Resume

Work

Lead Game Designer

F84 Games, Los Angeles, CA - February 2018 to Present
- Leading all design documentation including game concepts, RFPs, and GDDs
- Interfacing with clients and producers to handle feedback
- Leading game reviews and determining design direction for each milestone

Technical Designer

F84 Games, Los Angeles, CA - June 2012 to February 2018
- Designing and developing games for clients such as Disney, Warner Bros., and Mattel.
- Working with each part of the team to ensure the technical parameters of projects are met.
- Interfacing with clients to provide technical insights into the publishing and deployment of games.

Adjunct Professor

Bradley University, Los Angeles, CA - January 2017 to Present
- Teaching a Hollywood Semester workshop class for upper level students majoring in Game Design.
- Focusing on guiding the students through the process of game creation from start to finish.

Consultant

Self Employed, Los Angeles, CA - May 2017 to Present
- Design consultant for Portmanteau Games for their game 'Thin Air'
- Programming consultant for Sunken Places on their game 'Classroom Aquatic'

Stan Lee's Hero Command - Designer & Developer - Mobile Game

Wrote initial design documentation
Worked closely with lead programmer & animator to create an extensive and easily modifiable combat system
Implemented responsive front-end user interface
Designed and implemented 100+ missions across 3 hero campaigns

Survival Run - Designer & Developer - Mobile Game

Ported game to Android and Windows Phone. Updated UI to be responsive across various device sizes. Implemented platform specific plugins.
Designed 'survival gear', equipment that benefits the player during gameplay
Implemented 'Skillz', an asynchronous multiplayer platform for competing against other players

HTML5 Games - Designer & Developer - Web & Mobile Games - Client Work

Created HTML5 Games (WebGL with Canvas fallback) that run on common web browsers across PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android devices.
Worked in Haxe with one additional programmer to create a proprietary engine built on top of Pixi.js
Worked on designs for each game to match clients expectations
Implemented graphics for user interface, gameplay, and more
Interfaced with clients to respond to feedback and make design changes based on stakeholder and producer requests.
Created and implemented sound effects

Delivered multiple talks ranging from 50 minutes to 3 hour workshops on the below topics

General Game Design - Understanding core concepts such as game flow and user feedback
Choosing the Right Game Engine - How to decide what to use when starting a new project
Working in Unity3D - Structuring a project, taking advantage of extensions, using uGUI, working with navmeshes, and more

Software: Unity3D, Maya, Blender, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects

Languages: Objective-C, C++, C#, Python, Haxe, Javascript, Java, Actionscript

Frameworks: Open Frameworks, Cinder, Cocos2d, Box2d, Chipmunk, Titanium

Other: Scrum, Task Management Software, User Testing, Design Documents, Git, SVN

Bradley University - Fall 2008 to May 2012