Michael Roska Email & Phone Number

Note: iRacing purchased Monster Games. Total employment duration: 12+ years.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Created SMASH Routes, a one of a kind, multi-platform, virtual sports learning app with over 50active clients and thousands of players, parents, and coaches.Managed design, engineering, and art efforts on all aspects of SMASH Routes includingplanning and prioritization of all tasks for every team member in order to meet team, advisor,and investor goals.Performed all app-side lead engineering tasks, including core system creation, gameplay implementation, player AI… Show more Created SMASH Routes, a one of a kind, multi-platform, virtual sports learning app with over 50active clients and thousands of players, parents, and coaches.Managed design, engineering, and art efforts on all aspects of SMASH Routes includingplanning and prioritization of all tasks for every team member in order to meet team, advisor,and investor goals.Performed all app-side lead engineering tasks, including core system creation, gameplay implementation, player AI, REST/Socket.IO integration with AWS, and content team tools. Show less

Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

A company founded with one goal in mind: to provide unparalleled service and extraordinary products in the video game and application development industries.Worked on over 12 client projects across numerous platforms, including: Apple Watch, iOS,PS4, Vive, Oculus, Switch, and several unreleased technologies in the VR and tablet space.Provided lead engineering services to all clients which included work on physics, AI, pathing,gameplay, UX, UI, sound, and… Show more A company founded with one goal in mind: to provide unparalleled service and extraordinary products in the video game and application development industries.Worked on over 12 client projects across numerous platforms, including: Apple Watch, iOS,PS4, Vive, Oculus, Switch, and several unreleased technologies in the VR and tablet space.Provided lead engineering services to all clients which included work on physics, AI, pathing,gameplay, UX, UI, sound, and more.Fully directed 3 projects which required tasks ranging from personnel management to creativedesign to milestone scheduling and release planning. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Directed all technology decisions required for day-to-day operations and lead all technical efforts across all active projects.Designed and implemented all core systems and architectures.Assisted with and lead elements of design on all projects, from item interactions to bossbattles.

Gameplay Programmer/Designer on 8 high profile international projects including PilotwingsResort, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, and XenobladeChronicles 3D.Heavy focus on UX in all tasks, with constant consideration of emotional responses to everyaspect of user interaction.Provided cross-disciplinary leadership between management, design, engineering, and art.

Eden Prairie, Mn

Managed relationships with Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo - as well as several key developers - regarding product timelines and deliverables. Provided developer research and vetting services. Traveled to many studios around the world, assessed their technical capabilities, and worked with studio staff to develop game designs for some of our biggest licenses.Performed sales associate role for several key buyers, including Target and CompUSA, where I traveled around the… Show more Managed relationships with Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo - as well as several key developers - regarding product timelines and deliverables. Provided developer research and vetting services. Traveled to many studios around the world, assessed their technical capabilities, and worked with studio staff to develop game designs for some of our biggest licenses.Performed sales associate role for several key buyers, including Target and CompUSA, where I traveled around the U.S. pitching, demoing, and selling our products. Show less

Madison, Wi

I designed and developed portal websites using ASP.Net, VB, and JSP, with backends driven by Oracle and SAS and led development efforts on a database and Java driven website for the State of Wisconsin. I maintained version releases and customer relationships of all projects led.

Madison, Wi

Primary sales engineer for Cisco VoIP call center software during the initial growth period for the product. I also served as the sole installation engineer on several high profile clients, including Harley Davidson, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and Dayton VA Medical Center.

Madison, Wi

Co-founded Escape Studios with several other UW graduates. We built our first game, Rise Overrun, from the ground up using the Lithtech™ 3D engine. I designed and programmed many aspects of it, including character control and full client/server movement algorithms. I also managed publisher relations with Microsoft and Activision, and developer relations with Lithtech regarding the use and support of their engine.