Microsoft Office Computer Science

Profile:

●Strong academic base in Computer Science, including 7 years of programming.

●Experienced in developing and delivering mobile video games for iOS and Android platforms.

●Team player able to work with others both in physical locations and virtually, to deliver results in a timely fashion.

●Won several school awards, in Business, Computer Science and Physics.

Work Experience:

Game Design Mentor at Thinnox Academy July 2015 – September 2015

Introduced and facilitated the learning of the game design process to students over the course of various two-week camps.

Programmer at Vertical Depth Studios Inc. September 2013 – Present

Designed and developed mobile games published on the iOS App Store.

Education:

Graduate Certificate - Video Game Programming

Sheridan College, Ontario, Canada August 2013

Honours Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (HBSc)

The University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus, Ontario, Canada June 2012

Ontario Secondary School Diploma

Maple Leaf International School, Alyce Glen, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. June 2008

Skills:

Proficiency in a variety of programming languages:

oWorked in C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, HTML, Javascript and Objective-C

Familiarity with Unity3D Game Engine

oWorked with a group to develop a networked, multiplayer game in the Unity3D engine. Most of the Unity code was done in C#

Familiarity with MySQL and PostgreSQL

oWorked with MySQL in a large video game development project to handle player account and character information

oWorked with MySQL in a mock online bookstore while in University

Experience with using Revision Control software:

oUsed Subversion for a variety of group projects

oUsed Git for a group commercial project

Experience with using Project Management software:

oUsed HanSoft for several major group projects

Experience working with others to deliver results:

oWorked with a team to complete large software projects on multiple occasions

Experience working in multiple computer environments:

oWorked in a variety of computer environments, including Windows, Mac OSX, and Ubuntu

Experience working with Microsoft Office:

oWorked in Microsoft Office on a variety of projects

Career Objectives:

●To work in an organization that provides opportunities for personal growth and development, and to eventually lead a team in the technology division.

●To leverage my knowledge and skills of online and mobile technology and programming used in the video games sector and create innovative and exciting mobile based business applications.

●To design new software architectures, and to improve existing ones.

Experience:

Game Design Mentor at Thinnox Academy:

oIntroduced and facilitated the learning of the game design process to students of the course of various two week camps

Vertical Depth Studios Inc.

Development of String It!:

oWorked with a group to create and publish a mobile application for iOS and Android platforms

oProgrammed most of the game, using the Cocos2d-x game engine

oCode was written in C++, Objective-C and Java

University of Toronto and Sheridan College

Development of Boss Heroes:

oSpent 4 months in a group creating multiplayer networked game in the Unity3D game engine

oResponsible for the development and troubleshooting of the basic, data-driven, C# framework for the network-enabled combat system used in Boss Heroes

oDesigned the MySQL schema used to store player and character information and programmed most of the C++ back-end server used to access it

oHelped in the bug-fixing process

Development of Flag Wars:

oSpent 4 months with a group creating a single-player, mobile phone game

oShared the responsibility of developing the Java-based game for an Android platform with 3 others

Volunteer at the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago:

oManaged computer sessions for patrons

oHelped computer users with related problems and tasks

Other Interests:

●Physical fitness with emphasis on weight training and badminton

●Playing board, card and video games

●Reading

●Playing the steel pan, a Trinidadian musical instrument

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