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Game Experience

MLB 2K10, Visual Concepts/2KSports
AI Engineer October 2009 – February 2010

•	Worked on various ambient AI issues, such as dugout, bullpen, pre/post play, pre game, mound visit, etc
•	Worked on various AI/animation issues to make sure player moves in a realistic manner while they’re not in play
•	Help fix miscellaneous AI/Animation issues

NBA 2K10, Visual Concepts/2KSports
Software Engineer January 2009 – October 2009

•	Ported the game from Xbox360 to the Nintendo Wii as the title is being developed
•	Implement Wii specific controls/gameplay and maintain all of the functionality of the Xbox360/PS3 version
•	Worked with the team to implement/resolve any Wii specific issues/needs throughout the development

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Pandemic Studios
HUD/Gameplay Programmer June 2007 – November 2008

•	Implement/maintain systems for all in-game user-interface both 2D and 3D
•	Implement/maintain gameplay systems, for examples: control points, spawning, objective, scoring, achievements, etc
•	Work with network programmers on multi-player features such as: multi-player game modes, chatting, etc
•	Work with UI artists to put Flash art in the game through Scaleform GFx and achieve the required performance goal
•	Work with designers to debug/implement features so they can achieve the desired gameplay experience

6 Shooter Showdown: Most Wanted, Spidermonk Entertainment/The Guildhall
Programming Internship July 2006 – September 2006

•	Cell-phone game for java and BREW. The game is being published by Hudson
•	Worked on main game mechanics, new sprite system, “Shoot the Can” mini-game, and Java-BREW port

Unannounced Title, Spidermonk Entertainment/The Guildhall
Programming Internship July 2006 – September 2006

•	In-house cross-platform, multi-threaded 3D engine for the PC and next-generation consoles. Created from scratch
•	Worked on math/collision, general engine architecture, shaders, font, sound, input, and utility classes
•	The engine was eventually used to create the Xbox Live Arcade game “Roogoo”

The Fiona Project, The Guildhall
Programmer / Game Designer, Team Size 15 October 2006 – March 2007

•	A Half-Life 2 project featuring stylized black and white visual style and complex third-person camera
•	Selected by Guildhall’s faculty to be the game designer
•	Wrote game design document, implemented the graphic-user-interface, heads-up-display and shader framework
•	Console look-and-feel, designed specifically for PlayStation 2 controller, and Texas Instrument’s DLP projectors

Great Winter, The Guildhall
Programmer, Team Size 11 January 2006 – March 2006

•	An Unreal Tournament 2004 project. Selected by Guildhall’s faculty to enter IGF 2007 mod competition
•	Created 3 new weapons, new pickups/power-ups system, particles effects, replication, and game balancing

Education

The Guildhall at SMU, Plano, Texas
Certificate in Digital Game Development – Software Development July 2005 - March 2007

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Bachelor of Information Technology – Software Engineering Major January 2000 – November 2002

Skills

Platforms:	Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, PC, Java
Languages:	C/C++, HLSL/fx, Cg, GLSL, Assembly, UnrealScript, Lua, Java
APIs\Engines:	DirectX, OpenGL, Win32, Half-Life 2 Source, UnrealEngine 2, AGIA PhysX, Scaleform
Applications:	Microsoft Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Flash

Work Experience

Visual Concepts/2K Sports
Software Engineer January 2009 – February 2010

Pandemic Studios
Associate Programmer June 2007 – November 2008

SpiderMonk Entertainment
Programmer Intern July 2006 – September 2006

IEQ Thailand
Part-Time Computer Tutor (C/C++, Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash) October 2003 - March 2004

DataGenerale Co Ltd. Australia
Part-Time Graphic Designer (Flash/Photoshop) March 2001 - August 2001