Work Experience

Centre for Continuing Education, University of Regina, Remote

Instructional Technology Developer

April 2023 - Present

  • Planning, designing, and creating new features for UR Courses

  • Testing, customization, and implementation of features and plugins, using standard web development languages (PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc)

  • Applying bug and code fixes in response to support requests

Shared Spaces, University of Saskatchewan, SASKATOON SK

Research Technician

September 2019 - June 2022

  • A three-year project of the University of Saskatchewan Art Galleries and Collection exploring how AR can create opportunities for connection through art. Built in Unity.

  • I was responsible for implementing and testing numerous AR features, such as an image recognition system and interactive objects experience.

  • Other duties included code review, testing, debugging, database management, creating wireframes, community outreach, and UI design.

  • Tools used: Unity, phpadmin, AR Foundation, AR Core, Terminal, GitLab, and XCode

  • Learn more at sharedspaces.usask.ca

Human Computer Interaction Lab, University of Saskatchewan, SASKATOON, SK

Masters Graduate Student

May 2019 - October 2021

  • I was tasked with designing a games user research project, under the guidance of supervisors Dr. Regan Mandryk and Dr. Cody Philips.

  • During the project, I designed research games, ran experiments, analyzed data, reported findings and wrote papers, including a thesis

  • Tools used: Unity, Amazons Mechanical Turk, Jamovi statistical spread sheet, R studio, Overleaf LaTex Editor, GitLab and PyCharm.

  • Read about my thesis: Comparing Break Types For Spaced Practice in a Platformer Game

Research Assistant

July - August 2018

  • Assisted professor Dr. Regan Mandryk and PhD students with projects and research

  • Duties included developing, designing and testing research game projects. Literature review and proof reading academic papers.

  • Tools used: Unity and GitLab

  • Learn more at hci.usask.ca

Digital Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan, SASKATOON, SK

Research Assistant

May - June 2018, March - April 2019

  • Assisted supervising professor Dr. Jon Bath with projects and research

  • Projects included animations, digital research, app development and writing AR Unity tutorials

  • Tools used: Unity, XCode and Android Studio

  • Learn more about the research and projects at pdba.usask.ca

Melcher Media and Design, REGINA SK

Intern - Game Developer

May - August 2017

  • Worked independently and in small groups as a game developer on various projects

  • Projects included Mobile Unity apps and Microsoft Hololens apps

  • Tools used: Unity, MonoDevelop, AR Toolkit and Visual Studio