Resume
Experience
NYU Game Center Incubator | Producer, 2022 – 2023
· Awarded a spot in the 2022 NYU Incubator program for the game Vanishing Point.
· Secured and managed the funding for the team to continue development of the project via the NYU Game Center Incubator Program.
· Managed a cross-functional team through a 2-year development cycle.
· Created and maintained project schedules and documentation utilizing Scrum and Agile Methodologies
· Hosted regular team meetings to keep team members informed, resolve issues, and share information with internal and external stakeholders.
· Worked to assess risk and created mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
· Helped the team reflect and retrospect to continuously improve our processes.
Game Center Open Library | Librarian, 2019 – 2022
· Create and maintain event schedules and their respective materials for a variety of community events.
· Identified and involved all groups that would get involved with the community events and solicit their input on how to better future events.
· Ideate and implement changes to the community space to improve the patrons’ experience of the library.
· Managed and controlled the libraries growing database that tracked the hardware, physical, and digital media
· Maintained an open line of communication between all staff regarding any issues, event planning, and daily status updates.
NYU Game Center | TA Intro to Design, 2020 – 2021
· Guided six teams through several projects from ideation to implementation with both physical and digital games
· Offered constructive feedback and creative direction to the teams fostering a collaborative environment that elevated the quality of the projects.
· Facilitated team meetings and led meaningful discussions that improved the quality of work as well as their processes.
· Taught and mentored students in best practices related to design and project management.
Headless Chicken Games | Summer Intern, July 2018
· Contributed to cross-functional team meetings providing feedback and actionable changes for the game.
· Worked independently to learn and experiment within Unity to create shaders that enhanced the user experience.
Highlighted Projects
Vanishing Point | Producer and Game Designer:
Acquired funding for the project from the NYU Game Center Incubator program. Managed an eight-person development team for over two years utilizing Scrum methodologies and built 3D environmental puzzles utilizing Unity.
Rollbox | Producer and Designer:
Conceptualized and created 2D levels for our game as well as kept the rest of the team on schedule using Jira. Kept our stakeholders informed about our progress.
Spreadsheet Landlord | Solo Developer:
Used Microsoft Excel in a creative way to create a game utilizing Visual Basic, and Formulas. Balanced the game in a way that creates a challenge for the player using data visualization. Featured on Microsoft’s Tik Tok
Education and Certifications
New York University
BFA in Game Design
Stern School of Business Minor in Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology
College of Arts and Sciences Minor in Psychology
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master
Skills and Abilities
· Project Management: Certified ScrumMaster, Agile Methodologies, Jira, Confluence, Office Suite.
· Development: Unity, C#, Advanced data visualization and Systems Modeling using Excel.
· Languages: Native English and Spanish speaker.