Experience

Respawn Entertainment

• United States
• Computer Games
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Systems Designer

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Working on an incubation project wearing a variety of design hats, from systems design and scripting to culture and team growth. Working on an incubation project wearing a variety of design hats, from systems design and scripting to culture and team growth.



Firaxis Games

• United States
• Computer Games
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Game Designer

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2021

  Civilization VI DLC and Expansions - Trailblazed the transition to a live ops, season pass model with the New Frontier Pass, to retain active players and delight fans with reliable content and balance updates - Directed the theme, tone, and gameplay of the Rise and Fall expansion pack, and communicated across disciplines to form creative alignment - Led a team of designers to create fresh new systems for the franchise, from Historic Moments that called out procedural story elements to… Show more Civilization VI DLC and Expansions - Trailblazed the transition to a live ops, season pass model with the New Frontier Pass, to retain active players and delight fans with reliable content and balance updates - Directed the theme, tone, and gameplay of the Rise and Fall expansion pack, and communicated across disciplines to form creative alignment - Led a team of designers to create fresh new systems for the franchise, from Historic Moments that called out procedural story elements to Governors who supercharged a player’s core cities

• Senior Game Designer

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2016

  Civilization VI - Owned multiple game systems and content spaces, from Trade Routes that created organic roads to Great People who wielded historically-inspired unique powers - Collaborated with artists, UI designers, and engineers to craft complex visualizations of data and drama - Promoted the game to journalists and fans, including translated interviews and presentations in Seoul

• Senior Game Designer

  • May 2013 - Aug 2015

  Civilization: Beyond Earth - Refined creative vision for the game starting in pre-production - Designed and programmed several gameplay systems, from the tactically focused Orbital Layer to the RPG-like skill trees of the Virtues system - Promoted the game to journalists and fans, including on a PAX Panel which announced the game

• Junior Game Designer

  • May 2011 - May 2013

  Civilization V DLC and Expansions - Designed, programmed, and wrote AI for the World Congress system, which allowed complex diplomatic interactions and strategic votes between multiple players - Researched, designed, and programmed the Assyrian and Portuguese civilizations - Crafted a steampunk-themed scenario with custom rules and an invented whimsical backstory


WemoMedia
• Switzerland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Software Engineer

  • Feb 2011 - Jun 2011

Stanford University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Android App Developer

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

Kobe Tokiwa University
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Website Designer

  • Jun 2009 - Sep 2009