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Culver City, California, US

Culver City, California, US

Lead the Character Design team that focused on the combat design, implementation, and balance of characters in combat.Managed the Combat Engineers workload for tasks and features.Leading cross-discipline collaboration with other departments, such as Engineering, Concept Art, VFX, and Animation.Responsible for the direction of the visual design and combat.

Century City, CA, US

Responsible for the quality of new characters in all aspects; combat balance, animations, and VFX.Led character reviews with all departments to ensure we were hitting our high quality bar.Worked closely with Engineers to innovate new robust systems for our combat engine that could be expanded upon for new characters.Mentored Junior Designers to help them.

Irvine, CA, US

Pillars of Eternity 2Designed and implemented new items, creatures, and character abilities by working closely with Animation, VFX, and Audio departments. Crafted comprehensive designs on various new combat systems and worked with multiple departments during the implementation process.Worked closely with the Programming department to completely refactor.

Irvine, CA, US

Led an internal and external team of QA testers during the development of Pillars of Eternity.Built, maintained, and executed test plans throughout the production of the title resulting in a smoother end-user experience.Reviewed bug reports on risks and defects.Tracked bug trends to track potential risks and communicated with developers to help resolve.

Leadership experience managing QA testers for Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA). Mentored testers on various projects. Created test plans and developed solutions by collaborating with cross-functional teams. Tested video games on multiple platforms. Submitted bug reports to identify risks and defects.Proofread testers reports for development.