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Making things that people want, and making them well.Consulting in various roles - fractional CTO, building out technical recruitment pipelines, assist with regulatory compliance, strategy, and documentation, strike team focused work on critical technology issues, and more.

Austin, TX, US

Architected the Blockstars game’s backend and Solana NFT metadata system.Oversaw all game development across client, backend, and internal tooling / services for both technical and non-technical disciplines.Personally implemented, released, and iterated on Blockstars' Solana (Metaplex) NFT metadata and corresponding Token Program(s) (i.e. contracts).

San Francisco, California, US

Architected the Drive.FM mobile game’s React Native-based client and Kotlin- and Postgres-based backend services.Oversaw all technical leadership, hiring, and management.Personally invented and implemented a novel proprietary (patent-pending) algorithm for variable audio latency detection and microphone compensation, including native libraries for both iOS.

San Francisco, CA, US

Coordinated and led electronics (hardware / firmware), optics, and software development efforts.Executed integration and debugging of new (first bring-up) electronics prototype packages.

San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Drove initial architecture / development and currently directing iteration on our core backend infrastructure service(s).Primary technical responsibility / stakeholder for our largest product, Viva Slots Vegas.Helped lead initial architecture / development of completely new web slots engine / technology stack to broaden the funnel on Facebook Canvas apps.

San Francisco, California, US

Successfully executed on company goals of early adoption & early launches of Unity IL2CPP support (iOS 64-bit support) and WebGL support, involving significant low-level debugging, manual engine fixes, and collaboration with Unity team.Drove significant engine improvements including build size / bytecode optimizations, asset memory footprint improvements.

Responsible for all architecture and code written in “Cellar Night”, a responsive-design wine inventory management app on native iOS, native Android, and web (IE 9+ compatible).Integrated nginx, PHP (Phalcon Framework), AngularJS, MySQL, Elasticsearch, AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Route53, SES), and Objective C / Java solutions to build a scalable full-stack.

San Francisco, California, US

Tech. Lead for Feature Development Pod. Responsible for architecture and implementation of full-stack customer-facing products.

San Francisco, California, US

Owned architecture and implementation across the full stack for multiple initiatives (networking stack, platform port to Steam, etc.) on Solstice Arena, Zynga's hit MOBA, as well as pre-production tasks on an unreleased mobile title.Languages / technologies used on this project include C# (via Unity3D), C++, Ruby (Rails), and Python.

San Francisco, California, US

Part of core team responsible for transitioning CastleVille to HQ office, and then part of founding "Central Technologies Pod" for our division.Responsible for overseeing architecture on new features for multiple products, implementing novel solutions to scalability / perf. problems, and primary owner for multiple studio-level OKRs. Reduced load across a.

San Francisco, California, US

Mafia Wars - Coding an offer you can't refuse.CastleVille - Helping you "create your own happy ending"!

Redwood City, CA, US

I technically design things (no pun intended).

- Working as a producer / Scrum Master for the EGL gamedev teams on campus at Georgia Tech. - Currently implementing modified Scrum methodologies from the ground up to maximize potential increases in production

Reykjavik, NA, IS

Implemented new gameplay systems along with general UI, database, and documentation work for the upcoming World of Darkness game.

Lead programmer for Audiball, an XNA Community Games launch titleProgrammer for an unannounced / unreleased platformer

- Developed and integrated backend systems for the Realm War website- Implemented PHP frontend for Warhammer Online server deployment- Implemented server persistence and web migration systems for all aspects of RvR gameplay in Warhammer Online

Ported open-source C++ games to the Traq3D TRAZER deviceImplemented new control systems / interfacing as neededRewrote graphics systems to work with the Traq3D specsResolved any bugs that arose

Alpharetta, Georgia, US

Technical support for all in-office computers and network infrastructureAssisted with corporate move to new officesImplemented both A/V and network solutions for the new locationHelped maintain day-to-day operations, website upkeep, server maintenance, etc.

Alpharetta, Georgia, US

Organized and implemented a new formatting system for the NORTHSTAR500 database system used by the company to handle taxonomy and field-of-interest data for all past and future granteesCovered over ~10,000 entries for past grantees to update them for the system in less than 3 months of part-time work

Learned numerous tax-related rules and regulations for federal and state income tax filingHandled up to 10 different support cases at once concerning questions or issues that the many "subcontracted" operators in the country might have (via an online queue system)