Zaire Wilson Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Md, Us

Austin, Texas, United States

- Developed key gameplay features including a penalty drop system, in-game tournaments, and a social service for friend interactions within the GOLF+ VR experience.- Integrated backend API services for critical game functions like user data, match data, and leaderboard management, ensuring seamless data flow and storage for live service gameplay.- Collaborated on live service releases, quickly addressing and resolving player-reported issues across physics, network, graphics, UI, and performance to ensure game stability during frequent patch updates.- Enhanced game analytics by integrating an auxiliary analytics service API, providing deeper insights into player behavior and system performance for data-driven improvements.- Led cross-functional debugging efforts, resolving critical bugs under tight deadlines to maintain a smooth user experience for live service players.

Kennesaw, Georgia, United States

United States

Main programmer as a part of student-based team NO! studios. The team entered the 8 week program, Level Upstate, where we made weekly rapid prototypes and learned what it means to develop an independent game studio.

Troy, Ny

As an Admissions Ambassador at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I give potential students and families tours of the university, answering questions they might have or directing them to the appropriate counseling/department for help.

Troy, New York

Research under Dr. Wayne Gray and Dr. Michael Lynch within the Cognitive Science department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Research involves making a "Joint Action" game to be used for data collection and research purposes for other practitioners in the Cognitive Science field.

Teach local high school kids how to program on Saturday mornings.

Atlanta

Taught and counseled 300+ kids ranging from 5-18 how to code in python and c++ over the course of 9 weeks. Different sets of kids would come to either commute or sleep over at Emory's campus each week, with our final goal being a project that showed what they cumulatively learned that week.

Troy, New York

Mentored high school kids that attended Troy High School with different programs we host each week. Those programs usually tackled subjects about transitioning from high school to college, as we wanted to prepare them as much as we could for higher learning.

Master'S Degree, Critical Game Design

Game And Simulation, Arts And Sciences, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Varsity Track and Field, National Society of Black Engineers, The Black Student Alliance, Coding&&Community.

High School

Activities and Societies: Varsity Track and Field, The Brothers (affinity club for African American males), Stage Crew, Programming Club.