Education
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology; Cum Laude
University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH (9/2009 - 4/2014)
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Awarded 1st place and $800 at the UCIT Expo 2014 for ‘Heroes of the Rift’ a mobile action game
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Pioneered UC’s Game Development Track by defining courses and developing curriculum
Experience
Production Lead
Level Up Village - Old Greenwich, CT (9/2015 - 12/2016)
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Coordinated a team of 6 (designers, artists, educators) to successfully reach key milestones
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Produced an educational tabletop RPG for students around the world
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Provided support in terms of task tracking and collaboration methodologies
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Aligned resource updates to ensure active management of scope
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Developed a math, problem solving, and teamwork based curriculum supported by gameplay mechanics
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Led a Global Video Game Design course between students in Austin and partner students in Pakistan
Game and Operations Analyst
Red Fox Insights - Austin, TX (10/2015 - 9/2016)
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Orchestrated marketing campaigns involving content creation and targeting over 150 game brands
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Managed schedules and blueprinting sessions for research projects
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Identified trends within large data sets to better inform decisions about products and features
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Designed surveys to extract actionable insights from gaming audiences for research reports
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Tested functionality and accessibility of data-gathering tools and analytic reports dashboard
Player Experience
Kabam - Austin, TX (10/2014 - 1/2016)
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Supported 4 games including iconic properties like Marvel, Star Wars, Fast & Furious and The Hobbit
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Facilitated communication between the player community and the development team
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Addressed over 70 player inquiries and game concerns regarding best-selling mobile games daily
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Trained new hires by teaching team procedures, game management tools, and best practices
Technology Support
LPK - Cincinnati, OH (5/2013 - 10/2013)
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Served as one of three technology support members with an IT to user ratio of 85 to 1
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Monitored users in global locations including London, Geneva, Singapore, and Guangzhou
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Championed tech support for large events held at LPK’s Brand Innovation Center
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Streamlined planning and staging of a company-wide roll-out of Outlook for Mac
Quality Assurance
CIMx Software - Milford, OH (12/2011 - 12/2012)
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Contributed to an Agile software development environment
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Partnered with software engineers to find and describe issues within the product
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Accurately and descriptively submitted bug reports and reproduction steps
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Collaborate with product owners to create and present live product demos
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Used iterative strategies to create and complete test cases and regression suites
Technology Services / Web Hosting
Cengage Learning - Cincinnati, OH (1/2011 - 9/2011)
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Managed dozens of virtual and physical servers
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Accelerated deployment of staging code into production for clients and for internal projects
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Implemented file sharing processes to empower sales engineers
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Physically installed several blade chassis and servers in the onsite data center