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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

Heading engineering and technical direction for Glu Sports - part of the EA Sports mobile division.

San Francisco, California, United States

- Responsible for the growth and management of a 10+ person engineering team- Lead in the development and architecture of core infrastructure and sdks used by hundreds of developers and thousands of games and prototypes. This facilitated the publishing pipeline for internal and external products- Worked with engineering leads on technical roadmaps for new games and tools- Managed cloud infrastructure and source control solutions for the studio and external teams- Working with… Show more - Responsible for the growth and management of a 10+ person engineering team- Lead in the development and architecture of core infrastructure and sdks used by hundreds of developers and thousands of games and prototypes. This facilitated the publishing pipeline for internal and external products- Worked with engineering leads on technical roadmaps for new games and tools- Managed cloud infrastructure and source control solutions for the studio and external teams- Working with the analytics team to design and build data infrastructure for the studio (S3, Auto Scaling, Snowflake)- Built and maintained backend and client code for managing authentication, persistent data and remote config- Developed a native plugin for fluid simulation as well as a custom rendering pipeline- Leveraged compute shaders for complex mesh deformation and rendering Show less

Oakland, Ca

- Launched mobile and VR/AR titles on iOS, Android, Gear VR, Rift, Vive and PSVR- Coordinated engineering tasks across the team and developed architecture for core systems- Created unique solutions for hosting and synchronizing local multiplayer for AR using the OpenCV library- Built a dynamic animation system leveraging Unity's "Playables" API- Created tools for managing build targets and compiled code for each platform- Developed native plugin for working with… Show more - Launched mobile and VR/AR titles on iOS, Android, Gear VR, Rift, Vive and PSVR- Coordinated engineering tasks across the team and developed architecture for core systems- Created unique solutions for hosting and synchronizing local multiplayer for AR using the OpenCV library- Built a dynamic animation system leveraging Unity's "Playables" API- Created tools for managing build targets and compiled code for each platform- Developed native plugin for working with Playstation’s API- Worked with orbital mechanics to plot trajectories in Moonshot Galaxy Show less

Marin Ca

- Led engineering efforts for crafting Hulu’s VR theater experience - released for GearVR and Playstation- Coordinated with the device platform team in the development of a native Unity plug-in for running Hulu in VR- Built a VR theater experience for watching Hulu’s 2D content library across multiple environments- Prepared streaming video content and created application states for watching both mono and stereoscopic 360 video in VR- Optimized utilization of CPU and GPU… Show more - Led engineering efforts for crafting Hulu’s VR theater experience - released for GearVR and Playstation- Coordinated with the device platform team in the development of a native Unity plug-in for running Hulu in VR- Built a VR theater experience for watching Hulu’s 2D content library across multiple environments- Prepared streaming video content and created application states for watching both mono and stereoscopic 360 video in VR- Optimized utilization of CPU and GPU resources across the application to maintain performance and prevent overheating- Moved 2D playback and UI elements into overlay layers where they can be directly composited with “TimeWarp” buffers - Partnered with the device platform and living room team to construct compatible architectures in the core application which resulted in overall app optimization and stability Show less

Novato, Ca

- Developed root motion animation system on top of Unity’s legacy animation system- Created a dynamic spline steering system and spline construction tool that governs the motion of the characters and works in conjunction with a 3D path-finding system based on the A* algorithm- Built editor tools for managing import and setup of assets, version control integration, and data distribution to asset bundles- Wrote native plug-ins to access device and system information to tailor code for… Show more - Developed root motion animation system on top of Unity’s legacy animation system- Created a dynamic spline steering system and spline construction tool that governs the motion of the characters and works in conjunction with a 3D path-finding system based on the A* algorithm- Built editor tools for managing import and setup of assets, version control integration, and data distribution to asset bundles- Wrote native plug-ins to access device and system information to tailor code for specific platforms- Updated our water, terrain and object shaders to support detail textures for a dapple map system- Adapted TouchFish for release on Samsung’s GearVR Show less

Worked on Rogue Squadron for Wii (Unreleased Title)

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics

Bachelor'S Degree, Animation And Visual Effects