live war zones such as Afghanistan- Programmed Java Servlets to link visualizations to the database as well as the backend services- Configured Apache Tomcat for testing and deployment

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