Andrew Dietz
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Robert Gunnar Johnson Jr
Andrew is a highly skilled engineer and proven leader. He is constantly pushing himself to learn new tools and technology, serving as a thought leader for his peers. He serves as a great mentor to his team mates, having the patience to assist even the most junior on his team. His dedication to his craft enabled not only the success of his team but inspired other teams throughout the organization.
Mark DiAntonio
I got to work with Andrew prior to being his manager at Turbine, so I knew him as a good teammate originally. He is a passionate gamer with a love for the craft and business surrounding it. I watched him diligently pursue his education in Game Development while he worked on my team. Andrew possesses solid coding skills which have enabled him to engineer high quality solutions. He also has the analytical skills to diagnose problems and devise viable solutions. His ability to remain level headed during frenzied periods proves his ability to work well under pressure. I recommend him for employment without reservation
Robert Gunnar Johnson Jr
Andrew is a highly skilled engineer and proven leader. He is constantly pushing himself to learn new tools and technology, serving as a thought leader for his peers. He serves as a great mentor to his team mates, having the patience to assist even the most junior on his team. His dedication to his craft enabled not only the success of his team but inspired other teams throughout the organization.
Mark DiAntonio
I got to work with Andrew prior to being his manager at Turbine, so I knew him as a good teammate originally. He is a passionate gamer with a love for the craft and business surrounding it. I watched him diligently pursue his education in Game Development while he worked on my team. Andrew possesses solid coding skills which have enabled him to engineer high quality solutions. He also has the analytical skills to diagnose problems and devise viable solutions. His ability to remain level headed during frenzied periods proves his ability to work well under pressure. I recommend him for employment without reservation
Robert Gunnar Johnson Jr
Andrew is a highly skilled engineer and proven leader. He is constantly pushing himself to learn new tools and technology, serving as a thought leader for his peers. He serves as a great mentor to his team mates, having the patience to assist even the most junior on his team. His dedication to his craft enabled not only the success of his team but inspired other teams throughout the organization.
Mark DiAntonio
I got to work with Andrew prior to being his manager at Turbine, so I knew him as a good teammate originally. He is a passionate gamer with a love for the craft and business surrounding it. I watched him diligently pursue his education in Game Development while he worked on my team. Andrew possesses solid coding skills which have enabled him to engineer high quality solutions. He also has the analytical skills to diagnose problems and devise viable solutions. His ability to remain level headed during frenzied periods proves his ability to work well under pressure. I recommend him for employment without reservation
Robert Gunnar Johnson Jr
Andrew is a highly skilled engineer and proven leader. He is constantly pushing himself to learn new tools and technology, serving as a thought leader for his peers. He serves as a great mentor to his team mates, having the patience to assist even the most junior on his team. His dedication to his craft enabled not only the success of his team but inspired other teams throughout the organization.
Mark DiAntonio
I got to work with Andrew prior to being his manager at Turbine, so I knew him as a good teammate originally. He is a passionate gamer with a love for the craft and business surrounding it. I watched him diligently pursue his education in Game Development while he worked on my team. Andrew possesses solid coding skills which have enabled him to engineer high quality solutions. He also has the analytical skills to diagnose problems and devise viable solutions. His ability to remain level headed during frenzied periods proves his ability to work well under pressure. I recommend him for employment without reservation
Experience
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Epic Games
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United States
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Computer Games
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Web Engineer
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May 2015 - Present
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Senior Web Engineer
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Apr 2014 - May 2015
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Red 5 Studios
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United States
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Web Programmer
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Mar 2013 - Apr 2014
Working as a web developer at Red5 Studios I was responsible for developing and maintaining RESTFUL services in Ruby using RSpec for unit testing and MySQL/Cassandra data stores. I implemented services that used RabbitMQ to process messages and ensure consistent delivery, and worked closely with the Operations team to modify Chef recipes for the services that I worked on. In addition to RESTFUL services, I worked on front-end applications using Ruby on Rails to serve HTML pages to be rendered in an Awesomium browser in the game client. Using jQuery, SASS, and AngularJS I contributed to work on projects like the in-game Inventory, Friends List and the Marketplace. I also worked closely with client and game programmers to have these features interact with the game client. I also worked with LUA during my time as a web developer, implementing full features from back-end services and MySQL database to the LUA front-end in the game. I used both Mercurial and SVN for source control, and Jenkins for automated builds. Most of my development was in an Ubuntu VM, managing the Apache and MySQL services needed for development and testing. Most of my time was self-managed and I was given the freedom to discuss and help determine what features would go into a new design. Show less
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WB Games Boston
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United States
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Computer Games
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Web Developer
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May 2008 - Feb 2013
While at Turbine I worked primarily with LAMP technologies to create dynamic websites that bring data from their games to the web in meaningful ways. I took on the responsibilities of primary development and support for the Joomla and vBulletin-based software for their existing games, including new modifications, style implementations, and code-level customizations. I served as scrum master for a small team within the greater web development team, helping organize tasks and drive members of my team to success. Key Responsibilities: Implement high-visibility and high-traffic websites and deploying them on new CMS systems Contribute to a social networking platform that integrates game data with the website Modified third-party open source software solutions in order to make them meet the company's need Utilize PHP5, JavaScript, CSS and Oracle to create dynamic database-driven content Work as part of a small team of developers as well as individual projects with minimal supervision Work with other teams, such as marketing, e-commerce, and community reps, to provide tools and support to assist them in their campaigns Create middleware applications in Java using a custom framework developed by our team in order to support web products that require scheduled tasks. Mentor new hires and help support teams with legacy products Serve as scrum master for a small group of developers, working closely with a web producer and QA lead to drive projects to completion Show less
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Developer
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Aug 2004 - May 2008
HireAbility provides recruiting services, including web-based contact, resume, and job management software by subscription, and resume parsing Software as a Service. I was hired to be the primary developer responsible for work on the web-based software provided to customers, building new functionality and iteratively improving the quality of features that existed already. I did the work of converting in-house libraries from PHP4 to PHP5 soon after hired as well as porting legacy codebases to a newer, object-oriented framework. Key Responsibilities: Develop, maintain and new features for existing software Created and maintained a social networking site for the staffing industry Create various internal tools for assisting the sales and technical support departments Utilize PHP5, JavaScript, CSS and Oracle to create dynamic database-driven content Implement a third party credit card processing service (Authorize.net) to handle one-time purchases and recurring billing subscriptions, as well as the tools to update and cancel these subscriptions Aided in the development of the company's web-based software and manage its current development and maintenance Assist the support department in responding to requests from customers Show less
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Education
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2006 - 2011
University of Advancing Technology
BS, Game Programming
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