Game Projects
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We Went Back
SteamWe Went Back is a sci-fi time-looping horror game located on an abandoned lunar station. Explore, deduce, and unleash terror in order to find a way out.
• Tweaked various game mechanics and game feel via multiple avenues: variables exposed to the Unreal interface, Blueprints, and C++ code.
• Ran the Marketing and Publishing initiatives for the game, getting us on Steam and utilizing the Facebook Ad platform. • Remained a neutral party and kept the teams progress on track during a high-stress period in team dynamics, eventually resolved the conflict through diplomatic means without meaningful harm to release deadlines. • Converted the results of design team meetings into actionable objectives, ensuring communication was fluid between design and engineering teams. • Implemented and managed Confluence in order to assist the team with communicating goals, design initiatives, and standardized conventions. Now on Steam! |
SonoSteamAn aesthetic explorative game where you collect lost fragments of sound in an abstract environment.
• Designed the main mechanics and puzzles for the game, worked heavily in-engine to get them implemented effectively.
• Bug-fixed, optimized, and polished the game post-semester alongside the engineers to get it to its current releasable state. • Ensured deadlines were met under tight time constraints and large scope. Now on Steam! |
Satet's Shooting RangeItch.ioA VR shooting-gallery archery game with an Egyptian theme.
• Directed the initial design discussion, ensuring core pillars were developed and held to.
• Built the scene with assets provided by other team members. • Tweaked player feel based on playtesting and feedback. Now on Itch.io! |
Professor HamwiseItch.ioA physics-based puzzle game inspired by Line Rider for PC.A physics-based puzzle game inspired by Line Rider for PC.
• Ran our brainstorming session to a unique but well-scoped game.
• Facilitated multiple meetings throughout the course of the project. • Designed and programmed most of the levels, tweaked others. • Created and Maintained a Kanban board throughout the project.• Ran our brainstorming session to a unique but well-scoped game. Now on Itch.io! |
Queen BeeItch.ioA bee-themed missile command clone with a windy twist for the web.
• Managed an emergency design pivot while avoiding excessive crunch.
• Organized the team around a variety of schedule conflicts as well as ensuring the consistent involvement of remote team members. • Programmed a variety of mechanics into the game, added content from the artists, and tweaked the code based on playtest findings. Now on Itch.io! |
Professional Experience
Product Manager InternshipHelped a start up move towards the goal of launching a VR-focused SaaS product.
• Assisted in the planning for development of a currently unannounced software product.
• Spearheaded a Six Sigma improvement initiative to optimize their sales process to both increase sales calls and boost number of sign-ons to their service program. • Participated in sales meetings for VAL eSports contract acquisition. |
Project Manager InternshipOversaw Scrum and Waterfall teams over the summer.
• Lead and participated in numerous weekly sprint planning sessions and daily scrum stand-ups.
• Coordinated one waterfall project to completion and another to hand-off at the end of my internship. • Managed stakeholders from every level of management in order to ensure tasks and projects remained on track. • Documented projects and other data in both Jira and Confluence. See less |
Network TechnicianRevolutionized operations via automation and securing internal networks.
• Automated and documented over 70 manual tasks, including file transfer infrastructure, various manual entry report generations, mainframe response-required jobs, and server maintenance tasks, yielding a massive savings in work hours and near elimination of common errors.
• Deployed a Certificate Authority server to secure and manage certificates on web interfaces throughout the network while restricting cipher usage to support only encryption at the highest security levels available given software used, providing the most secure FIPS-compliance possible. • Configured, implemented, and maintained the patching and reboot scheduling system for over 110 servers and 200 workstations, resulting uniform update deployment and easy rollback network-wide. |
Operations Supervisor & Technology Support SpecialistLed initiatives to improve efficiency, lower costs, and improve sustainability.
• Supervised up to 6-person seasonal operations staff which processed daily mainframe updates and backups.
• Automated and condensed daily operational workload which saved over 2 hours per day so operations staff could focus on more long-term projects. • Reduced company expenses by over $2000/month in paper and ink costs by digitizing and automating log and report checks and balances into Excel files. |
Website Quality Control & Customer ServiceProvided quality documentation and feedback to improve a lackluster project.
• Promoted to QA Tester after presenting a voluntary 20+ page critique on a newly developed browser-based CRMS.
• Contributed second highest number of bug reports and enhancement suggestions for company website |
Highlights
- Conducted user research testing in the form of focus groups, observations, and thinkalouds for 4 game projects.
- Coached one of the 20+ person student teams on applying Scrum in a scaled environment.
- Volunteered at Salt Lake City Library as a Digital Inclusion assistant.
- Researched marketing strategies for New Venture Development projects at Lassonde Institute.
- Published numerous small game projects on itch.io. (Link)
Skills
LanguagesC#
Java Ruby on Rails JavaScript PowerShell VBScript Batch C++ |
SoftwareUnity
Unreal Perforce Git MonoGame Visual Studio NetBeans Jira Confluence VMWare Active Directory Netscaler SharePoint SolarWinds Serv-U TeamViewer GoToMeeting Audacity |
Operating SystemsWindows Desktop/Server/DC
Linux Android iOS |
Education/Certificates
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Master of Entertainment Arts & Engineering
University of Utah | Expected May 2020 Master of Business Administration University of Utah | Expected May 2020 BS – Software Development Bellevue University | March 2017 |
CSM, CSPO – Scrum Alliance
PSM, PSPO, PSD, PAL, PSK, SPS – Scrum.org CAPM - Project Management Institute Project+, Security+, Network+, A+ - CompTIA Human Research – CITI Program Microsoft Office Specialist - Certiport Graduate Certificate in Information Systems, Six Sigma Green Belt – University of Utah |
