Corey Bertelsen

Experience

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  Infrastructure Technology Institute

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2011

  Student Intern

  Assisted with CAD documentation and wireless sensor strategies, installed sensors, conducted data analysis, laboratory testing, circuit wiring, TIG welding and machining, assisted with high school civil engineering day camp, participated in Lipinski Symposium on Transportation Policy

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  Austin Habitat for Humanity

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2012

  Americorps Construction Crew

  Performed and supervised construction 20 new houses, attended week-long construction workshops in Alabama and a Build-a-thon in Dallas

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  Marcy Construction Company

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2013

  Field Engineer

  Worked with superintendent to ensure safe, quality, and timely completion of construction tasks, QA and QC, daily reports and documentation, progress and scheduling, RFI’s and change orders, and coordination between trades and subcontractors

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  Encompass, Inc.

  Apr 2014 - Jan 2016

  Civil/Structural Engineer-in-Training

  Forensic and restoration engineering on residential, commercial, municipal and historical projects around the state of Minnesota.

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  School of Rock

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  Instructor
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  New York University

  Sept 2016 - May 2018

  MFA Student

  MFA Student in the Game Design Program at NYU's Tisch School.My main interests are level design and music-driven gameplay. As a solo developer I've made a number of digital sound toys, music games, and musical VR experiences. I've also acted as audio lead and composer for team projects.

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  Viacom

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  VR Fellowship

  Created a music-based VR experience as part of a fellowship with Viacom Next and NYC Media Lab

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  Verizon

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2018

  Connected Futures Fellow

  As part of a 3-person team (with Maria Mishurenko and Gordy Chernyy), we developed a multi-user collaborative AR music-making experience during a 6-week fellowship with NYC Media Lab and Verizon.

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  Freelance

  May 2018 - Jun 2022

  Freelance Designer and Educator

  I've taught a wide array of classes: from summer camps on architecture, to graduate-level game design courses. I'm also an active game designer and developer (Unity, Unreal, and Javascript), specializing in audio, music, XR, and virtual spaces.Some of the projects I've been a part of:Bizarre Barber - a Surreal VR Action Barber game that is OUT NOW! - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206910/Bizarre_Barber/I was the audio lead (audio design, FMOD/Unity implementation, voice over engineering and co-direction, music remixing and co-composer), and assistant level designer.Nerve Damage - a glitch-punk FPS designed by Dennis Carr, for which I'm doing level design.Hyper Ecofarm - a mobile sustainable farming game by Vanilla Liu, funded by the Sloan Foundation. My primary role is sound design and music, but I'm assisting with game design, QA and production as well. Show less

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  New York University

  Aug 2018 - Jun 2022

  Adjunct Professor

  Adjunct Professor teaching Music and Gameplay, a course that I co-developed with Maxi Boch. I also teach Audio for Digital Games, and was a Teaching Assistant for the classes Intermediate Game Development and Narrative in Augmented Reality

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  Looking Glass Factory

  Sept 2018 - Apr 2020

  Audio Designer

  Part-time audio specialist performing sound design, music composition, and interactive audio scripting for various projects at Looking Glass Factory

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  Backronym LLC

  Mar 2020 - Nov 2020

  Audio Lead on Airplane Mode

  I was responsible for all sound design and implementation for the "most realistic flight simulator ever made." This included: - assisting in Voice Over casting, direction, and script editing - sourcing and contracting in-game music and podcasts - composing and arranging additional music - audio programming (C#), including FMOD Sudio and low-level code, and automating tasks with Javascript

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  Glow Up Games

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

  Technical Sound Designer

  I was involved in both the creation and implementation of audio at Glow Up Games, and assisted in developing the music-based Mirror Beats minigame in Insecure: The Come Up Game.

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  Avalanche Studios Group

  Jun 2022 - now

  Technical Sound Designer

  As technical sound designer in the Avalanche Studios division, I'm responsible for audio and music implementation in Wwise, scripting in our proprietary tools, profiling and debugging audio, and implementing audio connections to discipline-specific tools (Animation, UI, AI, Narrative, and Mission Design). I also contribute to our suite of authoring and debugging tools in Python, Javascript and C++.