Contributed to multiple Government Full Stack projects

Worked on various R&D / protype projects using Web and Native stacks

Implemented and used various DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines

Hands-on software architect building and managing a team of full-stack developers making next-gen web applications.

Director of Engineering / Principle Architect

Contrubited to Cloud based UI for Charter Communications

I founded Union25 LLC to develop applications that blur the lines between native and web-based technology stacks. My goal is to deliver applications that don’t compromise on quality by using tools and technologies that allow for rapid development without any unnecessary overhead.

Founder

Moved to Vigil Games to continue and grow the processes that were developed at Kaos. In addition to production, I’m also responsible for studio operations including HR, finance, IT, and recruiting. At its peak, the operations team supported 250 employees.

Studio Director of Production and Operations

Hired by Kaos to get Homefront back on track after a successful E3 reveal. After some initial discovery defined and executed a plan to develop a predictable road map to project completion. Steps included hybrid waterfall / agile process definitions, management training and mentoring, identifying and hiring for key positions, growing overall Manhattan production capacity, and augmenting additional development support from Montreal and Los Angeles. In addition to my production duties, I also managed the finance and IT departments.

Director of Development

I joined EA Tiburon as a Franchise Development Director for the NASCAR and Tiger Woods franchises. Over the years I was involved in all the titles at Tiburon in some way but mostly focused on NASCAR and Tiger Woods. I was directly responsible for Tiburon's first simultaneous X360 and PS3 release. Over the years my duties covered a wide range including team leadership, external developer diligence and new sports IP identification.

Senior Development Director

Genuine Games was a privately owned studio that I formed with two business partners. My role was Development Director and CTO. My duties included hiring the best and brightest to build our games, capacity planning, risk identification, and risk mitigation, publisher relations, project acquisition, scheduling, and defining and executing our studio development processes.

Owner / CTO / Development Director

Joined BlackOps as a Lead Programmer to develop Knockout Kings 2000 for the N64. Lead a team of 20+ developers through all phases of the project life cycle. During Knockout Kings 2000 I was promoted to Development Director in addition to my Lead Programmer duties. I was also responsible for developing BlackOps first PS2 & Xbox titles and became the studio CTO.

CTO / Development Director / Lead Programmer

Acquired deep knowledge of the N64 hardware and toolsets. Used SGI Unix development machines and toolsets. Lead a team of 15+ developers to deliver Software Creation's first FIFA title for EA. The success of this title became the foundation for several other projects being placed at Software Creations from EA.

Lead Programmer

Bubble Bobble - Playstation 1, Sega Saturn

Judge Dredd the Movie - Sega Genesis, Sega Genesis 32x

Daffy Duck goes to Hollywood - Sega Genesis

Wrote and developed all engine and toolsets using MC68000 for games listed. As an independent developer, I also secured publishing deals with Europress, Team 17, and Probe Software. I was also responsible for business administration such as year-end tax submissions, quarterly VAT submissions, and financial planning.

Owner / Lead Programmer

Sly Spy Secret Agent - Commodore Amiga / Atari ST

Ghouls and Ghosts - Commodore Amiga / Atari ST

Bionic Commando - Commodore Amiga / Atari ST

Bubble Bobble - Commodore Amiga / Atari ST

Developed engine, tools, and music drivers using MC68000 assembly language for all the ST / Amiga games listed. My other duties included the Software Development manager which involved managing other programmers and updating our publishers with project status.

Lead Programmer / Software Development Manager

David Broadhurst

In 1999 my team won the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award for Knockout Kings. I was credited as Lead Programmer and Development Director

Darksiders II is an action-adventure game and the sequel to Darksiders. It takes place parallel to the first game where War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, went to Earth after he was stripped of his powers and in tricked in causing a war between heaven and hell

Darksiders 2 - PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360

Homefront paints a scenario where the United States has lost its status as a world superpower, and is invaded by a unified Korea in the year 2027. The player controls Robert Jacobs, a former military pilot, who is conscripted by the Korean army and released by a local resistance cell.

Homefront - PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360

This game lets you step into the footsteps of 50 Cent himself. As he tries to free the kidnapped K-Dog with his crew in the streets of New York City, 50 gets shot nine times (just like his real-life counterpart) and left for dead. After getting stitched up, he sets out to find those who tried to kill him and uncovers a bigger conspiracy.

50 Cent: Bullet Proof - PS2, XBOX

Fight Club is based on David Fincher's film adaption of Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name. Fed up with consumerist American culture, a fight club is founded as a new type of therapy through bare-knuckle fighting. The game focuses on the fights and uses many characters and environments from the original story

Fight Club - PS2, XBOX

Play as some of the greatest names in boxing history through a full career, or create your own boxer and fight your way to the heavyweight championship. Famous names include Muhammad Ali, 'Sugar' Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and Evander Holyfield, plus many more from a range of weight divisions.

Knockout Kings - Nintendo 64, PS2, XBOX

This was the third FIFA title in a little over a year. It incorporates 42 national sides, as well as 250 club teams from 12 different leagues, to play a complete true-to-life season, the preset Super League, or a league or cup of your own design. Formations and tactics can be set, and players can be moved between teams.

FIFA 99 - Nintendo 64

The licensed game of the 1998 Football World Cup held in France from June 10 to July 12 and the first World Cup licensed game distributed and developed by Electronic Arts features a tweaked FIFA 98 engine, with all 10 stadiums accurately designed and all 32 teams.

World Cup 98 - Nintendo 64

Bubble Bobble: One or two players attempt to save their friends in this re-release of the 1987 classic puzzle/action game. Players blow bubbles to trap enemies. When they pop the bubbles, fruit comes out and the players compete for the points. If they don't pop the bubbles in time, the enemies escape and become faster.

Bubble Bobble - Playstation 1 + Sega Saturn

Yosemite Sam calls on Detective Daffy Duck to attempt to retrieve his precious golden movie awards. Mad Professor Duckbrain has stolen the awards and wants a million bucks to give them back. Daffy Duck grabs his trusty bubble gun and must explore film sets and retrieve the awards.

Daffy Duck in Hollywood - Sega Genesis

Judge Dredd is a platform action game based on the British comic book character of the same name and the 1995 movie that tarnished that name. The game was a multi system release so it fits the standard console jump/shoot/duck formula although it does add some unique twists such as wounding enemies so that they surrender and can be arrested.

Judge Dredd - Sega Genesis

This is a topdown racing game similar to Micro Machines in which the player gets to control 4x4s, buggies, super sports cars and GP cars etc. Race around 20 gruelling courses across five different terrains. Featuring super smooth, fast scrolling, excellent colour graphics with 2 player support.

Overdrive - Amiga

Side-scrolling action game in the style of Turrican and Strider. The basic storyline is that you're a top assassin (hence the title) dropped behind enemy lines in search of the evil tyrant, Midan.

Assassin - Amiga

Control Dojo Dan through twenty massive multi-directional-scrolling levels of platforms, pickups and hand to hand combat in your quest to defeat the evil tyrant Valrog, who has taken over the land of Banzaari

Dojo Dan - Amiga

With a clear James Bond influence, Sly Spy must stop terrorists destroying parts of the city in this collection of sub-games. Roughly half of these are side-scrolling Green Beret-influenced offerings, not entirely dissimilar to a great many Ocean movie licenses.

Sly Spy - Atari ST + Amiga

Three years have passed since Arthur defeated the Demon King Astaroth and rescued his beloved Princess Prin-Prin. A new villain, the Great Demon King Lucifer (Loki in some versions) has become the new leader of Ghoul Realm. While returning from a journey, Arthur sees the Princess' castle and her village under attack by Lucifer's forces.

Ghouls 'N Ghosts - Atari ST + Amiga

In Bionic Commando the player takes control of a soldier with a bionic arm that extends and contracts. The bionic arm allows the soldier to grab onto fixed objects and swing around and climb up levels — no jumping allowed!

Bionic Commando - Atari ST + Amiga

By 2011, the only way to travel at top speed is on skyways build high above the ground. These become popular with boy-racers and general speed freaks pretty soon, and that's why you're aiming to hurtle across them in this arcade conversion

LED Storm - Atari ST + Amiga

Bubble Bobble is the story of two humans, Bub and Bob who wander into the mysterious cave of monsters and magically turn into dinosaurs. The only way to transform back is to reach the end of the cave...

Bubble Bobble - Atari ST + Amiga

Languages - MC68000, 6502, C/ C++, Javascript, Typescript, C#

Frameworks - React, Angular, NodeJS, Express, Unity, AWS, Microservices

SDLC - Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, GitFlow, CI/CD, DevSecOps

Roles - CTO, Director, Manager, Architect, Lead, Developer

I'm an experienced results orientated leader, manager and architect/developer who can provide cross-functional teams with just the right amount of process to deliver the best possible results. My philosophy is based on agile processes but I’m also an advocate for bespoke processes that are tailored to the core strengths of the team. I'm passionate about building self-sufficient highly organized teams who understand the value of delivering against well-defined goals.

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