Dean Dixon

281-***-****

Deer Park, TX ***** acrwbz@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS

Programming

Java : Netbeans IDE 7.4

C# : Microsoft Visual Studio, Unity3D/MonoDevelop

C++ : Microsoft Visual Studio

C : NotePad++ and Putty

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP

SQL

Personality : Strong desire to learn, fast learner, love being challenged, passion for coding and solving problems, great communication skills, teamwork expertise

Spreadsheets : Microsoft Excel

2D Graphic Design : Gimp 2.8, Photoshop, Inkspace

3D Game Engine Experience : Unity3D

EDUCATION

B.S in Computer Science May 2015

University of Houston Clear Lake GPA 3.57/4.0

Member of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholar Program

Related Courses:

Software Development : Java

Advanced Software Development : Java

Data Structures & Algorithms : Java

Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms : C++

Software Engineering : C# C+

Computer Game Programming : C#

Design of Database Systems : SQL

Operating Systems : C

Assembly Language : MIPS

Information Systems Theory and Practice

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tietronix Software Programming Intern December 2014 – August 2015

Create major and minor software functionalities and applications using C# and the Unity game engine.

Work with a large team on a large project in which the agile Scrum methodology was practiced.

Used Mercurial to successfully merge code with the other programmers on the project.

Communicated with team members daily, exchanging help and advice toward the project.

Review code every two weeks to ensure there was enough documentation, and to analyze on how to make it cleaner and better.

Deer Park I.S.D I.T Department Intern August 2010 – May 2011

Managed new hardware and neatly documented the incoming shipments with Excel using predefined guidelines.

Oversaw inventory in Excel using database design decisions to enable finding and editing inventory easier.

PROJECTS

Professional

Part of a programming team that developed an educational game for middle school kids as an intro to programming using the Unity3D game engine and C#.

oDeveloped a system that allows the kids to create their own running program to control a robot in a 3D world. This system is the most important one in the game as it’s where most of the game is played, where the kids learn, and where they have fun.

It uses blocks of code that the user drags from one side of the screen to the other to create programs to simulate the robot.

Users are also able to save and load their code.

I designed and implemented the entire system myself and had a working prototype in one day.

oDesigned many UI elements and implemented menu navigation with buttons, scrollbars, dropdown boxes, input fields etc.

Enhanced art assets to make them look better in the game

Side

Designed a 2D game with C++ using the external libraries SFML and Box2D.

oDeveloped for over a year, with tens of thousands of lines of code. My best leaning experience.

oDesigned levels and graphics for everything in Photoshop and Gimp 2.8

oCreated 4-player local and online multiplayer using the Server/Client method and the use of packets.

oImplemented the use of 4 Xbox controllers used simultaneously to control the players and navigate the menu, enabling 4-player local multiplayer.

Designing a website on my own to showcase games I’ve made, and music from me and my friends using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and PHP.

Academic

Collaborated with a team of 5 people to create a program that controls a physical drone from a pc with Java.

Developed an ATM using Java that could receive a pin, deposit, withdrawal cash, and maintain a balance for the user.

Created a Server/Client model using C that could send information from one to the other and vice versa

Made a complete game similar to Super Mario/Contra using XNA and C#

Dozens of smaller programs focusing on OOP, data structures(Stacks, Lists, Queues), polymorphism, GUI, sorts and searches etc.