Jeffrey Hurd

Work Experience

 

 

Programmer

UMBC

July 2015 - November 2015

Baltimore, MD

• Completed programming on a game about the Pratt Street Riots for the History Department that was originally part of a group project during the Spring 2015 Game Development course.

• Utilized Unreal 4.6 and Visual Studios 2012 for the game's development

• Maintained weekly communication with the Class Instructor, History Professor, an artist, and the graduate student subject matter expert to coordinate the final product for the Civil War course.

 

Programming Intern

Oxide Games

June 2015 - August 2015

Timonium, MD

• Worked with and learned from the founders on their flagship game Ashes of the Singularity

• Programmed in C++ and Oxide's Nitrous Game engine.

• Corrected an issue in the Map Editor that allowed objects to be placed outside map bounds

• Implemented the cursor in the UI EditBox

• Designed and implemented the UI screens for the Benchmark utility in the pre-beta release

 

Customer Service Representative

Games Workshop

June 2001 – June 2010

Glen Burnie, MD

• Part of a team dedicated to providing the ultimate customer service experience

• Mail Order sales and correction of product issues

• Retail sales of game and hobby products

• Instruction of modelling and painting techniques for the games’ miniatures

• Run exciting demonstrations of the tabletop games with customers

• Retain customer base by handling customer issues to the mutual satisfaction of the customer and company

 

 

Service Technician

Joe Cristiani’s Mobile Communications

Mar 1998 – Apr 2001

Tucson, AZ

• Sale and programming of cellular and global position systems and the corresponding installation equipment

• Installation of cellular and global position systems in automobiles and work vehicles in house and on site

• Process warranty and insurance claims of cellular equipment with manufacturers and service providers

• Repair of paging and cellular equipment