Working as Lead Gameplay Engineer on Gorilla Tag.

Key responsibilities include:* Lead gameplay engineer on Among Us VR, a fully-featured standalone VR adaptation of the popular Among Us game. Worked on multiple platforms including PC/Steam, Quest 2/Pro, Playstation 5/PSVR2, and Pico on engineering and networking implementation of full gameplay systems for both initial launch and multiple post-launch content patches.* Technical director on Deep Time Detectives, a cooperative VR experience teaching the evolution of prehistoric whales made for Twin Cities Public Television and the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. * Technical director on Jedi Challenges: Dark Side Expansion creating 3 new lightsaber combatants. Engineer on Jedi Challenges responsible for developing and implementing AI using behavior trees for Lightsaber battles. * Technical Director on Happy Atoms (happyatoms.com) responsible for coordinating app development and engineering image recognition for a new way to teach chemistry to middle and high-schoolers.

Key responsibilities include:* Senior engineering manager in charge of multiple engineering reports (up to 6 reports) at the intern/game/advanced levels.* Responsible for project and career growth including 360 feedback cycles and regular mentoring and 1:1 sessions.* Work with other studio departments (HR/production/staffing) on managerial tasks such as HR reporting, interviewing, and project assignments.

Adjunct faculty at the Entertainment Technology Center @ Carnegie Mellon University (https://www.etc.cmu.edu/) since 2019.* Working with students and faculty to teach project documentation and archival procedures for semester-long projects.* Connect and reach out to industry alumni for project feedback for students.* Consult with projects for improvements on game concepts, game implementation, and industry knowledge.

Worked as head pipeline teaching assistant for both Spring and Fall Building Virtual Worlds classes at the Entertainment Technology Center. Responsible for assisting students with new hardware platforms and software implementations for assignments. Worked with technologies such as the Kinect, Playstation Move controllers, EyeGaze Eyetracker system, and Makey Makey.

Worked as primary assistant for Dr. Michael Nitsche on a variety of projects. Designed and deployed research group website and blog. Created promotional materials including posters, videos, and design elements like logos. Researched machinima using the Unreal 2k4 engine and programming with Unrealscript on two separate projects.

Researched cognitive approaches towards cultural knowledge and developed prototype framework for usage by AIs.

Designed and implemented saving and loading framework for earthquake visualization software. Lead efforts to adopt AGILE/SCRUM development process for entire project.