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Professional Experience:

TimeGate Studios - http://www.timegate.com

Sugar Land, TX

Feb. 2006 - Current

Accomplishments:

  • F.E.A.R. Extraction Point - http://www.whatisfear.com

    Software Engineer

  • Implemented new weapons, characters, and other gameplay features

  • Created and maintained technical, procedural, and design documents for various aspects of development

  • Modified Lithtech toolset by fixing pre-existing bugs and adding new functionality

  • Extended and maintained TimeGate's internal toolset, which included Bugzilla modifications, build management system design and maintenance, and other advanced scripts that interfaced with command-line Perforce

  • Managed localized content for ten locales which involved designing the process of importing translated materials into the game, automating many steps of localization, and getting release candidate builds ready on time

  • Maintained the game installers for all locales

  • Evaluated performance and diagnosed "hotspots" in levels while working directly with other departments to plan and implement optimizations

  • Learned new languages, technology, and concepts to meet the studio's ever-changing needs


Education:

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Game Design and Development

    Full Sail - Winter Park, FL

    Graduated December 2005

    99.45% Attendance - 3.50 G.P.A.

  • Courses in Computer Science

    University of Houston, 2003 - 2004

    Mississippi State University, 2001 - 2003


Awards:

  • Full Sail Course Director's Awards:

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Game Network Programming

  • General Design Fundamentals

  • 3rd Place - Math and Science Programming Competition

    Mississippi College - 2000


Skills:

Languages

  • C/C++ - 8+ years

  • C# - 2 years

  • Perl - 1 year

  • x86 Assembly/VB/COBOL

  • Python/Java/PHP/HTML

Diversity

  • DirectX/HLSL

  • OpenGL

  • Lithtech

  • Renderware

  • TGE/TSE

  • Torque Script

  • Maya API

  • Mel Script

  • Win32/MFC

  • ODBC

  • SQL/XML

  • InstallScript

Tools

  • Alienbrain

  • Perforce

  • Visio

  • Visual Paradigm

  • Rational Rose

  • MS Project

  • Bugzilla

  • Visual Studio

  • VTune

  • NVidia PerfHUD

  • Apache/IIS

  • Excel

Advanced

  • Mathematics

  • Linear Algebra

  • Trigonometry

  • Advanced Calculus

  • Advanced 3D Math

  • Physics

  • Collision detection/response

  • Force, torque, friction and momentum

  • Particle systems

  • Bit-wise operations and optimizations

  • Advanced Debugging Techniques

  • Engine Design

  • BSP, BVH, PVS

  • Texture caching/Zoning

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Path finding algorithms (A* Optimized, Dijkstra, Breadth First, and Best First)

  • Finite state machines

  • Decision trees and fuzzy logic

  • Animation Systems

  • Vertex Morphed

  • Hierarchal

  • Skinned

  • Memory managers

  • LZW/Huffman

  • TCP/UDP

  • Multithreading

  • Critical sections/Mutexes

 

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