Over 10 years software development experience in a variety of business sectors.
Experience designing, implementing and supporting applications within a multi-million dollar, global, corporate environment.
Proven track record to oversee other team members on mission critical projects.
Versatile in consuming and determining the application of technologies within software projects.
SKILLS
Languages
Frameworks
Tools
8088 Assembly
Actionscript (AS2/AS3)
C#
HTML & CSS
Javascript
Lisp / Scheme
SQL
Unrealscript
VBScript
Visual C++
Visual Basic
XML
ASP.NET
ATL
CAFE
CLIK
COM
DirectX
MFC
.NET
OpenGL
SOAP
STL
WTL
XDK (& Natal NDK)
Flash
Microsoft Office
Perforce
Photoshop
PVCS
Rational Rose
Scaleform GFx
Source Safe
Subversion SVN
UML
Unreal
Visual Studio
Visio
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
FIRAXIS GAMES, Hunt Valley, MD
Sr. Game Programmer & Game Designer
2008 - present
Working across multiple projects as a lead programmer; tasking 4 to 6 colleagues per project.
Lead for the user interface (UI) team on an unannounced AAA title.
Lead programmer in various prototypes and emerging technologies.
BREAKAWAY GAMES Ltd., Hunt Valley, MD
Game Programmer
2007 - 2008
Worked within a team to develop AAA titles and serious games for the PC and Xbox 360.
”Command and Conquer 3:Kane’s Wrath“ - Built a new
user interface (UI) in both PC and 360 console SKUs;
accomplished utilizing C++, Flash, and XML within a
publisher’s proprietary toolset.
Led user interface prototype for a serious game simulation.
TRONSTER HARTLEY CONSULTING, Baltimore, MD
Consultant
2006 - 2008
Worked with a variety of clients in various industries, including:
Spare Backup, Inc., Palm Desert, CA -
Designed and developed within a team a port of shrink
wrapped client software from C++ to C#.
Additional technologies: MFC, .NET, MSSQL, SOAP.
Fundamental, Sparks, MD -
Enhanced a variety of internal reporting and external
web-site applications for this national health care
provider. Established technical criteria and conducted
interviews for full time position.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, Oracle
Managed a variety of responsibilities in order to meet client
objectives in delivering of computer based testing solutions.
Projects ranged from 5 months to a year in duration.
Led a team of 12 developers on creating, extending, and
supporting a full scale COM based application that is utilized
on 10,000+ PCs around the globe.
Architected multiple systems that added
value to Prometric’s flagship product. Projects spanned
development cycles of 6 months to 3 years, and leveraged various
Microsoft technologies including C#, ASP.NET, XML, CryptoAPI,
and Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ).
Acted as the point-of-contact for various 3rd party software
vendors that utilize Prometric’s SDK for Electronic Test
Delivery. Contact interactions ranged from QC testers to CEOs
of partnering companies.
One of three inventors of the patent for
Prometric’s Extensible Exam Language (XXL) Protocol for Computer
Based Testing (Docket No.26119.146). Patent pending. Performed
as the lead programmer on creation of the XXL compiler.
ACTIVITIES
Maryland Film Festival, panel host ‘10
Baltimore IGDA, co-founder & chair ‘08-‘10
GameX, Advisory Board & Speaker ‘09
GDC, conference associate ‘05-‘09
Christian GDC, speaker ‘04, ‘09
Open Source Zelda, project leader
Matrix & Quaternion FAQ, contributor
Coma 2 demo competition, 3rd place
EDUCATION
Adjunct Professor, UMBC, Interactive Media, 2009
MCAD .NET, completed exams 70-316, 70-315, 70-320
BA Computer Science, Ohio Wesleyan University, OH, 1998