Launching a new game studio. Our goal: to pioneer new forms of storytelling!

Initiative Tech Lead — Legends of Runeterra• Lead engineering across the teams of the Player Expression & Metagame (PXM) Initiative• Architected and lead new development best practices for the LoR game client• Collaborated with product & art to develop improved workflows and evangelize design systems• Mentored and developed a strong technical teamGameplay Engineer — Unannounced Title• Worked with game tech leads to develop a powerful ECS foundation• Helped transition prototype from Unity to Unreal 4 & 5• Participated in design, narrative, and art to help develop a compelling prototype• Developed core gameplay systems to unlock design and find the fun

Providing the world's most complex TCG as a fast and fun digital game• Client development over metagame systems, incl. chat, progression, tutorial• Supported a live game by discovering and resolving performance & stability issues• Created Sparky's motion & character performance tools for the game's tutorials• Co-lead design iteration on critical in-game UI: the phase ladder

(Re-)Building client software for global esport League of Legends.• Collaborated in multi-disciplinary teams to regularly deliver player facing features• Developed social and metagame systems, incl. chat, game selection, localization• Architected and provided a designer-driven Tutorial System in Unity• Provided training & guidance across teams as a subject-matter expert in UI

Starting an indie game studio focused on great storytelling, and end-of-world scenarios.• Lead an indie team through vision, design, prototyping, and social reach• Iterated on gameplay & creative prototypes to find the fun and secure funding• Extended Unity tooling for content-driven workflows, incl. custom Timeline tracks• Solved "open world" in 2D with a 2.5D traversal system of linked spaces

Software consulting, design, and making games.• Leveled up dev teams building online creative & enterprise applications• Owned Unreal development on a firefighting training center for DFW Airport• Developed an opensource UI library; spoke and trained at industry conferences• Developed national law enforcement analytics with map and data visualization

Providing digital sheet music to the world• Formed a core technical and business team around a valued product• Architected, patented and lead development of interactive sheet music• Developed prototypes for syncing sheet music with streaming Audio and Video

Tech lead in a media-agency & digital sheet music developer• Lead development on Ancestry.com’s MyCanvas tool and other online creative apps• Developed and supported core libraries used across teams and projects• Instituted training for employees and community to teach programming

• "Website guy" for Shawn D Nelson, Rebel Billionaire• Developed the "Sactionals Configurator", a tool to build custom furniture layouts (3D on the web before there was 3D on the web)