Developer Manager

I am looking for an opportunity to further my knowledge in building quality experiences

that exceed expectations in interactive media.

Technical Skills:

Image Programs: 3D Studio Max, Maya, Blender, Photoshop, Gimp

Languages: Python, Java, C++, C, Perl, Visual Basic, Shell, PL/SQL, SQL, AS3

Game Engines: Unity, Ogre, Unreal Tournament

Web Technology: EDI, XML, HTML, PHP, SOAP, WSDL

Configuration Management: Kintana, ant, subversion, CVS

Databases: Oracle, MySQL, Access

Awards and Conferences:

2010 Adobe Design Achievement Awards: Semi-finalist for Combiform: Shooter

2010 Meaningful Play Conference: Most Innovative for Combiform: Bisho Bisho Bailout

2010 Meaningful Play Conference: Runner-up Best in Show for Combiform: Bisho Bisho

Bailout

2011 Game Show NYC: Will Present Elephant in the Relationship

2011 Annenberg Crunch Design Challenge: 1st place for New Tools and Applications:

Combiform

2011 Exhibited Combiform at TEDxUSCExperience:

2-2006 to PresentIndependentGame Developer/Inventor Los Angeles, CA

Developed games and applications using programming, design, and graphics skills.

Developed custom interactive hardware applications with integrated circuits (IC),

Arduino, and other electronics components.

Created twenty-three digital/interactive experiences (see attached Portfolio with

excerpts below).

Co-author of a utility patent which is currently patent pending.

Combiform Gaming Platform (2-2010 to Present)

Position: Co-creator and software architect

Software used: AS3Glue, Flash

Hardware used: Arduino, Xbee

Description: Game controllers that are designed to break down the invisible wall between

players interacting together. The players interact by physically combining the controllers

and jointly controlling a new avatar.

CombiForm:

Bisho Bisho Bailout (8-2010 to Present)

Awards: Meaningful Play 2010: Most Innovative Award

Meaningful Play 2010: Runner-up Best in Show

Position: Designer and developer

Software used: Flash

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDIdHnro0HQ

Description: Babies must fight the rising tide by bailing water with spoons. Players must

cooperate to save themselves and the house by using the unique mechanics of the Combiform

platform.

CombiForm: Shooter (

2-2010 to Present)

Awards: Adobe Design Achievement Awards, 2010 Semi-finalist

Position:

Co-creator and developer

Developed: February to April 2010 (Version 1)

Software used: Flash

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDIdHnro0HQ

Description: A game that allows players to experience their fantasy as a Mighty Morphin

Power Rangers like heroes. Players control their own battle vessel. Players combine

controllers to make a mega robot to defeat evil!

5-2010 to 8-2010Wemo Media Los Angeles, CA

Game Design Intern

Designed additional gameplay features for core products.

Designed user interface for core product.

Worked closely with outsourced partner to make sure all deliverables where completed on-

time.

11-2009 to 5-2010USC Game Innovation Lab Los Angeles, CA

Game Designer

Game tester for a game aimed at teaching and motivating high school students to go to

college.

Collaborated in the game design for the Facebook version of the game.

8-2004 to 2-2006Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (GWL) Denver, CO

TIBCO Programmer/Architect

Architected and contributed to the implementation of a TIBCO service oriented

architecture (SOA) for GWL s website mygreatwest.com. The website served over 100k

members.

Developed general TIBCO infrastructure requirements, with consideration for disaster

recovery, HIPAA compliance, performance cost, growth, and maintenance.

Defined and implemented coding standards at GWL. Presented these standards at the Rocky

Mountain TIBCO User Group meeting.

8-2002 to 8-2004Expanets / Avaya Denver, CO

webMethods Production Manager

Provided 24/7 production support as the primary administrator for webMethods Enterprise,

Integration Server, and Workflow. Maintained three environments for a 98% uptime.

Designed and developed pl/sql, Korn shell, perl scripts, and java code to monitor and

optimize system up time and perform data fixes.

Supervised a junior administrator.

Military:

1994-2000

United State Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant

Education: B.S. in Computer Science and Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

MFA Candidate in Interactive Media, University of Southern California (anticipated 2012)

References Available Upon RequestAndy Uehara

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