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SPAN.IO, Staff Mobile Engineer 05/2022 - Present

Orchestrated mobile-side overhaul of networking stack to reduce costs and improve reliability, consolidating duplicated & divergent services into a shared repository usable by both apps
Launched PowerUp, a smart energy management system that maximizes home electrification while avoiding costly service upgrades, instrumental in landing win-win contracts where multi-home builders save hundreds of thousands of dollars
Delivered improvements to Drive, our smart EV charger, including the ability to synchronize charging schedule with the users’ time-of-use rate plans, helping both their wallets and the grid
Pioneered Scrum adoption within the organization in a cross-functional, distributed team, paving the way for a subsequent company-wide rollout, for which we were deemed, “the best prepared, by far”

Implemented an improved Team Search & Recommendation algorithm that released with a 70% positive player sentiment
Expanded our Autobattle logic to appropriately prioritize and attack secondary targets (one of players' most desired features)
Built and documented a debug tool to set and restore a gamestate save point, enabling shorter testing loops
Created a new parameterizable in-game ability, while identifying and providing robust handling of edge cases

Refactored tightly-coupled avatar system to allow for easy addition of new platforms and rigs in Unity
Prototyped a cross-platform mobile and VR networked level-building mechanic in Unity
Proposed and deployed Scrum to add vital structure to rapid prototyping phase, acting as coach/facilitator
Investigated, load tested, and presented recommendations for third-party cross-engine networking solutions
Prototyped VR player movement mechanics and streamlined controller input system in Unreal Engine 4

Spearheaded Android development for Sing Live Jams real-time duet feature with offshore team
Directed 3 developers to deliver Piano Composer, growing song catalog from thousands to millions
Architected client-side framework to leverage crowdsourced backing tracks to appeal to global audience
Created a promotion/leaderboard system to feature Partner Artists, a key piece of our business model
Led a redesign of Autorap, adopting scalable UI paradigms, and updating to a SWIG-driven JNI engine
Created a weekly Android Dev Meeting to share knowledge, identify tech debt, and standardize practices

Shipped 4 iOS games built in Unity: Rapper Run, KimYe, Roman’s Rage, and RhymeCraft
Prototyped an asynchronous turn-based multiplayer backend for RhymeCraft using Node.js
Implemented player/vehicle movement, collision system, basic pathfinding, and AI for an unreleased 3D desktop MMORPG that earned the company funding and acceptance into a video game accelerator

Brown University ‘10 - B.A., Computer Science; B.A., Electronic Music & Multimedia - GPA: 3.5

Gaming for Charity
- Organized/captained teams for CEA/AHGL leagues at PG, Penrose, and Smule for several games (CS:GO, Chess, Rocket League, Overwatch, League of Legends, Heroes of the Storm)
- Captain/7-year Participant of Extra-Life
Music
- Play electric bass & previously alto sax
- Worked as Music Director and on-air DJ for 95.5 WBRU in Providence, RI
Outdoor Activities
- Snowboarding & Wakeboarding
- Rock Climbing
- Snorkeling