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Austin, TX, US

San Francisco, California, US

Member of the CTO Strike Team and Analytics Engineering.- Contributed to numerous company-spanning backend tech initiatives including DevOps and Analytics- Built out SLO and general monitoring practices for Analytics Engineering, improving visibility and reliability of the Redshift data warehouse and data pipelines- Worked to develop best practices for.

Austin, Texas, US

Manager of and contributor to the Services and Infrastructure team at QC Games. Large set of responsibilities including backend service development, DevOps, and analytics/telemetry for our games.- Along with the CTO, owner of the backend architecture developed in.NET core used for 24/7 live game services. Helped architect, develop and oversee a highly.

Primary responsibility for game and development engineering on Star Wars:The Old Republic (SWTOR), managing a team of 20+ engineers. Responsible for all technical additions to the game as well as game maintenance and development systems. Work tightly with the rest of the leadership team on SWTOR including the Senior Producer, Creative Director, Art.

Provided direction and oversight to multiple engineering teams in the studio on the SWTOR project.Served as a technical point of contact for the Live production team before and after launch, smoothing communication with development teams and helping non-technical leadership make decisions for the live product.Worked with game engineering, infrastructure.

Worked with other Associate TDs to reform the development process for the Gameplay team, clearing serious development hurdles. Promoted improved engineering practices and faster/clearer development practices that brought our branch publish time down from 3-6 months between pushes to a weekly cadence.

Managed a small team of 3-4 Gameplay Engineers. Responsible for mentorship and career development of the team, as well as technical design oversight and code reviews. Worked with project managers on team schedules and bug management, developing systems on time and ensuring early communication of issues. Responsible for over 20 individual MMO systems being.

Developed multiple gameplay systems for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Worked on cinematics staging systems, character equipment/appearance systems, and the character creation system.

Responsible for design and vetting of server systems for Warhammer Online. Assist in oversight of tasks and planning for a team of 10+ server engineers, and serve as point of communication for server systems between engineers, production and design.

Worked on several titles (Dark Age of Camelot, Imperator, and Warhammer Online) as a server programmer. Initially focused on adding to existing gameplay systems such as abilities and quest systems. Later moved into design and development of full systems on Imperator and Warhammer.

Developed an MMO architecture from very early stages in a small group of engineers (five at peak). Worked on both server and client portions of the system, as well as developing tools to monitor server behavior and assist in development.

Worked on small contract jobs, both alone and with help from a graphical designer and html developers. Developed and deployed small sites, and served as a point of contact for sales and development on new projects.

Worked on numerous websites varying from matchmaking to online product sales and next-generation information portals for a home cable/ISP provider.