Experience

Zonar Systems

• United States
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Software Development Manager

  • Mar 2021 - Present

• Software Development Engineer III

  • Oct 2016 - Mar 2021



Aeon Genesis

• Founder, Producer, Programmer, Writer

  • Mar 1999 - Present

  Aeon Genesis is a private, not-for-profit collection of hobbyists who devote themselves and their free time to producing commercial-quality localizations, mostly of old, out-of-print video games. Our most well-known release is Cave Story ~ Doukutsu Monogatari, which has received worldwide print media attention. Portfolio includes: --Star Fox 2 (Nintendo) --Super Robot Wars titles (Banpresto) --Shin Megami Tensei (Atlus) --Treasure of the Rudras (Squaresoft) --Clock Tower (Human Entertainment) --Dozens more Notable accomplishments: • Proven record of success and consistently-improving quality. Portfolio: http://agtp.romhack.net • Refactored more than 70 games’ text display systems and user interfaces via raw assembly languages • Used hex editors and debuggers to reverse-engineer complex data structure formats without original source • Deciphered, documented, and bypassed substring, LZ, and Huffman compression algorithms • Adhered to strict self-imposed deadlines while maintaining dedication to excellence in quality standards • Recruited required talent, balanced workload amongst members of small teams, and managed timelines across dozens of titles without compromising the quality of any individual project Show less



Namco / Bandai Games

• Animation and Post-production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Editor

  • Mar 2016 - May 2016

  • Proofread and edited ~78,000 words of Japanese-to-English localized text for style and consistency of character voice • Rewrote, extended, and truncated lines for timed scenes as necessary to fit within strict requirements • Delivered within expected timeframes • Proofread and edited ~78,000 words of Japanese-to-English localized text for style and consistency of character voice • Rewrote, extended, and truncated lines for timed scenes as necessary to fit within strict requirements • Delivered within expected timeframes



MAQ Software

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Dec 2013 - Mar 2016

  • Successfully delivered three short-term projects and one long-term project for a large enterprise client • Diagnosed and solved critical issues for software dependent upon multiple large relational databases • Reviewed and tested code daily to ensure proper software functionality • Technology exposure includes parsed JSON, T-SQL, Java, HTML5+CSS • Successfully delivered three short-term projects and one long-term project for a large enterprise client • Diagnosed and solved critical issues for software dependent upon multiple large relational databases • Reviewed and tested code daily to ensure proper software functionality • Technology exposure includes parsed JSON, T-SQL, Java, HTML5+CSS



Amazon

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer (Consultant)

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2015

  • Designed and developed Python-based automated stress tests, compatibility tests, and benchmarks for the AWS Aurora MySQL database engine and its associated components • Utilized and contributed to a common codebase and developed code with a mind for reuse • Adapted to rapidly-changing circumstances in an agile environment, handled crisis situations, provided team-wide on-call support for failing tests • Amazon technologies: EC2, S3, DynamoDB, SES, CodePipeline, and CodeDeploy • Continually elicited user requirements and engineered software to fluid specifications Show less



ServiceNet

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• MR Residential Counselor

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2013

  • Worked full-time, volunteered for extra hours and on-call rotation as needed • Adapted to rapidly-changing circumstances, handled crisis situations, intervened in conflicts between residents • Worked closely with the team to ensure growth, development, and reintegration into society • Successfully implemented complex prescription medication plans for severely physically and psychologically compromised individuals multiple times per day • Set and enforced rules in homes for the developmentally disabled, ensured individual responsibilities were completed daily Show less



OIT Computer Classrooms @ UMass Amherst

• Staffroom Consultant

  • Sep 2004 - May 2006

  • In the classrooms, provided support to users as needed and helped resolve technical issues as they arose • In the staffroom, provided support to consultants in the classrooms, filed trouble tickets, and provided detailed notes of any problems via the ADA internal system • On the Tech Crew, I assisted Mike Friedman in hooking up, securing, and imaging computers during the W.E.B DuBois Learning Commons’ construction • In the classrooms, provided support to users as needed and helped resolve technical issues as they arose • In the staffroom, provided support to consultants in the classrooms, filed trouble tickets, and provided detailed notes of any problems via the ADA internal system • On the Tech Crew, I assisted Mike Friedman in hooking up, securing, and imaging computers during the W.E.B DuBois Learning Commons’ construction