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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), including initial launch, pivot to “1-for-1 Airdrop”, “ROL Currency Airdrip” (streaming token payout), and numerous other novel ideas / first-time features in the ecosystem.Personally implemented “NGMI” in-game feature, one of the first and only non-“Candy Machine” Metaplex NFT minting mechanisms on Solana. Optimized Solana transaction structure to fit burning of an old token, minting of a new token, and granting of additional flags / metadata on existing tokens all within a single idempotent transaction which players can safely and seamlessly execute from their own wallet client-side.

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 and Android.Personally developed and maintained all revenue platform interfaces (subscriptions, billing, etc.).Debugged (and submitted PRs for) core React Native repo(s) fixing various low-level platform bugs and memory management issues.Debugged (and submitted PRs for) open source node-webrtc library involving low-level Napi memory management concurrency bugs.

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, with successful launch in two calendar weeks.Oversaw and maintained scaling of build system and various mission-critical native plugins, deicision-making on new third-party integrations, and engine updates for our portfolio of Unity products (including push notifications, payments integrations, and player data persistence).Directly responsible for various new gameplay features and existing feature tech. iterations which improved product metrics.

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, native memory usage tracking, push notifications, initial Amazon platform integration, and more.Delivered various gameplay features which directly improved product metrics.Led development of backend infrastructure for asynchronous matchmaking and implementation of UI / flow UX for Reckless Rivals racing game. Also created universal identity / plugins systems for Unity 3D codebase.Sole developer on bingo line of products (Bingo Gem Rush / Bingo World Rush) including initial architecture and prototyping all the way through final product launch and maintenance.

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 application.Set up entire cloud deployment and handled all dev-ops, release processes, monitoring (New Relic + Splunk Storm), and other service maintenance.

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 key server array by ~25% and build times by ~73%.

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)