Created and reviewed game design documents, UI mock-ups, and technical design documents to bring multiple experiences from concept to implementation in the released app.This included creating the scripts tying together mesh and animation content, sound design, and back-end interfaces to ensure objects were created in a stable and reusable fashion. It also meant doing numerous design reviews for accessibility, ease of understanding, and how the software facilitated eureka moments with the player.Games and experiences created were shipped on multiple versions of the WithMe app and content created was done so with both an eye towards showcasing existing functionality and creating tools which would eventually allow user created content to be added to the platform.Created assets in Unreal Engine as needed including blueprints, prototype animations, Niagara particle effects, widget blueprints for interfacing, and code for new blueprint nodes.

Created wireframes and technical feature specifications along with detailed process documentation for asset pipelines and client facing artistic review solutions.Managed a fully remote team of developers in both day-to-day operations as well as making incremental process changes to improve development velocities.Completed deliveries of multi-TB data sets for international clients on a quarterly basisGave regular status deliveries to senior management and improved project delivery times by identifying and removing duplicate data sets from deliveriesScheduled team resources to ensure deliveries would be completed on-time and assisted in the production of deliverable sets.

Taught GAP 285 - AAA Game Engines during Fall 2020 Semester using Unreal Engine 4Created slides, assignments, quizzes, and final project details for class given an outline of expected content.Graded by giving both code and design critique, allowing students multiple turn-ins to handle feedback.Gave three hour Zoom lectures on coding principles in AAA studios and indie teams, giving students a comprehensive overview of how engines are capable of enhancing final product quality while also reducing time spent developing the project. This included live coding examples, creating and showing feature demonstration pieces, as well as anecdotes from time spent in the industry.Tutored students in a 1:1 and 1:Many situations, helping with debugging and code or design architecture flaws with various Unreal assignments and projects.Student Evaluation Rating: 4.91 / 5

Planned and wrote specifications for features along with using story points and design & tech document discussions to plan their implementationsImproved planning documents and information standards for task tracking to help the team communicate risks for expansions in scopeGave regular presentations and demos on new features and systems relevant to the current sprintHeavily advocated for code and feature-level documentation, implementing and helping enforce standards during code reviews.

Implemented an analytics plan and live ops systems to ensure issues were discovered as soon as possible and systems were error resistantPlanned network architectures and their work breakdown structure, triaged crash reports, and unblocked content creators from tech issuesCreated informational dashboards for live ops administrators and deployed it to AWS

Worked with designers on prototype feature sets and time tables for project milestonesSetup task and bug tracking systems and matching product development processesDesigned interfaces for clients including collecting and implementation of feedbackProvided in-depth analytics explanations and secondary information processing from analytics data

Guided clients through the processes for development, certification, and uploading their product to the OnLive game platformDesigned, launched, and maintained the Cloudlift game service for a year

Ported games onto the OnLive platform, found new developers to add their games to the service, tested games for compliance within the platform requirements, as well as packaged and uploaded games to the cloud service. Integrated major platform features into games such as achievements, leaderboards, voice chat, game invites, and multiplayer matchmaking and networking support.Game Ports Include: Bastion, Braid, Duke Nukem: Forever, F.E.A.R. 3, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Limbo, Luxor 2, The Maw, Remington Super Slam: Africa, Saints Row: The Third, Sleeping Dogs, Virtua Tennis 4, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, and World of Goo.

Worked with Research and Development to help develop sample applications concerning the Sony Motion Controller. Also worked under VooFoo Studios on their PSN title "Hustle Kings". Further developed skills with C++ along with earning new experience with the software development for the PS3.

Worked with a small team on the Life with Playstation Project using Visual Studio (C++, JavaScript), Perforce, and the PS3 Development Kits.