Skills
Skills (Game Dev)
Languages: C#, C++, HLSL, Python, Lua, JS/TS, PHP, SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB), HTML/CSS, JSON, YAML, XML
Game Tech & Art: Unity, Unreal, Game Maker Studio | Shaders, Unity Shader Graph, Amplify, RenderDoc, DirectX 11 | Blender, Substance 3D, Photoshop, Procreate, Aseprite, HoudiniFX
AI & Systems: Behavior Trees, State Machines, GOAP, Genetic Algorithms, LSTMs, Classifiers | Level/Systems Design, QA
Audio & Production: Soundtrack Composition, Foley, Mixing/Mastering | FMOD, Cubase, Logic Pro
Management / Production: Stakeholder Communications | Project Management & Task Allocation | Team Building
Web Applications: API development | Fullstack | Cloud Distributions | Unit & End-To-End Testing
Related Work
Web Development Department Manager
Company: Boylan Point Agency
Dates: January 2023 - January 2025
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Description:
Managed development team delivering websites, full-stack applications, and APIs using PHP, JavaScript, and SQL.
Led agile project management, providing cost estimation, milestone tracking, and cross-departmental coordination.
Handled technical mentoring, hiring, performance reviews, and scaled core company workflows and service offerings.
Education Team Lead, Health Innovations Technology
Company: Blue Shield of California Health Insurance
Dates: July 2022 - January 2023
Location: Oakland, California
Description: Under the supervision of the H.I.T. Director, I designed, created, and led the implementation of what is now called "I.T. Academy" for the company: an internal business service responsible for teaching new technologies to the various I.T. department engineers. I led a team of 3 Blue Shield software engineers and 4 contract consultants from Red Hat for the first test of this new program. Together we trained 27 applications teams and containerized 8 APIs using Red Hat OpenShift.
Definition of enterprise-wide process for adopting prototyped software.
Designed and executed technical training and educational programs to facilitate massive-scale cloud migration and API containerization.
Coordinated with dev-ops and engineering teams to establish rigid CI/CD protocols, version control standards, and automated deployment pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab.
Trained, mentored, and provided feedback for over 50 lead and senior engineers across 27 distinct product development teams.
Applications Developer Intern, Health Innovations Technology
Company: Blue Shield of California Health Insurance
Dates: May 2022 - July 2022
Location: Oakland, California
Description: Responsible for the rapid prototyping, debugging, documentation and evaluation of emerging interactive technologies under consideration for company-wide adoption.
Executed rapid prototyping, performance testing, and technical documentation of new software systems in an enterprise sandbox environment.
Enforced and streamlined documentation standards for new prototyped software.
Consulted directly with department directors to establish unified engineering and documentation standards for prospective tech stacks.
Web Developer
Company: Boylan Point Agency
Dates: November 2021 - May 2022
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Description: Responsible for designing and creating websites and web applications using WordPress and other CMS platforms. I developed themes and plugins for WordPress websites using PHP and JavaScript. Also developed APIs using PHP or JavaScript for integrations with 3rd party services and websites.
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, and PHP development for web applications and websites.
Team collaboration for website and web app user interface designs using Figma and Photoshop.
Team collaboration with SEO specialists, digital advertisers, and marketing consultants.
Front-End Development, translated approved designs into HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Deployment for various websites and applications to Linux.
Sales Associate
Company: Stanroy Music Center
Dates: December 2019 - August 2021
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Manager, Live Music Venue
Company: Watermelon Music
Dates: May 2017 - November 2019
Location: Davis, California
Education
University of California, Davis
Degree: Bachelor’s Degree, Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Dates: August 2015 - June 2017
Major: Music, Ethnomusicology Focus
Santa Rosa Junior College
Degree: Associate’s Degree, Honors
Dates: September 2013 - May 2015
Major: Music
Certifications
Springboard Software Engineering Bootcamp
Degree: Certificate of Software Engineering, Exemplary Performance
Dates: March 2021 - August 2021
Description: 400+ Hours of project-based learning and one-on-one mentorship with an industry veteran.