ANDREW OGDEN

Employment

• Principal Software EngineerMarch 2014 - July 2015

  Mosojo Inc: Appmixable.com

  Developing several games in Unity to demonstrate UGC capabilities of our platform

  Authoring iOS SDK for our variant engine

  Working closely with Rooster iOS reading app to integrate our customization platform

• Principal Software EngineerJanuary 2014 - March 2014

  Zynga Inc: New Mobile IP

  Managing and mentoring 5 software engineers on the project

  Optimized rendering and scripts for a mobile game built in Unity

• Senior Software EngineerMarch 2012 - January 2014

  Zynga Inc: New Mobile IP

  Managing and mentoring 3 software engineers on the project

  Prototyped an unannounced mobile game using UIKit

  Built core game mechanics for unannounced 3D mobile Unity game

• Software EngineerJuly 2011 - March 2012

  Zynga Inc: Dream Zoo

  Shipped Dream Zoo that reached #2 in iTunes Top Free Games and Grossing

  Engineered several innovative game features using Cocos2d

• Lead EngineerJuly 2010 - June 2011

  iPad Game: Dance Pad

  Shipped Dance Pad that reached #2 in Top Free iPad Apps and was featured by Apple

  Led a team of 6 student engineers to build a professional level iPad game

  Designed and implemented a dance recorder and editor toolset for designers

• Software Engineer InternMay 2010 - August 2010

  Zynga Inc: Farmville for iPhone

  Shipped FarmVille that reached #1 in iTunes Top Free Games and Grossing

  Responsible for feature implementation and general debugging

• Contracted iPhone Game ProgrammerJune 2009 - Sugust 2011

  iPhone Game: Zombonie

  Shipped Zombonie to the Apple App Store

  Employed an open source game engine to achieve a variety of effects

• Undergraduate ResearcherJune 2009 - June 2011

  USC: Teamcore Research under Dr. Milind Tambe (Artificial Intelligence: Multiagent Systems)

  Conducted evacuation simulation research using Massive Software

Education

• BS in Computer Science (Games)2007 - 2011

  University of Southern California

  General GPA: 3.43 | Major Specific GPA: 3.66

  USC Viterbi School of Engineering Dean's List: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2010, Spring 2011

Leadership/Organizations

• President2009 - 2010

  Association for Computing Machinery

  ACM received the Outstanding Student Organization Award under my leadership