Objective: To work in software development at a friendly and exciting organization.
Andrew Seidman
PO Box 165
Genoa, NV 89411
(818) 648-5368
faseidman@gmail.com
Skills:
Desktop development: >15 years'
experience in C++, C#, and Delphi,
including graphics using XNA and HLSL
Web development: 2 years' experience in
HTML, PHP, and Javascript, including
data-aware applications
Database development: SQL experience in
both desktop and web environments,
primarily using MySQL.
Graphic Design: 2D art and design using
Adobe Creative Suite, 3D art and
design using 3D Coat , Substance
Designer/Painter, and Filter Forge
Other GUIs/programs: Microsoft Visual
Studio, Borland Delphi, Adobe
Creative Suite (inc. Photoshop),
Microsoft Office/OpenOffice,
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, Ableton
Live, Unity, Mixamo
Education:
1997-1998, 2001-2002: Stanford March 2004 March 2005 : Quality Assurance Tester, then BREW Deployment Engineer, JAMDAT
University Coursework including
computer science and international
relations courses.
1993-1997: Harvard-Westlake School (cum
laude) College preparatory
coursework including computer
science and intensive mathematics
through linear algebra
Honors:
8 AP Courses, including Computer
Science AB, Calculus AB, Calculus C,
Physics: Mechanics, Physics:
Electricity and Magnetism,
Economics: Micro, Economics: Macro October 1993-August 1997 : Mailroom/Technical Support, Quikstor Systems: After school
Renneslaer Medal 1997 (excellence in
mathematics and engineering)
1550/1600 SAT (1997), National Merit
Scholar (1996)
Work History:
June 2006 Present: Lead Developer, Lightspray YouFX: Coded the YouFX special effects suite, a
special effects project capable of doing whitescreening (bluescreening against a white wall), for
the Microsoft PC platform using C#, released in 2012. Coded the entire project, including UI,
save/load functionality, and dozens of pieces of original artwork solo. Learned HLSL/GPGPU and
wrote over 50 custom shaders for the project so far. Since 2016, pivoted to learning Unity,
focusing on environments and shaders, with the eventual goal of releasing assets on the Asset
Store.
August 2016-December 2016: Weekend Store Manager, The Hydra's Lair
September 2015-April 2016 : Weekend Store Manager, Nerdvana
Aided in managing these two local gaming and hobby stores in Carson City. Helped with
computerized inventory management and product online sales for website and online store
integration, sold physical products, and ran regular gaming events with attendance up to forty
people. Helped with product purchase planning.
June 2011 - June 2014 : Community Manager, Be A Music Pro: Worked with Gregory Reulens, online
publicist for 10m-selling recording artist The Game, to develop an online news website and
budding social network oriented around music and intelligent journalism. Managed team of 8
interns, coordinating deadlines and responsibilities. Handled day-to-day WordPress backend and
technically consulted for lead coder. Wrote many articles for the site, available on request.
March 2008 June 2013: Web Developer, Ojai Terrain LLC : Created and maintained an online store
and website for this small retail business selling green-friendly home and garden goods in Ojai,
California. Created newspaper and magazine and online advertising strategy and all advertising
graphics for the business. Set up and maintained office computers and software and helped
with data entry.
March 2005 May 2006 : BREW Developer, Antomic Inc.: Performed C++/BREW porting and
development services for a small BREW development/porting house. Worked on porting BREW
games to several different handsets according to a contract with a major mobile games publisher,
and later performed lead development services in C++ on both a game demo and a social
networking application.
Mobile: As QA tester, performed a 100-point checklist of test items on many released titles.
After promotion to BREW Deployment Engineer, Performed porting services for the dominant
publisher in the mobile games industry. Ported multiple C++/BREW game titles to several dozen
target phone handsets, working on a hundred or more handset/codebase combinations in a
period of six months. Spearheaded initial development on a companywide SQL database to track
phone handsets and related quality issues.
June 2000 June 2001: Delphi/SQL Programmer, QuikStor Systems: Coded roughly one-third of the
initial version of QuikStor Express, a database application for the mini-storage industry, in
Borland Delphi. Programmed main UI forms for payments, lien management, and dozens of
minor operations using SQL queries. Designed main table structure for tenancy data and several
other tables. Promoted from the mailroom.
and on summers in high school, began as office mailboy. Created and assembled and
mailed custom software packages using company's custom media. Also promoted to
working on technical support and taking calls within two years' time.
References:
Walker Barnett, Owner, Hydra's Lair - (775) 230-8646
Thomas Tran, formerly Senior Software Engineer, Samsung - anthomas@gmail.com