Senior Level Designer, Respawn Entertainment
Madison, Wisconsin
February 2023 - May 2025
I designed and implemented bespoke level/gameplay content for two different incubation projects, working with in house procedural generation tools and more traditional handcrafted level design. I worked closely with gameplay/systems designers and design leadership to define core gameplay loops and modify/script level content accordingly.
Expert Level Designer, Raven Software
Madison, Wisconsin
August 2011 - February 2023
I spearheaded Raven level design efforts for Al Mazrah, implementing necessary work to get Battle Royale functional. The work ranged from designing the original 2v2 gulag to placing required gamemode entities/triggers to gameplay scripting to any emergent tasks necessary for launch.
Core team member for Warzone, designed overall topdown for Caldera. Acted as a subject matter expert for level design, level performance, and level hierarchy. Pitched and implemented bespoke gameplay script.
Core team member for War Mode, heavily involved in initial mode exploration and iteration. Designed and implemented bespoke content in level and in script. Level Design lead for Black Ops 3 maps Redwood Snow and Fringe Nightfall.
Focused on technical level design work, from performance to gamemode design. Led Raven Level design efforts on Call of Duty Online for 2013 relaunch.
Acted as an extra set of hands to more senior level designers, and shipped two multiplayer level designs of my own for Modern Warfare 3 downloadable content.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
August 2006 - June 2011
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
Communications Minor
Rochester Institute of Technology
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• Prototyping / Blockout
• Level Performance
• Level Scripting
• Gameplay Integration
• Mentoring
• Live Service Design
Design Programs: Unreal, Godot, Unity
Level Design Programs: Radiant, Hammer
Modeling Programs: Blender
Programming Languages: Java, Python, GDScript, Bash, PHP, Unreal Blueprints
Markup Languages: HTML, CSS