I am a Senior Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, and Game Designer. My focus lies in the agile development and design of powerful and easy-to-use tools that enable the creativity of designers and artists. - I am an expert in C#, and fluent in C++, Python, and TypeScript. I am also familiar with Go and PHP.

Experience

2017 — NowPrivate Software Studio - Game DevelopmentOwner and Chief Technical Officer (CTO)

2017 — Now

California, United States

Led Unity development on 3 cross-platform small titles: 2 visual novels, and an interactive animation. These projects included localization and voice-over and were released on Desktop and Mobile.

Managed an agile team that has grown to include 4 artists, 2 other programmers, a programming inter, sound designers, and a writer.

Currently leading development on another unannounced project.

Developed and deployed a containerized website in Asp.NET before migrating it to Blazor.

Wrote a custom Terraform provider in Go, then rewrote said provider in C# using gRPC.

Developed a Discord bot in .NET to integrate with Jira Software.

Architected and implemented a self-hosted and containerized Kubernetes-based Enterprise Architecture for the Studio including:

Weblate (Used for crowdsourced localizations)

LDAP and SSO (FreeIPA and Keycloak)

Email (Modoboa)

Version Control (Bitbucket Server)

Company Wiki (Confluence Server)

Project Managment (Jira Server)

Continuous Integration & DevOps (Bamboo Server)

Package Manager (Verdaccio)

Document Storage and Editor (FileRun)

Backup & Restore (UrBackup)

2022 — 2025Virtualitics, Inc.Senior Software Engineer

2022 — 2025

California, United States

Played a critical role in refactoring a unified Account Management system in React/Flask which was deployed without a single major bug.

Developed a fully tested C# client package for an in-house persistent asset system.

Spearheaded an effort to utilize GitHub Actions for automation, which is now used across the entire organization.

Delivered and shipped numerous releases of multiple products utilizing Unity, C#, Blazor, React TypeScript, and Flask Python.

Implemented a system to automatically track, download, verify, and install multiple ODBC drivers in a container for use in a FEDRAMP certified environment.

Significantly improved testing coverage by regularly refactoring and modularizing duplicated sections of code.

2020 — 2020TeslaSoftware Engineer (Games & Infotainment Intern)

2020 — 2020

Palo Alto, California, United States

Developed much of the Tesla 'Boombox' app which allows users to play sounds outside their car using the external speaker.

Drafted requirements, built and presented the initial prototype in QT C++, continued developing this feature until the end of my internship close to its release.

Worked with localization and homologation teams to ensure the safety and legality of the feature across multiple regions.

2017 — 2020Magic LeapSoftware Engineer (Tools & SDK)

2017 — 2020

Sunnyvale, CA

Developed, released, and maintained a Virtual Room Generator Unity application for testing mixed reality applications.

Helped prototype a Magic Leap Unity app that let XR developers scan meshes of their surroundings for testing in.

Worked on a set of C++ tools used to help developers rapidly test their Unity/C++/Unreal XR applications.

2014 — 2017DigiPen Institute of TechnologyProgramming and Game Design Tutor

2014 — 2017

Redmond, WA

Carefully helped students to understand basic programming concepts such as loops, functions, data types, etc.

Helped guide students step-by-step through a problem to ensure that they walked away with a higher understanding of the concepts involved.

Actively made myself available for help so that students would always know where to find me.

Education

2013 — 2017

DigiPen Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science - BS

2013 — 2017

2020 — 2022

Walden University

Master of Science - MS

2020 — 2022

2012 — 2013

Foothill College

2012 — 2013