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Kent, OH, US

Kent, Ohio

Teaching as a Lecturer in the School of Emerging Media and Technology. Preparing and conducting lectures for courses: Introduction to Web Design, Interaction Design I, and Creative Coding.

Kent, Ohio

Teaching as a Graduate Assistant in the School of Visual Communication Design. Preparing and conducting lectures for courses: Introduction to Design Research and Introduction to Web Design.

Kent, Ohio

Studying as a Graduate Student in the School of Visual Communication Design. Pursuing curriculum focused on the areas of Interaction Design, Responsive Web Design, and Design Research.

Kent, Ohio

Studying as a Postbaccalaureate Student in the School of Visual Communication Design. Pursuing curriculum focused on the areas of Interaction Design, Responsive Web Design, and Design Research.

Seattle, Washington

Established the Prime Gaming test organization responsible for certifying the integration of third-party games with Amazon and Twitch services. Mentored direct reports, created opportunities for professional growth, and helped Quality Assurance Engineers achieve career goals.

Seattle, Washington

Partnered with external game studios to develop exclusive video game content for Amazon Prime subscribers and owned the operational relationship with major game publishers: Blizzard Entertainment, Riot Games, and Ubisoft. Established project schedules, coordinated launch planning, and chaired the launch war rooms.

New York, New York

Developed mobile applications for discovering comic books and graphic novels on Android and iOS, this included the official Marvel Comics and DC Comics apps. Owned operational relationship with external partners Marvel Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment, facilitated partner acceptance testing, and represented partner concerns internally.

San Diego, California

Managed software development operations within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment. Oversaw development of core PlayStation Store services: pricing, promotions, and subscription management.

Redmond, Washington

Researched requirements from internal customers within the Xbox organization to support the development of systems to capture and analyze the sentiment of millions of gamers worldwide. Coordinated with Microsoft Research to evaluate and train machine learning models designed to extract meaningful insights from social media channels.

Redmond, Washington

Ensured the functionality and performance of the Xbox One and Xbox 360 UX/UI. Managed onsite quality assurance vendors, directed manual testing, and captured defect reports with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.

Redmond, Washington

Launched multiple generations of the Zune application for Windows; Zune was a brand of digital media devices and entertainment services from Microsoft. Drafted test specifications for all aspects of the Zune user experience: music sharing, music metadata management, music recommendations, movie and television catalog, podcast subscriptions, and podcast.

Redmond, Washington

Validated the quality of the Zune media discovery and search experience over an entire development lifecycle. Generated regular reporting of both the functional quality of music and television search, and the subjective quality of search results.

Redmond, Washington

Recruited onto the Shadowrun development team at FASA Studio, a subsidiary of Microsoft Game Studios. Performed play testing for Shadowrun which was a AAA multiplayer First Person Shooter for Xbox 360 and Windows. Validated compliance with Xbox 360 technical certification requirements across project milestones.

Cleveland, Ohio

Supported NASA funded research laboratory in the role of System Administrator. Managed the configuration and maintenance of Active Directory and Internet Information Services for multiple research teams.

Cleveland, Ohio

Studied as a Graduate Student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Fenn College of Engineering. Focused on the areas of Software Engineering Management and Software Quality Assurance. Researched and authored thesis, “An Analysis of Data Quality Defects in Podcasting Systems.”

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Visual Communication Design

Expected Date of Graduation: December 2025

Master Of Science - Ms, Software Engineering

Thesis: An Analysis of Data Quality Defects in Podcasting Systems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Minor: Mathematics