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Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Carlsbad, California, Us

Building a VR soft-skill training simulation that uses AI to deliver natural and dynamic conversations and judge how the user is progressing as they put their newly learned soft-skills to work.- Created core gameplay systems for goal and task progression tracking.- Integrated AI agent libraries.- Worked with designers and artists to implement environments and UI.

Palo Alto, California, Us

I was proud to have worked on Veilrunner: Arcane Frontiers, a mobile MMORPG with multi-party tactical combat, challenging and interesting boss battles, and a large roster of collectable characters featuring unique abilities.I touched many aspects of the game systems, including:* Developing tooling for in-game narrative design and creation* Platform specific life-cycle handling (Android vs. iOS, ect.)* Custom handling of platform on-screen-keyboards* Adjustable performance settingsI also worked on server-side build configuration code, and on the Argo CD Helm configuration.The stack was a Unity application built on Orleans (a distributed .NET framework). Dependency Injections (DI) was used heavily, as well as code-sharing between the client and server. A data binding framework was used on the UI. Android and iOS were both supported.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Six month contract building virtual reality training simulations for Medtronic surgical devices and procedures, focused on a training module for the Mazor - Robotic Guidance System for Spinal Surgery, with live O-Arm x-ray imaging simulation.- Updated old procedures to include multiplayer through Photon (Unity)

Pasadena, California, Us

Ported a native VR/Desktop data visualization and analysis tool built in Unity (think Palantir, but in VR) to a Web Application (non-VR) using C#, Blazor (Server), .Net, JS (mostly vanilla + D3.js), plus good ol' HTML/CSS. This involved running around convincing the Unity binaries that, yes, we are the Unity engine application.C#, .Net/Blazor, Unity, JS. Blend, garnish with a pineapple slice and that cute little umbrella all the fancy drinks have. Serves approximately the amount your server can handle.- One-to-one visual re-build of Unity UI in web markup, re-created all 2d chart generations in d3.js- Refactoring Unity dependent libraries to allow compilation use outside of Unity binary.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

2nd engineer at Osso VR, where I helped turn a prototype VR orthopedic surgical simulator (Unity, C#)into a product trusted by Medtronic, J&J Medical, and Zimmer for training and sale, and saw fundingfrom seed to 27M (series B).Built out core interaction system, modularized large medical procedures, create specific interactions (sawing, drilling), created OVR abstraction layer. Created a simulated generic C-arm. Developed voice control for the procedures and tied the procedure together in Unity. Built tools for artists within Unity, and updated legacy interaction logic to support multiplayer.

San Francisco, Us

A short, Ninja-level and length project building the components for a tracked controller VR interaction system that was used in-house in partner projects, and that formed the base of a VR interaction package to be released alongside the Unity editor.

Seattle, Wa, Us

I'm part of a team of VR pioneers, creating immersive and fun virtual reality experiences. Tomorrow Today Labs believes that a great VR experience comes from VR centric design and development. So TTL is starting from the ground, and building up, in the belief that when you do great work, you inspire and delight others.Developed Unity based virtual reality games for the HTC Vive/SteamVR, and created physics-based interaction frameworks for motion controller based VR.NewtonVR - Co-created a physics-based interaction system built in Unity3D for SteamVR/HTC Vive. Implemented non-kinematic interactions through Unity’s physics (PhysX).

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Developed a Windows Phone App that allowed developers to explore the connection between the languages their app is translated into, and the number of people worldwide that app can reach on the Microsoft App Store, and directed developers to the Lionbridge Intlapps Portal when they were ready to translate. Built with .NET in XAML/C#I also worked directly with my boss to learn the tool, techniques, and realities of Project Management in a large software development organization.

Bothell, Wa, Us

Assist student, staff, and faculty in obtaining information and scheduling appointments with the office. I also facilitated school events and managed a small office database used to keep track of student records.

Bothell, Wa, Us

Researched adapting legacy bioinformatics (Brseq, Longbow) applications for use in a cloud computing environment (Azure, Google App Engine). Automate VM creation and destruction. Learned about distributed compute (Hadoop) and how bioinformatics algorithms can be written for the Reduce() function.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Maintained contractor computer hardware, maintained office computer hardware and software systems, maintained IP telephony systems.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Using a variety of internal tools, ran test cases, filed bug reports, and conducted quality assurance on the game titles initially released with the Kinect hardware for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Helped to recruit and organize for the volunteer program at Mount Rainier National Park. I also helped their social media and outreach programs, taking pictures, writing stories, and blogging on various parked related media outlets.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science And Software Engineering

Associate Of Science (A.S.) Track 2, Computer Science

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