Impact-oriented team lead / senior developer with a supercharged creative side, passionate about frameworks, rapid prototyping, simulation, and generative AI. A hacker and tinkerer at heart, always ready to deliver innovative products and services.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Unity Team Lead
Artie.com
New York, NY
10.2023 - Current
Led development of "Pong Legends," Artie's flagship mobile WebGL game.
Created a versatile framework for rapid game development, backend/multiplayer integration, and dynamic content loading.
Identified and worked around mobile WebGL limitations in memory, graphics and device fragmentation to deliver consistent and optimized app performance.
Converted “Pong Legends” into a Progressive Web App for a native-like mobile gaming experience.
Managed hiring processes, performance reviews, and regular 1-on-1 meetings with team members.
Senior Developer / Director of Apps
spatial.io
New York, NY
04.2017 - 10.2022
Prototyped and developed a cross-platform NFT Gallery/Meeting/Gaming metaverse application utilized by top artists like Beeple and Ringo Starr.
Created a photorealistic avatar system with face/body tracking and a Mixamo compatible animation system.
Developed a high-performance native video streaming app for real-time multi-user experiences like shared movie watching and AR/VR presentations.
Integrated cutting-edge VR/AR technology, collaborating with Microsoft, Meta, and Qualcomm.
Creative Director / Senior Software Engineer
Katapult Studio
New York, NY
08.2013 - 04.2017
Led development of CHKN, a popular sandbox video game featuring AI-driven creatures in an open-world environment.
Marketed CHKN successfully, achieving widespread recognition among largest game content creators, including features on Adult Swim and over 250,000 sales.
Collaborated on GetReady.io, a platform for rapid development of casual games and Arduino device management.
Founder
Wavecade
New York, NY
02.2008 - 01.2015
Founded Wavecade, a successful casual game studio known for the “My Paper Plane” series which achieved over 5 million downloads, was featured multiple times on Google Play and Amazon's app store.
Produced multiple flash and JavaScript games for platforms like Kongregate and · NewGrounds.
Senior Game Developer
https://www.megaphonetv.com/
New York, NY
01.2009 - 10.2012
Developed an interactive TV platform, used by networks like NBC and FOX.
Created mini-games for interactive TV programs and stadium JumboTrons.
Collaborated with NBA and MLB for marketing integrations.
Game Developer
Large Animal Games
06.2006 - 10.2008
Developed early Facebook microtransaction games and systems.
Worked with NY Philharmonic for interactive musical gaming experiences for youth.
Worked on Snapshot Adventures, Lucky Strike Bowling and other award winning casual video games.
Developer
Certpoint Systems
New York, NY
06.2002 - 05.2006
Collaborated with corporations like Toyota, DeWalt, and AOL to develop internal training materials.
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