Problem solver, leader, software developer, game designer, narrative-weaver ready to tackle any challenge while delivering clean, elegant, well-tested code.

EDUCATION

• University of Virginia - Bachelors of Arts in Computer Science

  2011-2015

• TA for Video Game Development. Reference: sherriff@virginia.edu

• Founding member of the Game Design Research group

EMPLOYMENT

• Turnip Games - Founder, Programmer, Game Designer, Writer

  2023-2025

  Launched Turnip Games to create Sunset High, a narrative driven noir set in high school. Managed the project from design docs to completion. Technically, the focus was on snapshot retention of all user actions in order to allow the player to rewind as well as creating a new module in engine to dynamically create directed acyclic graphs for quest design. Alongside this, managed a team of two, and shipped the product from nascence to launch. References: Blake Timmons [Lead Artist] blaketimmonswork@gmail.com, Lane Spangler [Lead Composer] lspangler@protonmail.com

• Trade Republic - Sr. Software Engineer

  2021-2023

  Worked within the portfolio team which required rigorous acceptance standards and uptimes. Focused on allowing the portfolio system to scale upwards by leading the sharding initiative; especially tricky due to how much in state memory the portfolio manager handled. Began decomposing the portfolio system into smaller microservices. Worked on introducing bonds as well as being part of a messaging team to introduce intra-service messaging best practices. References: Sajith Dilshan [Sr. Software Engineer] sajith.dilshan@gmail.com, Alex Reiplinger [Product Manager]

• Favor - Software Engineer II

  2019-2021

  As a backend engineer tasked with architecting, designing and executing complex feature delivery including a beta subscriptions service, a new ratings system, menu hydration, and real time customer segment placement. References: Kevin Tholen [Staff Software Engineer] tholen.kevin@ gmail.com, Mitch Stephan [Sr. Software Engineer], mitch.stephan@gmail.com

• Coshx - Applications Engineer

  2014-2019

  Worked closely with clients and led engagements from ideation and design sprints through technical planning and delivery, mentored and trained junior members, worked on ten plus projects from start to finish, ensuring on-time and on-budget deliveries of complex code. References: Michael Wytock, michael.wytock@gmail.com [CEO of Coshx], 913-620-2585 Ben Taitelbaum [Technical Solutions Consultant at Google], btaitelb@gmail.com

PERSONAL PROJECTS

• Utlititron 9000

  Working on a utility AI plugin for game engines such as Unity and Unreal.

• Head Like a Hole

  Game created over a hack-a-thon weekend in Unity with a team of two.

• Antares

  Building a self-explaining decision tree qualifier using Python.

SKILLS