Michael Ross Email & Phone Number

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At Neon Raven LLC, I've blended visionary leadership with hands-on technical expertise to publish two innovative games, steering the company from inception to its current late-production stage:⇨ Sate: Masterminded the development of this 3D horror game, inspired by retro PSX graphics. Successfully achieved a 50% download conversion rate on itch.io and over 1,000% click-through rate on Steam, showcasing strong market appeal and user engagement!! :D⇨Fox: Driving the creation of a 2D adventure featuring professional artwork and a sophisticated character controller with 30 states, including wall riding and physics-based movements that emulate rollerblading, to deliver an engaging player experience. Currently crafting a dynamic trailer to spotlight the game's unique features.⇨Leadership: Orchestrating project management, overseeing a talented team of two 3D designers, a 2D artist, and a sound designer, ensuring our games not only resonate with players but also come alive with professional quality and immersive storytelling.⇨Technical Prowess: Personally developed comprehensive store pages and customer-facing interfaces, alongside the complete development of game mechanics and systems (excluding artwork).While Neon Raven is soaring to new heights with these exciting projects, we are actively seeking partnerships and opportunities to secure funding and foster growth. Open to exploring roles that can benefit from my extensive game development and project management expertise.

Remote

In an intense 5-month tenure at Caterpillar, I spearheaded the creation of a state-of-the-art ecommerce visual application and VR simulations in Unity, designed for complex heavy machinery operations. Accomplishments:⇨ Developed a web API and server system for asset bundles, revolutionizing deployment through on-demand asset downloads post-launch, enhancing updates, and scalability.⇨ Automated asset bundle integration with the web API, boosting productivity and smoothing the development process.⇨ Pioneered procedural hand animations, significantly reducing development time across diverse VR object interactions.⇨ Engineered a universal input system standardizing VR controller compatibility, greatly simplifying character control and providing a versatile solution.⇨ Designed a desktop project management interface that consolidated tools, optimizing work item tracking and data entry with multiple web API integrations.⇨ Automated a spectrum of development tasks using Perforce, from onboarding to source control, streamlining team operations.⇨ Enabled the Unity ecommerce application to dynamically handle over 23.8 million objects with load times measured in just seconds, establishing a new performance and user experience standard.These efforts not only demonstrated my technical expertise but also my commitment to delivering impactful projects swiftly, setting a precedent for rapid development at Caterpillar.

working on video games from Unity projects featuring physics controllers all the way to MMORPG's. Writing several systems to produce highly polished and finished game features. Self starting by generating sales through completion by working with non-technical clients. From interdisciplinary teamwork to writing game engines, down to maintaining mobile apps, I will do whatever it takes to provide high quality result and ensure satisfying clients will always be a top priority.

London, England, United Kingdom

Grumpy Crumpet is a UK-based game development company where I serve as a founder and technical director. I oversee the development of multiple projects and provide guidance to support the team. We have a released title on the steam marketplace and app on Android/iOS. Multiplayer and web service programming along with game design and gameplay programming.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Medical software engineer. Building, maintaining and deploying services to facilitate various medical imaging functions. Adhering to the DICOM standards.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Dallas, North Carolina, United States

Responsible for managing a team for researching antimicrobial resistant bacteria. The research was mapping local surface water's antimicrobial resistant genes. Presented research at ASM: Microbe and NCUR.

Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States

In this role, I dealt with scheduling employees, ordering merchandise, and managing money. I cultivated and maintained strong working relationships by delivering best-in-class client service. Along these, I held accountability for replenishing stock to maintain accurate inventory.Following are my ley achievements: ⇨ Acknowledged by senior management for attaining second place in ticket sales in district by up-selling company brand.⇨ Delivered staff with technical detail to properly maintain fish, including measuring parameters, correcting each parameter, establishing a culture of beneficial bacteria, and streamlining maintenance routines on all live animals.

Belmont, North Carolina, United States

During this employment period, I produced sales targets/goals by forecasting annual sales quotas. As well as, I managed 150+ accounts, provided technical service on computers and appliances, and repossessed merchandise on defaulted accounts and local marketing.Following are my key achievements: ⇨ Achieved 50 sales per week consistently to enhance organizational productivity and revenue growth.⇨Identified and resolved complex issues/problems to reduce disgruntled customers.