RESUME
Narrative designer, noir / horror novelist, technical writer with extensive software development experience.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Narrative Designer on CLOCKWORK REVOLUTION for InXile Entertainment.
• Author of the best-selling Eric Carter noir urban fantasy series through Penguin/DAW Books / multiple media tie-in projects.
• Creative Director of the Fate of Cthulhu Tabletop Role-Playing Game for Evil Hat Productions.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Professional Writing: 20+ years writing technical documents, novels, tabletop roleplaying games, video games, short stories, screenplays, reviews, and essays.
Software Development: 20+ years of software Quality Assurance Management experience in waterfall and agile environments; Certified Agile Scrum Master through PMI and ScrumAlliance.
SKILLS AND TOOLS
Narrative Design, Story Development, World Building, Character Development, Script Writing, Branching / Ambient Dialog, Combat and Character Barks, Lorebooks, Flavor Text, Novels, Technical writing, Test Planning, Test Management, Agile, Scrum, Jira, MS Office, OEI (Obsidian Entertainment dialog editor), UE5, HP Quality Center/ALM
WORK HISTORY
Author 2002 – Present
• Best-selling author of the Eric Carter noir urban fantasy series of books
• Writer of tie-in fiction for NBC/Universal, InXile Entertainment, PUBG, Evil Hat Productions
• Short stories, articles, essays
Narrative Designer 2021 – 2025
InXile (Microsoft Studios)
• Narrative Writer for video game CLOCKWORK REVOLUTION.
• Story designer and content creator for Untitled Video Game (under NDA).
Story Editor 2022 – 2023
Just Cause Productions
• Story editor and content creator for Untitled Video Game (under NDA).
Creative Director / Head Fiction Writer 2013 – 2020
Evil Hat Productions
• Fate of Cthulhu Tabletop Role-Playing Game
• Shadow of The Century Tabletop Role-Playing Game
Technical Reviewer 2023 – 2024
Gannett Publications
• Reviewer for REVIEWED.COM – Best Password Manager Review
• Reviewer for REVIEWED.COM – Best VPN Review
• REVIEWED.COM – Technical Primer – What Is Wi-Fi 7?
Professional Speaker / Presenter 2013 – 2017
Noir At The Bar / WSU
• Co-host / co-founder of Noir At The Bar L.A., a bi-monthly event of crime / mystery fiction readings in Los Angeles.
• Washington State University Department of English Visiting Writer's Series, a week-long series of talks, in-class teaching, and individual discussion on creative writing.
Vice-President Software Quality Assurance 2000 – 2018
Bank of America
• Managed a software QA department of local and remote teams in California, Texas, and India for Bank of America's home loan origination, fulfillment and pricing systems.
• Created and edited test documentation - plans, scripts, approaches and tracking tools - for team test efforts and reports to upper management.
• Built and expanded a test automation team using a combination of in-house designed, open source and 3rd party tools for functionality, regression, and performance testing.
• Mentored direct reports in growing their careers and taking on new responsibilities through one-on-one sessions, group meetings, and performance reviews.