Résumé

• Education
• Experience
• Skills

Objective: Production role with a passionate team creating games that make you proud to have your name on them.

Click on a game title to view the details of my responsibilities on that project!

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduated June '08
• B.S. in Humanities and Engineering, concentrating in Computer Science and Comparative Media Studies.
• Webster Thomas High School Graduated May '04

Experience

• Microsoft Game Studios. June '08 - February '10
  • Producer.
  • Lips Party Classics Demo (Xbox 360). Released February '10.
    • Expanded the Lips franchise and audience through development of the Lips Party Classics demo. Created and maintained schedule for project, drove asset creation, and coordinated with various internal teams to produce demo and submit to Certification.
  • Lips Music Store Application (Xbox 360). Released January '10.
    • Promoted sales and awareness of Lips by producing the Lips Music Store channel application and driving its two- month development cycle. Pioneered Xbox 360 Music Store Channel program, which allows users to view and purchase downloadable content for Lips via an Xbox Live channel application. Coordinated with iNiS and internal MGS teams to meet project standards and goals. Managed Xbox 360 Certification submission process.
  • Associate Producer.
  • Lips Party Classics (Xbox 360) Released February '10.
  • Lips Canta en Español (Xbox 360) Released November '09.
  • Lips Deutsche Partyknaller (Xbox 360) Released October '09.
  • Lips Number One Hits (Xbox 360) Released October '09.
  • Lips (Xbox 360) Released November '08.
  • Lips Title Update (Xbox 360) Release Date TBA.
  • Unannounced Title (Xbox 360) Release Date TBA.
    • Coordinated with developer iNiS and internal teams to track and acquire assets, prepare and submit ratings applications, test gameplay, and maintain song/staff credits. Ran successful demonstrations at E3 2009 and at internal and external marketing events. Managed the certification feedback process for the Title Update.
  • Site/Content Manager.
  • Lips.com
    • Promoted product awareness and community interaction as site and content manager for Lips.com. Encouraged increased sales and reduced used market sales of Lips: NOH by managing development of a first-of-its-kind promotional web feature for Lips: NOH. Hired and managed contractors to overcome resource limitations. Regularly updated site news.
• Electronic Arts May '07 - August '07
  • Design/Production Intern.
  • My Sims (Wii) Released September '07
    • Designed and produced blueprint rewards assets for MySims. Improved gameplay experience by coordinating with development, art, and design teams to polish and tune fishing and harvesting features. Won EA Intern Gong Show (details under NDA) by designing and pitching a game concept with a team of fellow interns.
• Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab September '07 - May'08
  • Lead Designer/Artist.
  • Nintendo DS tech demo mini-games
    • Designed and created art assets for several tech demo mini-games to research Nintendo DS game development.
  • Artist.
  • Ochos Locos
    • Designed and created art assets for XO (One Laptop Per Child) card game Ochos Locos.
• Other
  • MIT BattleCode/Robocraft Java Programmer Winter '07/Winter '06
  • Sony ImageWorks/MIT Storytelling & Games workshop participant Winter '08/Winter '07/Winter '06
  • Freshmen Arts Pre-Orientation Program Logistics/Creative Writing Counselor Fall '06/Fall '05.
  • MIT InfoLab UROP Scheme Programmer Summer '06.
  • MIT Peter Sand/Garvy J Music video Project Set Designer/Builder Winter '06.

Skills I haz them.

• Proficiencies: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Visio), Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator, Wiki, Java, Scheme.
• Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese.