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Kenneth Black

Full Stack Software Developer, Focus on Gameplay/Mobile/Web

Result-driven developer with 6+ years of experience working on all facets of full-stack mobile/web and gameplay development. Core competencies include full-stack development for all technical stacks pertaining to web and mobile, database design, API development, data analysis, CI/CD, and testing pipelines. Best practices conforming to production level code and working with centralized/decentralized teams, as lead and developer.

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GAMEPLAY DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

Implemented various gameplay logic in consulting jobs and personal projects. I have a strong passion for design patterns with object-oriented coding and developing complex features that come to life. Most of my work has been in C#(Unity) and some in C++(Unreal). Logic I've worked on includes procedural generation of maps and objectives, data structures like inventory systems and character stats, bitmasks for auto tiling (and other use cases), weighted loot tables, advanced melee and ranged combat, finite state machines and behavioral trees for ai, economy systems, animations (2d and 3d), sound managers, etc. I also have experience with the core design loop, level design, end2end testing, and other facets of gameplay development.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages C#, C++, Typescript, Bash, Python, Kotlin, Swift

Database

Architecture

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB (Atlas,

Realm, etc.), and DynamoDB

Cloud

Development

AWS (EC2 with S3 file storage, autoscaling

instances with SQS), Serverless, GCP,

Heroku, Digital Ocean, Cycle,

Docker/Kubernetes etc.

Frameworks: [Backend] NodeJS, Ruby on Rails,

Django/Flask, Serverless Lambda.

[Frontend] React, Redux, React Native,

Angular, Cordova, etc.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Lead Mobile and Full Stack Web Developer

BALLER TV

03/2021 - 12/2022,

Last funding round was Series B

Created the POC, ran initiatives, and led the team for a new scorekeeping experience written in Typescript using React Native and Redux Toolkit with Rails and Postgres for the backend. Scorekeeper was used for communicating with streaming devices to start and end games, as well as an interface to keep real-time score and stay synchronized with the server. Maintained current scorekeeper application with any necessary changes, written in Objective-C. Assembled an automated highlight reel using FFMPEG to merge clips, overlay animations and images, and convert resolution while keeping quality seamless.

Programmed full-stack web features for both consumers and operations with React and Rails. Built from scratch a new Consumer App in React Native with a small development team to meet strict deadlines. The app’s purpose was for users to login and watch streams for events they’re attending. Worked on the hd-sync process (converting 720p to 1080p) in python with autoscaling instances using SQS. Data Sanitization using python to prepare our data for autonomy (used data from Redshift). Achievements/Tasks

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Consultant

Self Employed

02/2020 - 02/2021,

Chillow (CTO): Created roommate matching application in React Native and NodeJS with many large features such as login auth (social media, apple, google), roommate swipe-to-match, chat capabilities with Pubnub, background check with EvidentID, payment capabilities with Dwolla, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, maps integrations with Google Maps, reviews, and posting a room. Backend created in NodeJS with MariaDB database hosted on AWS EC2. As CTO, I facilitated other developers on the project while architecting the application, creating most of the components, and communicating with the design team. Flipflops: Cross-platform applications used to deliver food to users near beaches. Created components in Kotlin. Mammoth Media: Deployed to iOS and Android, new versions of a casual mobile game built in Unity. Called zigzag on app store. Animallicious : A social platform to share animal videos (using JW Player) on iOS and Android using Swift and Java with a PHP backend. Was brought in to clean the project structure and fix bugs in outsourced code. Varfaj, two projects: telescope.varfaj.com - Website to gather current news from Naviga API for stocks. Used python with cron jobs to pull data and store in MySQL database to display on front-end. Website done in Angular with NodeJS backend to connect to database; Purple State – Application to follow political parties and current bills on iOS and Android. Fixed many production breaking bugs in outsourced code.

Bright Development: Created backend with NodeJS hosted on Digital Ocean for a website on a government contract. Kenziescloset.org: Made JS forms connecting to Bloomerang for donations to their non-profit events. Created a “text to give” feature for donations via text.

Solar Turbines

Senior Hybrid Mobile Developer

09/2019 - 02/2020,

Developed and maintained Solar’s mobile app Insight, used to monitor their gas compressor packages; built cross-platform with Apache Cordova.

Worked on components for a new Insight app, migrating Apache Cordova framework over to React Native, compartmentalizing components and streamlining UI.

Lead Mobile Developer

VERB DB (End Client: BP Oil)

12/2018 - 08/2019,

Individually created and deployed BPs North American b2b iOS and Android app with backend created in PHP/MySQL in a two-month time frame. Included technologies such as JWT Authentication, Biometrics, Apple/Google Calendar, and custom REST API. Refactored old code for a more unified company technical stack and dev process with CI/CD and pipelines. Collaborated with front-end and back-end developers to address all technical needs of the project. Developed SaaS software in Pheonix, Elixir, and PostgreSQL. Founder, Developer and Business Strategist

ELODUS CONSULTING

08/2017 - 12/2018,

A consulting company I created for development work on a few different consulting sites. I had other developer and designers help with various deliverables. EzDetailPro: Native Android and iOS CMS app for auto detailers to manage their clients. App included client scheduling and prospect tracking, inventory management, modifiable task checklist, billing with Stripe/Square, subscription, account settings, etc. Colonial Lawn: Cross-platform in-house employee management and contract estimation calculator app for San Francisco based lawn mowing company used to track employee hours and workloads and estimate lawn mowing services with in-app calculations. SapaApp: Used to organize attendees and maintain scheduled events for a yearly festival. Other Clients: Custom scripts including web scrapers, NLP and deep learning algorithms, data scraping and analysis in Python with Django/Flask and Tensorflow, Mobile Puzzle Game in Unity, React Native CMS app, Apple TV Business Templates, Bug Hunting, etc. Achievements/Tasks

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Web/Mobile Development Internship, CI/CD Developer BUILDERTREND

05/2017 - 09/2017,

Created web components using several frameworks and technical stacks: .NET, Angular, and knockoutJS. Worked on components for both Android and iOS applications. Was brought over to deployment side to add CI/CD to their DevOps environment. College Freelance Coding

Self Employed

Sodima Solutions (Machine Learning/ UI Dev) [December 2016 – May 2017]: Developed NLP Algorithms and deep learning model with Tensorflow/Keras for fitness chatbot.

Flyer Events ( Mobile Developer) [November 2015 – April 2016]: Android Application connected to several APIs and custom MySQL database for event management app.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

Senior design concept won hackathon for ML/AI, refining autonomous movement simulated in Unity. CERTIFICATES

PROFESSIONAL SCRUM DEVELOPER (10/2019 - Present) IBM DATA SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE

(12/2020 - Present)

INTERESTS

3d printing Playing Drums/Guitar Hiking Jiu Jitsu/Wrestling Homebrewing Reading Science Fiction Computer History

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