Resume

Employment

3/2022 - present
Secret Dimension, Irvine, CA
UI / UX Lead

- Information architecture specialist with holistic approach to user experience, graphic design, and user interface systems architecture.

- Working with a variety of technologies with company partners.

- Highlights include: Unreal(UE5/4/3) UMG

12/2006 - 3/2022
Firaxis Games, Hunt Valley, MD
User Interface Lead, Senior Software Engineer, UI Design, Usability Specialist

- Develop user interfaces for AAA strategy games.
- Shipped titles:

- Marvel's Midnight Suns

XCOM: Chimera Squad

XCOM 2

XCOM: Enemy Within

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Sid Meier's Ace Patrol

Civilization Revolution

View my Moby Games listing

View my portfolio albums

- Focused on human-centered usability with simultaneous shipping PC, consoles, and mobile platforms

- Flexed with the needs of each project or sprint: UI system engineering and implementation, tech artist, graphic design, visual assets, usability flows, UI tools and workflow support

- Highlights include: Typescript, XML, HTML, CSS, C++, UnrealScript (UE3/UE4), Flash Actionscript, Javascript

- Illustrator, Photoshop, XD

- Previously: User Interface Engineer; Technical Artist

8/2006 - 12/2006
Community Center for Technology Services, Baltimore, MD
Web Developer for a tech non-profit
- Developed database-driven web applications with Ruby on Rails
- Worked with small- to mid-sized nonprofit clients
- Ruby on Rails, AJAX, HTML, CSS, Javascript

5/2004 - 8/2006
Connections Academy, Baltimore, MD
Multimedia Designer, Flash Artist
- Developed interactive training courses in Flash
- Maintained visual architecture documents for major projects
- Redesigned lesson and Learning Management System interfaces
- Flash, Captivate

8/2005 - 6/2006
kidsTeam at University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
National Science Foundation Researcher
- Worked with middle-school students on building and designing their own games and mods with NeverWinter Nights toolkit

Education

The University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
B.T.P.S. in Simulation and Digital Entertainment
December 2006