Nate Aschenbach |
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Online Portfolio: www.cs.wisc.edu/~denrei E-mail: thedenrei@gmail.com Address: 2256 Delaware Dr. Ann Arbor MI, 48103 Phone: (608) 628-6176 |
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Summary |
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Extensive experience with modern middleware game engines and content creation applications as both developer and artist. Created a mature suite of character creation tools in Python for the UDK community. Professional experience facilitating communication between developer, designer and client on a diverse set of projects. |
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Middleware UDK
Unity3D
Steam |
Applications Photoshop
Maya
Mudbox |
Languages C#
Python
UnrealScript |
Other Linux, Windows
Intermediate Conversational Japanese
Traditional figure drawing |
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Experience |
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Menlo Innovations, www.menloinnovations.com |
Aug 2010 - present |
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· Software Developer working closely with Designers and User Needs Analysts on a daily basis · Participation in weekly meetings with clients to discuss development progress, upcoming features · Training new contractors in Agile, Test Driven Development and Extreme Programming practices · Contributed code to a diverse set of projects including: Distributed social research software (C#/SQL) CFlow Software for Accuri Cytometers (Java) Web application side of an iPhone project (JSP, JavaScript, SQL) |
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Two Gear, www.twogear.com |
2010 - present |
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· Team of 2 developers creating rapid game prototypes using social networks and mobile platforms · Design and development of iOS App using UDK Mobile · Design and development of Facebook App using Unity3D and GoogleAppEngine |
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CodaMod: An Unreal Tournament 3 Modification, www.codamod.com |
2007 - 2011 |
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· Responsible for game design, implementation of game code, art tools, visual effects and models · Designed and developed suite of modeling tools in Python for Maya, released to mod community · The only UT3 total conversion to be released on both PC and PlayStation3 · Team saw huge success in the MakeSomethingUnrealContest sponsored by Intel and Epic Games: Best Weapon ($1000), Best New Vehicle ($1000), Best Mod ($1500), Finalist for Best Mod, Best Art in a Mod |
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Unix System Administration University of Wisconsin, Madison |
2003 - 2008 |
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· Built/maintained 7 clusters of 100 - 300 nodes each, heterogeneous Unix/Windows/Linux/Mac · Independently managed backup/restore system for CS Department’s faculty and students · Trained, scheduled new student employees |
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Education |
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Bachelor of Science Degree in Art University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Sep 2003 - Dec 2008 |
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· Co-founder of StolenNotebook LLC with 7 other students of various disciplines · Several independent projects sponsored by both Art and Computer Science departments · University of Wisconsin Excellence Award for computer animated short ($1000) · Computer Science through CS367:DataStructures · 5 semesters of Japanese language under UW-Madison’s intensive program · Coordinator, organizer of the Game Development section of Undergraduate Project Lab for 2 years |
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References available upon request Online Portfolio: www.cs.wisc.edu/~denrei |
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