Nora Powers Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, United States

Software Engineer II on Azure Storage team

Seattle, Washington, United States

Crucible AAA Game Title Project● In-game ping system from prototype to production through multiple design iterations, continued additional polish passes in addition to added voice chat responsibility● Ping VO and SFX hooks, snapping to UI/JS objective icons, client-side prediction, ping via ‘awareness’ (through walls), detailed raycast/targeting selection controls, yes/no/maybe ‘response’ pings, ping update/replacement, client-predicted double-click replacement, ping wheel trajectory caching, and HUD notificiations for teammates● Preflight checkin validation tool in WinForms and P4API with hooks into existing asset pipeline● Voice chat via Vivox SDK with focus on rapid development, early availability, and backend abstraction● Early game testing framework iterations, ironed out bugs and provided at-desk mentorship● Critical art workflow rigged FBX assets would fail to import vertex color data● Error reporting under edge case crash conditions (unknown (quick_)exit/std::terminate, SIG* handling, uncaught structured exceptions)● Consolidated 4 C++ logging systems into 1, diagrammed CrySystem’s CLog internal flow● LY/Cryengine graphics addition, allow runtime material swaps in gameplay systems● Distributed entity spawns across multiple frames according to a time budget

Redmond, Washington, United States

Nintendo Switch CPU Profiler● Self-managed goals, deliverables, tasks, deadlines● Overview tab in C#/WPF/XAML through design mockup and implementation iteration● Function classification heuristic algorithm addition allowing user-specified classifications, leading to more accurate estimations on what systems are costing their developers the most● Batched work to sidestep high implementation costs● Heuristic-based performance checkers, 18, providing insight into why a game or app might be experiencing poor Switch performance● Tested with custom code written for target and recorded profiles by external partners● Release cadence awareness, leaving open time for string localization● Production ready features from end-to-end

Santa Monica, California, United States

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII● Fast-paced arcade/party style multiplayer game mode in the Call of Duty engine with quake-style pickups that queue specialist weapons into inventory. Players leave a drop when they die. Player with most specialist weapons wins.● Gamemode spawn filters and teleportation tools in-editor and ingame● Destruction in legacy physics system, specifying durability and destruction conditions for pieces ● Familiarized sea of existing gameplay script● Specialist abilities prototyped in coordination with design team● Pipeline for importing game asset data from its native format into and out of Excel, dramatically dividing iteration times in critical weapon tuning workflows

Bachelor Of Science In Computer Science In Real-Time Interactive Simulation, Computer Science

BSCSRTIS Graduate ● Core education building realtime software projects from first principles ● Multiple 3D game team projects.

Associate Of Science - Computer Science Physics And Mathematics

● Foundational education engineering physics I-III, calculus I-IV, differential equations, linear algebra, along with core engineering.