LinkedIn Resume

Specialties :

C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, PHP, VBScript, JavaScript, x/HTML, Windows, Linux, Server Architecture, VMWare, Virtualization, Systems Administration, Automation, .NET Framework, ADO.NET, ODBC

Experience

Serious Game Developer

The Research Network, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

December 2009 - Present (4 months)

Founder

Venom Game Labs, LLC

(Computer Games industry)

November 2008 - Present (1 year 5 months)

I started this company as a way to allow hobbyist game developers like myself to come together and work on something bigger than just hobbies. We're working on two projects and always come up with designs for more. One of the current projects is a persistence engine for video games, similar to how World of Warcraft keeps tabs on how the characters are doing.

VMWare Administrator

Enterprise Hosting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2008 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Developer

TRX

(Public Company; TRXI; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2008 - December 2009 (1 year 10 months)

Write code libraries and web services to be used both in-house and by external customers using C#, MSSQL 2000/2005, ASP.NET, and ADO.NET.

Programmer

Blackened Interactive

(Computer Games industry)

July 2008 - November 2008 (5 months)

Programming Lead

Firearms 2 for Half-Life 2

(Computer Games industry)

March 2007 - July 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Started from a blank Source(tm) SDK (C++) and created over 30 new weapons, 3 new game play styles, new user interfaces, and added quite a few realism extensions to the weapons and players. These include bleeding, bandaging, bullet penetration, accuracy fluctuation, parachuting, custom arsenal configurations, and quite a few more. I've also done some sound creation/editing and 2d artwork for this project as well.

Systems Administrator

TRX

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRXI; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2005 - April 2008 (3 years 2 months)

Large heterogeneous server environment administration
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003
SuSE Enterprise Linux 9, 10
VMWare ESX 2.5.x, 3.x w/ Virtual Center
Network Appliance Storage (NetApp)
Active Directory 2000/2003
Administrative scripting & programming
Apache 2.x
IIS 5, 6

Websphere Administrator

TRX

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRXI; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2007 - March 2008 (6 months)

Websphere Administration
Automate Portlet Builds/Deployments w/ Ant

Programming Lead

Firearms Half-Life

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

July 2002 - December 2005 (3 years 6 months)

Modified existing game code from the Half-Life(tm) SDK to create new weapons, modes of play (game rules), custom particle effects, and user interfaces. I also enhanced existing code to perform more efficiently and 'squashed' a ton of bugs based on player and tester feedback.

Education

Devry University

BS Game and Simulation Programming

2007 - 2010 (expected)

Chippewa Valley Technical College

AAS Computer Information Systems - Programmer/Analyst

2003 - 2005