EA Tiburon
Technical Designer

August 2021 - Present

• Responsibilities

  • Implementing systems and features across multiple EA Sports titles including PGA Tour where I primarily worked in the Presentation space and short stints on multiple Maddens authoring narrative content using internal tools

  • Creating documentation for technical systems I developed and improving / updating documentation for existing systems

  • Proposing solutions that best achieve design intentions within the constraints created by our technical systems and scope

• Skills Developed

  • Deeper understanding of AAA scale development issues such a large scale networking, scalability, and global game launches

  • Improved communication across large, multifaceted AAA teams and even larger AAA-scale organizations across timezones

  • Familiarity with entirely internal tools and engines including Frostbite and the Frostbite scripting language

  • Adaptability to various potential pipelines and organizational styles

UCF Biology Department
Technical Designer & Producer

• April 2021 - April 2023

• Responsibilities

  • Contributing to the game’s design and making sure it effectively suits the learning goals the project calls for

  • Developing back end systems and front end tools to streamline development and iteration going forward

  • Mentoring current UCF students on the project in good technical practice

  • Managing team task assignments & documentation

  • Communicating with the SMEs to better understand the learning objectives and developing an AdobeXD storyboard that allows for SMEs to playtest the experience prior to it being built and without a VR setup

• Skills Developed

  • Familiarity with crossplatform VR development in Unity

  • Better understanding of diverse use cases for scriptable objects in Unity

  • Comfort with AdobeXD as a prototyping tool

Coral Springs Youth Soccer
Referee

• November 2012 - January 2019 (Seasonally)

• Responsibilities

  • Officiating games with up to two other referees

  • Interacting with players aged 6-19, their families, and coaches

• Skills Developed

  • Communicating with and defusing conflict between people of all ages and backgrounds

  • Deeper understanding of game rules and player relation to rules

  • Teamwork

  • Mental Focus

• Interactive Entertainment, M.S.
  (FIEA, University of Central Florida)

  • Graduated: December 2020

  • Track: Production - Technical Design

  • FIEA Director Fellowship

  • 3.950 Cumulative GPA

• Digital Media - Game Design, B.A.
  (University of Central Florida)

  • Graduated: May 2019

  • Graduated with Honors from the Burnett Honors College

  • 3.667 Cumulative GPA

• Highschool Diploma
  (Coral Glades Highschool)

  • Graduated: June 2015

  • Top 10% | 4.9 GPA (Weighted)

  • Game & Simulation Club President

• For more info on relevant courses I've taken, see my LinkedIn.