Ritual Entertainment	Unannounced Next Generation Title
Programmer Intern - C++	February, 2005 – January, 2006

• Implemented split screen multiplayer using existing camera and view port system for PC, XBox, and PS2
• Co-designed and implemented support for the Common Controller in an existing input subsystem using the XInput API
• Designed and implemented an input database for managing button and axis mappings for joysticks, mice, and keyboards
• Created and implemented use case and state machine diagrams for user interface menus
• Implemented in game server browser for multiplayer game matching
• Reproduced and documented a number of Direct Input bugs that required close interfacing with support staff at Microsoft

Kompressor	Racing Total Conversion for Half-Life 2
Programmer – C++

• Responsible for implementing and tweaking vehicle physics
• Implemented new response curves for analog input
• Worked with other programmer implementing game play logic
• Implemented post processing graphical effects and custom HDR lighting solution
• Patched Valve’s shader pipeline to fix bug with spaces in project path

Greed	Multiplayer Mod for Unreal Tournament
UnrealScript Programmer

• Sole implementer of all game-play code
• Implemented all in-game menus and HUD
• Integrated all code changes and distributed all minor and major milestone release builds
• Worked closely with level designers and artists in developing art pipeline

Onthology	Gameplay Enhancements for KA3D engine
Programmer – C++, LUA

• Implemented lua scriptable windowing subsystem
• Implemented hardware accelerated buttons and widgets, window borders, and mouse
• Implemented window stacking, window focus, and click-n-drag windows
• Worked with other programmers integrating window subsystem with inventory and dialogue subsystems

Q2B	Engine Enhancements for Quake II engine
Programmer – C, Python

• Implemented python engine bindings for Quake 2
• Implemented basic python scripted waypoint ai system for entities
• Integrated python engine enhancements with GTKRadient editor
• Integrated python into the Quake2 console command line
• Implemented python scriptable triggers

Ballot Byte	2D Game and Level Editor
Programmer – C++

• Sole authorship of 2D game engine with in game level editor and game demo
• Implemented FMod audio integration and subsystem
• Implemented per pixel blitting algorithms
• Implemented parallax scrolling

July 2004 – December 2005	The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University
	Graduate Certificate in Digital Game Design
	SMU Chancellor’s List 2005, GPA 3.7

August 2000 - May 2004	University of Connecticut
	B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering

3D Scene Graph

• Sole authorship of 3D scene graph architecture game engine using object oriented design patterns (Composite, Visitor, Singleton, Strategy)
• View frustum culling
• Basic state sorting
• 3DSMax Exporter with support for skeletal animation
• Quaternion-based key-frame animation

Scripting languages

• Sole author, implemented and designed compiler and virtual machine for a scripting language: MasterScript
• Implemented scripting language features such as functions, recursion, and dynamic typing
• Engine integration of Python with simple wrapper interface generator (SWIG)

2D/3D Math Library

• Implemented 2d and 3d vector and matrix classes, quaternion class, intersection tests
• Unit tests, performance tests, VTune optimized

Deferred Shading & Rendering

• Sole authorship of a dual API DirectX/OpenGL engine
• Implemented both single pass multiple render target and multi-pass render target deferred lighting in HLSL.

Languages

• C/C++, Python, LUA, UnrealScript, UML, PHP, HTML

API’s

• DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL 2.0, Win32, GDI, wxWindows, GTK, XInput

Knowledge

• 2D/3D Math, Geometry & Rendering, Object-Oriented Design, Systems Architecture, Compilers/Scripting engines, Scripting Languages, Programmable Graphics Pipeline (HLSL, GLSLANG, Assembly), Terrain rendering, AI, A*, Skeletal Animation, Gameplay, Dot3 Bump Mapping/Per Pixel lighting, Deferred Shading, 3DS Max plug-ins, TCP/IP, UDP, Windows, Technical Design Document

Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003-2005, Rational Rose, Microsoft Visio, Intel VTune, Bounds Checker, DevPartner, 3D Studio Max, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, RenderMonkey, SourceSafe, Subversion, Perforce, make, gcc, scons