Experience

Light & Wonder

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

March 2022 - Present

  • Design and execute test cases using qTest for each game

  • Report defects and verify fixes using JIRA

  • Analyze code diffs between builds to assess regression test needs

  • Assist with process improvements related to integrating automation into test cycle

    Skills: Jira, Confluence, qTest

Internet Brands

Quality Assurance Intern

August 2018 - October 2018

  • Created and executed test plans on website products for desktop and mobile devices

  • Reported defects and verified fixes using JIRA

    Skills: JIRA, Robot Framework

Alston & Bird LLP

Case Assistant

October 2015 - July 2016

  • Drafted interrogatories and answers for attorneys

  • Researched background information of parties in cases

  • Organized electronic and paper files

    Skills: Microsoft Office suite, Westlaw, LexisNexis

Education

DePaul University

Master of Science Game Programming

June 2023

Coursework included real-time system development, rendering and graphics programming, and optimized C++.

Projects:

A DirectX 11 demo that explored illumination, Gouraud and Phong shading, height maps, antialiasing, and texture mapping.

An animation demo developed as part of a three-course Real-Time Systems course. The math library was optimized using SIMD. The program used OpenGL for graphics and used the glad and GLFW libraries. A converter was developed to import GLTF files into an engine specific file format that used Google Protocol Buffers to serialize the data.

The Real-Time Multithreaded Architecture course included a project that used Microsoft’s XAudio2 for audio playback and utilized multiple threads to manage the loading of files, adding audio files into a playback queue, and the audio playback.

Harper College

Associate of Science

April 2020

Coursework primarily focused on math courses including Pre-calculus, Calculus I, and Calculus II.

University of Texas

at Austin

Bachelor of Arts History

May 2014

The area of study mostly included courses related to 19th and 20th century European Imperial history with an emphasis on the British Empire.