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PROFESSIONAL INFO

Senior Game Designer with 6+ years specializing in systems, economy, and live operations design for top-grossing F2P strategy titles. Proven track record driving measurable improvements to engagement, retention, and monetization through combat systems, progression design, and virtual economy modeling. Experienced owning features from concept through post-launch optimization within large-scale live service environments and using player data (D1/D7/D30 retention, ARPDAU, conversion, LTV) to inform high-impact design decisions.

NOTABLE RELEASES

Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire - Midcore 4X MMO | Systems & Combat Design | Live Service
Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos - Midcore 4X MMO | Systems & Combat Design | Live Service
Reign of Vampires - Midcore 4X MMO | Systems & Combat Design | Live Service
Arizona Sunshine: Contagion Z - VR Shooter | Combat & Level Design
Storyworld - Children’s Language Literacy App | Tester & Designer

EMPLOYMENT

Machine Zone | Senior Game Designer (11/2019-01/2025)

Owned combat systems, economy balance, and LiveOps design for multiple top-grossing 4X mobile strategy titles, driving player engagement and monetization performance across live service environments.

Led PvP and PvE combat balance initiatives, improving long-term progression pacing and player engagement across live environments.
Designed and launched seasonal LiveOps events and systemic features, increasing event participation and supporting key revenue windows.
Built and maintained virtual economy models forecasting currency sources/sinks and mitigating inflation risks across multi-resource economies.
Partnered with analytics teams to evaluate D1/D7/D30 retention, ARPDAU, payer conversion, and churn drivers, translating insights into balance improvements and feature iterations based on engagement and monetization impacts.
Mentored designers on systems balancing methodology, documentation standards, and implementation practices.
Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering, product, monetization, and art teams to deliver features within fast-paced live service production cycles.

AppLovin | Senior Game Designer (05/2020 - 01/2025)

Contributed to live service feature development, system design, economy design, and balance optimization across major F2P strategy titles following acquisition of Machine Zone.

Designed and tuned combat and progression systems supporting live content updates for large-scale F2P strategy titles.
Assisted with economy balancing, event configuration and player engagement/retention through analytics, improving progression pacing and player engagement across live environments.

Epoch Games | Lead Level Designer/Level Designer (11/2018 - 03/2020)

Led level and gameplay design for an open-world RPG project, defining world design standards and gameplay flow.

Directed level design and gameplay flow for an open-world RPG project, establishing standards for environmental storytelling and player progression.
Collaborated with engineering and systems design teams to align level structure with combat systems and core gameplay loops.

Nomadic VR | Junior Game Designer (07-11/2018)

Designed gameplay systems and combat interactions for a location-based VR shooter experience.

Designed combat encounters and interactive gameplay systems for a location-based VR shooter experience, refining gameplay flow and player interactions.
Coordinated across design, engineering, and QA teams to ensure feature readiness and milestone delivery.

EDUCATION

Academy of Art University. BFA. Game Design. 3.8 GPA. May 2016

University of California, Riverside. BA. Philosophy. 3.5 GPA. June 2012

Tamalpais High School, June 2007

SKILLS

Systems Design • PvP/PvE Combat Design • Economy Design • Live Ops Strategy • Progression Systems • Level Design • Design Docs • Unreal • Unity • AI Tools • Excel/Data Modeling • Tableau • Visual Scripting • C# • Lua • Jira • Confluence

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