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San Francisco, California, US

• Managed an internal GitHub Enterprise instance in GCP along network ingress and egress proxies. Created ansible configuration to maintain GitHub settings and apply datadog monitoring and log parsing with vector.
• Created tooling to attribute git-lfs usage to originating users and to monitor deltas over time.
• Evaluated different teams and disciplines different Code Review workflow needs and implemented “Quality of Life” improvements.

Bellevue, Washington, US

• Migrated from Jenkins shell scripts to Jenkins Pipeline along with gradle test harness for Jenkins JobDSL, Jenkins Pipeline scripts, and Jenkins Pipeline libraries.
• Added docker build containers to standardize build & test environments.
• Updated Magic: The Gathering Arena’s Launcher resolving threading issues and correctly updating Windows Registry entries.
• Added multiple features to Magic: The Gather Arena’s build pipeline to support better isolation and determinism.

Seattle, Washington, US

• Introduced Mac OS Virtual Machines to standardize CI environments with Veertu Anka
• Created a standardized Jenkins Coordinator deployment using docker images, kubernetes, and VMs to allow Infrastructure as Code creation of Jenkins deployments with configuration and plugins specified in source control.

• Designed and implemented new CI pipeline architecture to remove manual maintenance with focus on ensuring ease of extension for future features. This provided a strong unit test framework for the CI pipeline itself and.
• Designed and implemented a content verification framework to require consistent naming conventions, custom asset type unit tests, and asset content consistency.
• Extended and optimized custom test orchestration framework that stored state in git repos and artifacts in s3 to configure tests, deployments, and similar automated pipelines.
• Collaborated with European co-workers in similar discipline roles.

• Created several game prototypes in Unity including infinite runners, word games, adventure games, experience pieces, and Virtual Reality games.
• Focused on creating control system for classic style games that worked on a touch based interface without using virtual control sticks.
• Created a generic map layout framework that populates an area with walls, furniture, and decorations.
• Created “Alpha Words” for iOS tablets.

• Unreleased tablet Tower Defense
• Prototype tools for rapid iteration on game play values
• Animation controlled cinema system for in-game cut scenes as well as game play actions.
• Automated build system from submit to deploy on iOS

Seattle, WA, US

• Games For Windows Live integration in Gotham City Impostors
• Integrated Steam deployment and install for Gotham City Impostors
• Steam integration for cloud saves and configuration for Fear 3
• Created build pipeline for merging code and assets across multiple branches.
• Created content pipeline for generating lighting data, navmesh data, and platform specific transformations.
• DVD layout authoring for PS3 and XBox

Redmond, Washington, US

• Wrote automated test cases that launched and interacted with 3rd party applications that used Trident as an html rendering engine to ensure that patches or hotfixes did not cause deviations in behavior.
• Created a standardized API for acquiring Microsoft Active Accessibility handles across different hardware performance categories.
• Determined test matrix for different patches and hotfixes.Investigated bugs from external sources relating to IE7 or Vista Beta1.

Redmond, Washington, US

• In charge of 50+ computers that I used to run test passes on Windows games with the focus on networking.
• Developed automation to save or load an OS image, install drivers, or patch windows from a central server for Windows 98SE, ME, 2K and XP.
• The network testing included Network Address Translation, Windows ICS, artificial network latency, and real world network conditions.
• Code reviewing a library for the XBox designed to ease localization issues.
• Tested a content management system designed to track versions and revisions in interdependent video game assets.