Experience

Minecraft

• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  I'm a graphics engineer on Minecraft. I maintain our cross-platform rendering engine and material pipeline, which provides 5+ graphics APIs for Minecraft's variety of shipping platforms. I also author effects/shaders for the Bedrock version of Minecraft, which includes significant contributions to the (cancelled) "SuperDuper Graphics Pack" and "Minecraft with RTX". I'm a graphics engineer on Minecraft. I maintain our cross-platform rendering engine and material pipeline, which provides 5+ graphics APIs for Minecraft's variety of shipping platforms. I also author effects/shaders for the Bedrock version of Minecraft, which includes significant contributions to the (cancelled) "SuperDuper Graphics Pack" and "Minecraft with RTX".



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Software Engineer II

  • Nov 2013 - Feb 2017

  I worked as a test engineer on Windows and XBOX graphics. My primary areas of focus were gaming, DirectX 12 and PIX.

• Software Development Engineer in Test

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

  I worked as a test engineer on the HLSL compiler. I wrote and maintained tools to test conformance of the compiler.



Arizona State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Dec 2011 - May 2013

  I worked as an undergraduate research assistant to Dr. Ross Maciejewski. Research focuses on graphics techniques in fields such as: NPR (Non-Photo-realistic Rendering), Data Visualization, Visual Analytics, Volume Rendering. I headed research on 3 projects, 2 of which I was awarded grant funding, and contributed to 2 more.

• Management Intern - Dashboard Developer

  • Jan 2008 - May 2013

  I developed online dashboards that allowed ASU faculty and staff to navigate financial and educational data. I wrote front-end visualizations, SQL and back-end server scripts.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

  I worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the I3DEA Graphics Lab to develop a military UAV surveillance training simulator using C++, GLSL and the Delta3D game engine. I helped implement systems that allowed the UAV operator to fly and maneuver the camera, while the system analyzed the operator's surveillance performance.



Circle Graphics

• United States
• Printing Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Art Technician

  • May 2007 - Aug 2007

  I received a summer internship at Circle Graphics in Longmont, Colorado during 2007. Here I worked in the Art Preparation department using graphic editing tools such as: Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, In-Design, etc... I received a summer internship at Circle Graphics in Longmont, Colorado during 2007. Here I worked in the Art Preparation department using graphic editing tools such as: Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, In-Design, etc...