Corey St. Pierre

Experience

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  GameCrazy

  Nov 2004 - Feb 2006

  Shift Team Lead

  - This was the job I had while I was in high school

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  Best Buy

  Jul 2007 - Apr 2009

  Media Specialist and Computer Sales Rep

  - This is the job I held while I was going to college

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  After10studios

  Oct 2008 - Feb 2009

  Intern Project Manager and Game Software Developer

  - Executed the roles of project manager, programmer, and game designer to ship my first published game title under budget and ahead of schedule during my undergraduate education- Shipped 150,000+ units- Authored code for game play, input, UI, and audio- Authored all game design documentation

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  Magnon Opus Productions

  Apr 2009 - Jul 2010

  Game Software Developer

  - Authored code for MMO game play systems, client code written in Actionscript 3, server code written in Java- Refactored the rendering pipeline to be twice as fast by converting it from vector graphics to bitmaps- Authored and maintained game design documents

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  Corebit Interactive

  Jul 2010 - Oct 2011

  Unity Engineer and Project Manager

  - Authored and shipped a commercial software extension, Ultimate Timer, to the Unity Asset Store- Championed the delivery of each milestone in the product life cycle from concept to market- Ultimate Timer has been deployed all around the world assisting developers from: USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Ireland, Germany, and England- Authored high quality online video tutorials as part of Ultimate Timer’s product documentation - Authored UI code and game design docs for personal mobile game project- Authored and maintained company website and support forums- Certification earned for Illustrator CS5 via Lynda.com Show less

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  Bottle Rocket

  Oct 2011 - Jan 2014

  Unity Engineer

  - Shipped 16 titles in 2 years, total downloads span millions of users- Co-architect of the Propulsion framework: applied design patterns to craft a shared codebase of drag-and-drop Unity libraries which reduced new project development time by months- Authored code for: game play, UI, physics, input, IAP, advertising, remote notifications, social features, analytics, audio- Authored code for a prototype multiplayer boxing game that utilized the GameKit framework

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  Monarc Gaming Labs (NHN Entertainment)

  Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

  Unity Engineer

  - Authored code for: high-level client network, game play, audio, editor tools on unannounced casino franchise- Mentored and trained junior developers

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  Personal Project

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  Unity Engineer

  - Authored game design documents that covered core game play, asset time estimates, monetization strategy, and technical algorithms for player rewards systems- Authored a Jenkins CI build pipeline that utilized Unity and Git- Performed market research, project management, programming, and game design- Performed and lead morning stand up meetings with remote artists

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  Glu Mobile

  Feb 2015 - Jun 2016

  Senior Unity Engineer

  - Shipped 5 titles: MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, Tap Sports Football- Authored front-end high-level client net code which held for hundreds of thousands of DAU, millions of MAU- Authored game play code, UI code, edited shader code for optimal performance on low end mobile hardware- Authored the Clubs framework, a massive revenue generating social feature- Managed and improved our automated build pipeline- Mentored and trained junior developers

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  N/A

  Jul 2016 - Feb 2017

  Personal sabbatical
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  Age of Learning, Inc.

  Apr 2017 - Oct 2019

  Senior Software Engineering Manager

  Senior Software Engineering Manager - Jan. 2019 - Oct. 2019Software Engineering Manager - Sep. 2017 - Jan. 2019Senior Unity Engineer - Apr. 2017 - Sep. 2017- Shipped 200+ educational activities in the Adventure Academy MMO product- Shipped 12+ full scale educational games in the Adventure Academy MMO product- Managed seven engineers across six content production teams and one game development framework team- Managed engineering for over ten content engines and an internally developed game framework- Performed hiring management duties, hiring candidates both internally and externally to the organization- Co-authored company standards for C# programming- Authored and organized a company wide communication space for over 50+ Unity engineers- Mentored and trained junior developers, performed one-on-ones with my direct reports, conducted performance reviews- Authored high-level client net code and UI code for ABCMouse China features- Authored game play code, UI code, edited shader code for optimal performance on low end mobile hardware across multiple products- Trained artists on Git and Unity Show less