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Herriman, Ut, Us

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Create compelling and engaging mobile experiences for clients and users.Key areas of work include:-Character rendering, ai, navigation, and animation systems.-A hardware accelerated drawing and painting system with multiple real-world based tools and brushes.-Augmented Reality experiences.-Implementing fluid and polished UI/UX.-In-app purchases.-Networked gameplay.

Glendale, California, Us

Gameplay programming for the Disney Infinity video game series.Researched highly technical issues to produce complete solutions.Designed and implemented a dynamic navmesh system, using geometric operations for combining and cutting navmeshes at runtime.Designed system for tracking and simulating citizens and jobs in a mini city.Collaborated with designers and programmers to create a data driven system for AI agent interactions.Optimized voxel system to decrease memory use by 10x.Created Maya based artist tools for easier navmesh setup.Shipped TitlesDisney Infinity 3.0

Orem, Ut, Us

Led a team of developers to deliver video game features on time and to spec. Worked with management, design, and art teams to fulfill the vision of game designs.Created time estimates, prioritized tasks, gave guidance, and made necessary trade-offs to stay on schedule.Implemented system and gameplay functionality, with focus on quality and performance.Had experience in a wide range of areas:-2D sprite and animation systems-Framework for running existing Lua-based games in web browsers-Motion capture and animation retargetting-Performance optimizations for console and mobile platforms-AI behavior and pathfinding-Custom 3DS Max exporters-Crowdsourced-storytelling, with video recording and cloud storage-AWS cloud services-Firebase, a real-time NoSQL backend serviceShipped TitlesDisney InfinityA World of Keflings – Windows 8A World of Keflings – Wii UIntel Discovered – Xbox 360Reebok ATV19 Tear Up the Terrain – iOS, AndroidObstacle Course Challenge – iOS, Android

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Lead Software Developer for DAZ Studio, a creative 3D graphics suite for modifying, animating, and rendering virtual 3D characters, models, and scenes.Heavy involvement in all phases of development - planning, design, implementation, testing, etc.Researched complex and technical issues to solve real-world problems.Developed and maintained many core functionalities such as:-Framework for loading, modifying, animating 3D characters-Extensive SDK and Plug-in architecture-Renderman based render engine-Real-time OpenGL view-Smart mesh deformation and smoothing-Dynamic cloth simulation-Lip synch-Intuitive tools for modifying and interacting with 3D characters

Edited and maintained a web-based application for tracking information for a system of 1000 servers using HTML, PHP, Javascript, and MySQL.Created a fully dynamic reporting system where users can create custom reports and graphs.