Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · Seattle, Washington, United States

• Designed and built backend platform services that power multiplayer features and delivered scalable, developer-friendly APIs for game studios. Expertise in live service game matchmaking, parties, social systems, and third party game server hosting integration.

Feb 2017 – Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Greater Seattle Area

• Led initiative to join the Khronos Consortium and participate in the OpenXR working group for years. Represented the company and helped shape the OpenXR API and feature set to allow for multiple simultaneous apps and overlays.
• Project lead for skeletal animation and transmission system with strict data size and codec requirements to keep networked latency low while maintaining full bone articulation. Replaced the use of MPEG FBA format and transmitted over RTC. Minimal, modern C++ library integrates with desktop, iOS, and web clients.
• Refactored monolithic Unity app into distributed parts including C# and C++ shared libraries, Unity rendering app, web front end, and Node.js microservices. Learned new languages and web technologies including the AWS stack, Aurelia, React, Electron, and Terraform.
• On the strike team to quickly deliver a native iOS client that integrated with our web front end. Implemented IPC to communicate between the native Swift app and web app UI, translated and integrated ARKit skeletal data to work with our system, and set up APNS integration on the server.
• Prototyped and released networked multiplayer, “multi-app” (used simultaneously with other XR apps) WebXR and OpenVR apps to integrate with emerging multi-app tools, XRPackage and AardvarkXR.
• Created data-driven, immediate mode debugging UI tool for Unity and iOS apps to visually represent 3D data in realtime, allowing the team to catch and solve bugs faster and reason about 3D space more effectively.
• Automated UI interaction and movement in VR with OpenVR input emulator, making testing between two clients easier and more efficient for the team.
• Desktop - C#/Unity, Electron
• iOS - Swift, ARKit, APNS
• AWS - Lambda, S3, EBS, CloudFront, Route 53, DynamoDB
• XR - OpenXR, OpenVR, Unity, WebXR, Three.js, Hololens, Aardvark
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• Web - Node.js, Aurelia, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, REST, Express, Redis
• Misc - Git, Unit Testing, RTC, Bash, Travis CI, AppVeyor, Terraform, Multithreading

Sep 2016 – Feb 2017 · 5 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• 6-month internship, 35hr/week
• Helped implement an innovative OpenVR overlay rendering system that projects the 3D game view onto a 2D overlay texture while preserving depth and spatial perception frame by frame.
• Used GPU profiling and manually handled frame timing for render textures to attain a minimum 90 fps required for VR.
• Began converting monolithic Unity project into several Node.js microservices and Windows client components. Replaced the Unity embedded front end UI with an Electron client and Aurelia web app with IPC.

Jan 2016 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Seattle Area

• Ada’s mission is to prepare women and gender expansive adults to be software developers while advocating for inclusive and equitable work environments. We primarily serve and address the needs of Black, Latine, Indigenous Americans, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, LGBTQIA+, and low-income people.
• Ada Developers Academy teaches full-stack web development. Students learn CS fundamentals, Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS along with relevant frameworks and paradigms.

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr · Albuquerque

• I produced a 3D educational video game funded by the National Science Foundation to teach students and the public about sustainable energy pathways. I coordinated a team of employees, assigned tasks, enforced deadlines, and managed the project. I also produced an animated video to promote public awareness about a renewable energy resource called energy harvesters.

Aug 2013 – May 2014 · 9 mos · Albuquerque, New Mexico

• I worked with graphic designers to create and maintain websites for several local businesses. I communicated directly with clients to fulfill their requests and collaborated with them to develop the best online marketing strategy for their business.

May 2013 – Feb 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• I have done freelance art, design, animating, modeling, coding and video editing for businesses and individuals.

Jul 2010 – Aug 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area

• I worked servicing dozens of customers per day by finding the best cellphone and service plan for them, as well as providing excellent customer service and technical support.