To obtain a directorship within an
established development firm that has the intention of developing PC and
console games and will allow growth of my design and programming skills.
Professional
experience
2000 - Present
Electronic Arts (formally Mythic
Entertainment)
Fairfax,
VA
Development Director
Direct twenty-four developers in their day to
day tasks of designing, building, and implementing a unique online world.
Draft project milestone lists and ensure
production carries through to meet those milestones.
Establish developer guidelines, policies, and
procedures to ensure all members of team are properly trained, and remain
informed during each phase of development.
Provide AI design, development and
implementation from concept phase to release on two leading PC based MMOLRPGs
and five expansions. Direct results of completed and continued development
for Dark Age of Camelot include:
A top subscriber base of over 300,000 within
the US
Subscriber base of 500,000 worldwide.
Designed and scripted advanced AI for
encounters that are now paving the way to some of the most dynamic game play
elements ever seen in the industry.
Developed and implemented story level encounters
to include dialog writing and back-story creation.
Developed and implemented a dynamic quest
system still used and continually expanded in current projects.
Designed a set of development tools for use on
each project. Tools ultimately cut production times in half.
Performed dungeon / terrain design as well as
implementation in proprietary 3D toolset.
Handled management of client files and
spreadsheets to include version control.
Project Titles:
Warhammer Online
Dark Age of Camelot (classic)
Shrouded Isles (expansion)
Trials of Atlantis (expansion)
Foundations (expansion)
New Frontiers (expansion)
Darkness Rising (expansion)
Imperator Online
1999 - 2000 Marrinson Group
Fort Lauderdale,
FL
Network Administrator
Managed, maintained, and operated IT
department of six while establishing network infrastructure.
Established policy on all IT operations to
include password criteria, audit logs, network redundancy, disaster recovery,
peripheral setup, security, and baseline analysis.
Single handily monitored and maintained all
Internet and Intranet routers across seven facilities.
Performed complete upgrades and repairs to
over sixty legacy and sixty non-legacy workstations in under four months.
1991 - 1999 United States
Air Force
Aerospace Maintenance Specialist
Remarkably skilled at technical systems; has
performed maintenance on multiple aircraft during stressful situations
Supervised up to ten individuals in support of
maintenance operations.
Handled sensitive data to be implemented into
aircraft control systems.
Volunteered personal time to ensure aircraft
systems were functioning correctly prior to wartime flights.
Involved in detailed maintenance operations
during extensive travel across the world.
Certifications
2000 New
Horizons Computer Learning Center,
FL
Network+ Network Administration Examination
Achieved vendor neutral certification that measured technical knowledge
of networking professionals with 18 - 24 months experience in the IT
industry.
1999 New
Horizons Computer Learning Center,
FL
A+ Computer Service Technician Examination
Proven competency in technical and
end-user computer service and support.
Certification measures professionals
with 6 months experience in the IT industry.
Education
1998-1999 Community
College of the Air Force
Applied Science in Systems Administration
30 hours
1991 - 1992 United States Air Force
Aerospace/Aircraft Maintenance Specialist Technical School
Technical Skills
Programming: C, C++, Visual C++, Python, LUA, PHP, PERL, and Visual BasicApplications: Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Project, and others. Operating Systems: UNIX (bsd), MS Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows XP, Solaris, Macintosh System 7, Novell 3.x 4.x and 5.x, and Cirix
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