Experience

Whitethorn Games

• United States
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Game Director

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Responsibilities included: - Deciding gameplay, narrative, art style, and other core features of internally developed projects - Overseeing a team of remote and in-office artists and engineers - Designing accessible mechanics for strategy and puzzle games - Preparing and leading presentations to the business team



Dynatrace

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Technical Support

  • Jul 2022 - Nov 2022

  United States Responsibilities included: - Utilizing Dynatrace technology to monitor website traffic and patterns - Analyzing error logs to determine root cause issues - Communicating with clients to optimize website performance in accordance with their goals - Managing and observing websites with tools such as AWS, Jenkins, and Docker



New Wave Documentary

• Production Intern

  • Feb 2022 - Nov 2022

  Responsibilities include: - Reviewing footage and provide feedback to the director - Collaborating with director and animation lead to design visual effects - Creating 2D rotoscope animations on top of live-action dance performances - Researching Vietnamese-American history and culture to verify set, costume, and prop accuracy



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Responsibilities included: - Writing and presenting lectures on programming and game design topics - Hosting office hours to guide students through coding questions - Assisting students in building artificial intelligences to play their games



MassDigi

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Game Developer

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Responsibilities included: - Deciding on the core gameplay loop as the game design lead - Communicating with teammates on both the art and programming teams to ensure our vision was united and achievable - Using spreadsheets and exponential equations to calculate stats such as entity attack and health, the player's level-up rate, and the difficulty curve as the player progresses through dungeons - Programming essential features, including random dungeon generation, enemy and minion… Show more Responsibilities included: - Deciding on the core gameplay loop as the game design lead - Communicating with teammates on both the art and programming teams to ensure our vision was united and achievable - Using spreadsheets and exponential equations to calculate stats such as entity attack and health, the player's level-up rate, and the difficulty curve as the player progresses through dungeons - Programming essential features, including random dungeon generation, enemy and minion spawn patterns, player experience and leveling up, and the save system - Documenting a design bible so that people unfamiliar with the project can understand why the game was designed the way it was - Organizing and leading playtesting sessions with volunteer players from outside the company Show less



AI-Learners

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Intern

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Ithaca, New York, United States Responsibilities included: - Designing and illustrating game assets and avatar icons - Participating in design discussions to make educational and accessible games - Performing QA to find website bugs - Testing game parameters by editing JSON files



U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer Intern

  • Jul 2020 - Sep 2020

  Responsibilities included: - Researching the Fixmatch algorithm in an effort to optimize the existing code - Training a classification AI with TensorFlow and Pytorch - Reviewing team members' code - Organizing information on a remote server



Army Cyber Institute

• Armed Forces
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern at the U.S. Army IoT Cybersecurity Lab

  • May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Responsibilities included: - Monitoring laboratory devices - Writing manuals for instruction on laboratory use - Managing servers/databases with SQL - Tracking user demographics