Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science

May 2009

Four years experience developing with Java in academia. Three years experience developing games and graphical applications in C++ and C#. Comfortable working with new frameworks, environments, and APIs and have prior experience in XNA, OpenGL, Visual Studio and UnrealScript (UDK). I have tons of self-motivation and I’m constantly working on indie games. I would love to bring this passion to your team and help you ship unbelievably fun games!

Software Engineer

Potomac Fusion Inc., Austin, TX

March 2010–Present

• Assumed responsibility and added functionality to client portal website written in Groovy and Grails, deployed on a Linux machine with Tomcat server.
• Provided technical support in a small team designing and implementing a robust object oriented framework utilizing Java, Hibernate and Spring on a relational database back-end.
• Implemented a number of multi-threaded performance tests on company’s software API against MySQL database using Java reflection techniques and JUnit.

Software Engineering Intern

OpenSource Connections, Charlottesville, VA

Summer 2008

• Managed Google search engine optimization (SEO) for AeroWeb, an airport webdesign brochure site presented to hundreds of airports at the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) NextGen Conference.
• Utilized Ruby on Rails to develop a scoring system, administrator interface, and messaging system for a social bookmarking site.
• Supervised two high school interns and integrated artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing, and a user-friendly interface using Java EE for a client at Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

IT Intern

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Richmond, VA

Summer 2007

• Developed Excel macros for Du Pont employees to enable productivity improvement.
• Provided technical support to the data management team with reports and dashboards.
• Compiled and organized extensive amounts of data into Excel spreadsheets.

Ice Breakers

independent game

Initiated and directed a team including one artist and one music composer to create an action-puzzle game using the Microsoft XNA framework written in C# from start to finish. Implemented all programming aspects including physics engine, menu system, game progression, level design, particle effects engine, and game saves.

RGB DS

student game developers club project

Completed a Nintendo DS puzzle platformer with a team of six, written in C++ using the PALib library. Integrated important gameplay elements and developed a visually pleasing particle effect engine.

Chief Watzon

student game developers club project

Completed a multitude of tasks with a team of three to create Nintendo DS platformer in C++. Contributed to level design, game design, testing, boss AI, and art.

Ray Tracer

class project

Worked with a partner to develop a ray tracer in C++, rendering user-defined models which display reflective properties and colors and allowing for the manipulation of camera location, camera orientation, and anti-aliasing of the rendering.