Experience

SANZARU

• United States
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineering Manager

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Managing Managers and aiding in the professional growth of Senior Engineers.Building Teams to achieve emergent technical challenges in VR games space.Building Processes, Culture and setting expectations to achieve high engineering quality.Developing technical roadmaps based on perceived business need and risk.Managing teams developing technology for Cinematics, User Interfaces, Sound, Automation, Infrastructure, Rendering, Performance.

• Engineering Manager

  • Feb 2021 - Aug 2023

  Building new teams through hiring and movement.Managing Multiple Engineering teams of 4-8 contributors in size. Rendering and Core Technology ManagementTooling, Automation, Infrastructure ManagementBuilding Cohesive Teams.Mentoring Professionals, contributing to career growth.Individual Contributions:Gameplay Engineering (UE4)Cinematic ToolsAudioToolsAutomation

• Engineer, Technical Lead

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2021

  Scheduling, Management, and Mentorship of a team of 4 Conducts Code Reviews Facilitate Stand Ups Sound Engineering Architectural Guidance Performance Analysis Gameplay Systems and Authoring tools Leading Engineering Teams responsible for Gameplay System creation and Tools: Gameplay Metrics and Performance Analytics Tooling Engine Plugin Creation and Curation Continuous Build Pipelines QoL Development Tools Engine level changes/integrations Large scale systems designed with re-usability and scaling in mind. Conducting Code Reviews and Implementation Planning Reviews on systems. Show less

• Gameplay Engineer

  • Jul 2017 - Feb 2019

  UE4 Gameplay Engineer for Prototypes and shared tech. UE4 Gameplay Engineer for Marvel Powers United VR. Shipped July 2018Live-Ops SupportSpawning SystemsStatistics Gathering Game Modes / Gameplay LogicGameplay Objects / PropsUI ProgrammingNetworkingDesignPrimary Languages/Skills : C++, Unreal Blueprint



Veeva Systems

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Automation Infrastructure Engineer

  • Apr 2017 - Jul 2017

  Automation Framework engineer responsible for supporting QA Automation practices with framework design, architecture, and implementation.Projects includeIntegration and configuration of Logstash, ElasticSearch, Filebeat, Kibana for data analysis and reporting of automation results.Creation of JavaScript utilities to read/write with ELK backend.Design and Implementation of new framework to support varying automation purposes. Primary Languages: Java, Python, Javascript, Perl Show less

• Associate Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

  Worked in conjunction with Project Managers and Developers to provide test plans and test cases for new features on Vault platform as Functional QA Engineer.Triaged Selenium automation failures, resolving script errors and filing product issues.Constructed automation scripts in Selenium for Black Box automated regression testing of product issues and features as an Automation Engineer.Conducted code review on proposed Selenium scripts and framework additions. Merged accepted work to active code repository. Performed Technical Interviews for candidates, ensuring they possessed the appropriate Java and Selenium knowledge for automation tasks. Show less



Foundry

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Junior Software Developer

  • Feb 2015 - Jan 2016

  Contributed to support library for product. API/SDK Wrote Dependency Walkers in C to assist in streamlined build processes Wrote Continuous Build Perl scripts to compile perforce changes on set schedule and notify developers of failing code. Identified and corrected compile-time warnings/errors in product SDK. Contributed to support library for product. API/SDK Wrote Dependency Walkers in C to assist in streamlined build processes Wrote Continuous Build Perl scripts to compile perforce changes on set schedule and notify developers of failing code. Identified and corrected compile-time warnings/errors in product SDK.



Foundry

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Automation Engineer Intern

  • May 2014 - Sep 2014

  Assisted QA staff by providing automated test cases written in python. Provided Quality Assurance by confirming provided video and textual documentation of application functionality is in line with user expectation, and documenting bugs and discrepancies. During my time I also rewrote a large scale Automated Testing Framework in C++ which compared benchmark rendered scenes to newly rendered scenes in xml format provided by python scripting. Used to automatically test functionality of applications on new head builds. Show less



Marine Corps Recruiting

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• QA Manager, Team Supervisor

  • Jul 2009 - Apr 2011

  Supervisor responsible for efficient management of small unit of 4 – 10 Marines, who Identified, analyzed and adapted to maintenance workflows in order to properly utilize human resources, and accomplish mission of providing mission capable equipment to military flight lines in accordance with their operational tempo and requirements.Collateral Duty Inspector responsible for regulating all maintenance performed during duties and ensuring adherence to all safety, hazardous material handling, and maintenance procedures; also acted as final inspector between maintenance center and flight line equipment acceptance. Show less

• Supply and Contracting Expeditor

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

  Supply expeditor responsible for identifying part requirements in normal operating cycles and provide necessary parts for both routine maintenance and troubleshooting. Also responsible for establishing contact with part companies and negotiating prices for procurement of parts not available through normal supply channels, and liaison with international armed forces for part requests including but not limited to; the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, and Canada.

• Ground Support Equipment Electrician and Refrigeration Tech.

  • Oct 2006 - Nov 2009

  Support Equipment Electrician and Refrigeration Technician responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment utilized on active military flight lines. Duties included, but were not limited to:Troubleshooting malfunctioning electrical, hydraulic, automotive, and pneumatic systems to identify and correct issues.Performance of Maintenance required to maintain peak operational levels on equipment commonly used on flight line. Adhering to regulations set for in maintenance of said equipment. Show less