Bachelor of Arts (BA)

I wrote weekly posts about the game design of Magic: The Gathering, designed cards, ran playtests, and facilitated community discussions about design topics.

Magic Design Writer

I tested for intuitive controls and level layout, bugs, and gameplay for the PlayStation 2 version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Playtester

Gathering Magic is one of the premier websites dedicated to the 12-million player game Magic: The Gathering. I researched and created decks for play and wrote articles averaging 1,700 words assessing game strategy and addressing new developments. I’ve wrote weekly for most of my tenure.

Columnist: GatheringMagic.com (Commander Format)

I managed a busy San Francisco tourist bike rental location, handling equipment, customer service, and showing bicycle tours around the San Francisco Bay Area.

Location Manager

Associate Game Designer

Magic Design Intern

Game Designer

I predominantly focused on backend development tools and processes: continuous integration with TeamCity, UI testing with Chai, Mocha, NodeJS, and Selenium-Webdriver, and server farm management with Microsoft Web Deploy.

Software Engineering Intern

The Wayfinder Experience is an overnight live action role-playing camp for ages 12-18. I instructed campers in the art of theatre, designed costumes and props for use in productions, and held responsibility for campers’ well-being.

Staff In Training

Principal Game Designer

Independent Game Designer

I wrote a weekly column for Magic: The Gathering website Quiet Speculation, acting as an expert and ambassador for the Commander format and interacting with the Magic community.

Columnist: "Ray of Command" (Commander Format)

Senior Game Designer

Game designer by day (Marvel SNAP at Second Dinner), Coder by night (lmkwhen.ai)

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