Career Profile
I have been working in Software Engineering for the past 10+ years. In that time, I have gone from being a video game tester to managing the technology of a company as CTO.
I have always had a passion for hard challenges, games and discovering new cultures.
Currently I work as a remote freelancer and run Raining Rock Studio, a small serious game development studio I co-founded.
Experience
- Successfully launched web and mobile game for nature lovers in South Africa (Birdle)
- Ideating and developing meaningful games with charities to raise awareness for important causes
- Led mobile platform upgrades and enhancements to improve development velocity
- Converted Resilio biometric feedback tool from Unity to React Native (Android/iOS)
- Improved mobile platform for passing security audits
- Boosted developer productivity through automations and workflow improvements
- Continuously focusing on user engagement and UX (Product)
- Enhanced push/local mobile notifications for increasing engagement
- Video Game Development
- Embedded Software Development
- Created game design and development in Unity course
- Taught course virtually on Zoom
- Introduced students to best practices in game development
- Evaluation of students’ projects
- Responsible of app deployments to stores (iOS/Android)
- Development of product in Unity
- Maintenance of the product backend API
- Handling the technical side of company acquisition
- Development of media installations for the entertainment and automotive industry
- Design and setup of Embedded Systems for Japanese concept cars
- Lead game developer of https://box.game, teaching kids how to program with fun
- Developed voxel game in HTML5 using Babylon.js
- Research on integrating web logic into Unity3D for reusability
- Implementation of Agile practices for improving the workflow of the team
- Managed the technology side of the company
- Attended conferences, business meetings and technical interviews with Finnish video game companies
- Developed prototype of possible technology offerings
- Developed in-game localization tool for video game translators to decrease common translation issues
- Developed secure Over The Air (OTA) instant update system for video game strings
- Performed usability tests with prospect customers for polishing the offering
- Held talk on “Game Localization Technology” at IGDA Helsinki
- Supporting the Head of Technology to manage the tech team
- Management and improvement of DevOps processes
- DevOps, Backend and Android TV development
- Setup of scalable microservices (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes)
- Designed and implemented the SmarpScore
- Product Tester and Testing Architect for the Orzone products
- Programmer in R&D projects
- Creation and management of a portal for Internet Freedom in East/South Africa (opennetafrica.org)
- Management of the main website
- Training of the local staff
- Lectures regarding the Java language, from its basics to more advanced subjects
- Support with exercises and counseling
- Grading and supervision of the assignments
- Technical Assistance to professors and participants of IUC courses and conferences
- Administrative Assistance in the IUC Secretariat
- Web development of intranet
- MySQL DB Management
- Preparations for the international conference upon 40th IUC anniversary
- Remote support for NAS’s, Servers, Routers and Optical devices
- Helpdesk support
- Support in English and Italian
- Linguistic, Functionality and Pre-Cert Game Tester
- Testing title from different companies on all console
- Position as Lead Tester in various projects
- Position as Core Tester in various projects
- City Servers manager (Software, Hardware)
- Help Desk for employees in the City Hall
- Hardware and Software support
- Management City “High-Speed Internet” connection line
Projects
An incomplete list of university, hobby or work-related projects that I enjoyed working on:
Road Sensing
An Embedded System project to turn an RC car into a scalable road sensing system to gather information about weather and road conditions. Data is processed on the fog and on the cloud.
Face + Voice recognition system for secure and easy payments in shops. Created for "BattleHack 2015" in Berlin.
VR/AR application for seeing, in real time, patient details, medical scans (e.g. MRI) and other data useful during an operations. Created for "Hack n' Wear 2015" in Berlin.
Color matcher for picking clothes. Winner of the 'Best IoT hack' award. Created for "Ecomhack 2015" in Berlin.
Flight Control (SpacebotCup)
Flight control (hovering and movement) of a flying drone for the SpacebotCup.
Shared RoboVision (RoboCup)
Shared RoboVision is a tool for logging RoboCup training matches and tracking the behaviour of the robots on the playing field.
Ad-Hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks Project
Anti bike theft system which can send its current state and any alerts to the owner's smartphone.
Kinect Interactive Robot Companion (KIRC)
Autonomous Simultaneous Mapping and Localization robot. The robot can be accessed remotely to stream or download the created maps.
Cheating Death
Writer and director for the creation of a zombie short movie, for the course Digital Movie Making from the Gothenburg University.
Publications
Education
Entry year of the EIT ICT Labs Master School, majoring in Human Computer Interaction and Design (HCID) with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- UX and Usability tests on several mobile apps
Exit year of the EIT ICT Labs Master School, majoring in Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems, 5G and IIoT with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Autonomous road-sensing vehicle
- Real-time VR applications
Entry year of the EIT ICT Labs Master School, majoring in Embedded Systems with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Swarm robots for remote sensing (Bluetooth Low-Energy)
ERASMUS study exchange for 1 semester
- Autonomous Simultaneous Mapping and Localization (SLAM) robot
3-year international Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
- GPS navigation app
- Videogame indexing website
- Autonomous driving and parking car