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Resume for David A. Bunch

1403 Aspen Court • Livermore, California •  94551

 

Professional Objective:    Seeking position with technical or development direction and/or senior programming responsibilities.

 

Qualification Summary:

ü       Experienced Technical Director, Team Lead, and "Fire Fighter"

ü       Veteran Senior Computer Programmer and game designer for 17+ years

ü       Marketed products on over 10 different platforms

ü       Professional and responsible

ü       Excellent communication and personal interaction skills

ü       Experienced in leading and training others

ü       Completed various managing seminars, including: Management Training, Time Management, and Toastmasters

 

Technical Skills:

• Programming/Assembly Languages: 6502, 65816, Z80, 68000, 8086 family, BASIC, Pascal, C, Object Oriented Programming in C++, Java, Java-ME

• Platform Knowledge: IBM, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 800, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, SNES, Gameboy, Sega Genesis, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation, Sony Playstation 2; X-Box; Game Cube, PSP

 

Professional Experience:

10/04 - Present       Self-Employed (entertainment software development)

Cell phone entertainment application development that included programming and creative design.

§         Primary programmer on applications

§         Provide experience product development in collaborative effort

Customers include: Lime Life, Inc., Big Dog, and Danger

 

10/98 -10/04          Electronic Arts  (entertainment software developer/publisher)

209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065-1175

(650) 701-4600

Technical Director for EA Partners “EAP”

Duties: Manage technical direction and progress for external development companies around the world.

§         Primary technical conduit between worldwide external developers and internal producers

§         Provide effective communication between companies

§         Frequent travel for personal interactions and to maintain focus sync between project stakeholders

Technical Director for EA Sports Studio

Duties: Manage technical director group and projects, which include the following tasks:

§         Primarily a technical conduit between external developers and internal producers

§         Technical evaluation of product scripts/designs and establish developer technical level

§         Facilitate communications between internal and external groups

§         Responsible for Beta, Final and Submission versions of all products - verifying they comply to all platform manufacturers' submission standards

§         Explore and evaluate new and upcoming technologies; report findings to appropriate group leaders

§         Become extremely knowledge on all new platforms; educate and aid developers in these areas

§         Evaluate hardware needs to internal divisions and recommend appropriate upgrades

§         Problem solver and Firefighter

 

 10/97 - 10/98        PressStart  (entertainment software developer)

600 Galveston Drive, Redwood City, CA

Position: Technical Director

Duties: Provided programming of core interfacing code for entertainment software and its translations. Project title is "Knockout Kings" for Electronic Arts. (English, German, French).

 

9/95 - 10/97            3DO Company  (entertainment software developer)

                                  111 West Evelyn, #202, Sunnyvale, CA

                                  Position: Technical Director

Duties: Primarily responsible for the formulation, direction and creative design of "Army Men" and the team of personnel for the PC platform.

§         Lead a team of 7 artists and 4 programmers at project's peak

§         Motivator, conflict resolution and technical support for team

§         Provided support programming when needed

 

4/87 - 9/95              Electronic Arts  (entertainment software developer)

1450 Fashion Island Mall, San Mateo, CA

Position: Technical Director

Duties: Primarily a technical conduit between outside developers and internal producers.

§         Responsible for evaluation technical aspects of product scripts/designs and developer technical level

§         Facilitate communications between internal and external group

§         Responsible for Beta, Final and Submission versions of all products - verifying compliance to platform manufacturers' submission standards

§         Explore and evaluate new and upcoming technologies; report findings to appropriate group leaders

§         Become extremely knowledge on all new platforms; educate and aid developers in these areas

§         Evaluate hardware needs to internal divisions and recommend appropriate upgrades

§         Problem solver and Firefighting projects, when needed

 

Position: Technical Director

Duties: Primarily a technical conduit between outside developers and internal producers.

§         Programmed various platforms from start to finish, usually as the lead programmer on a team

§         Aided in game design at various levels on each product associated

§         Orient external developers and fellow employees on new platforms

§         Assisted producers in technical evaluations of product/developers

§         Train employees on company policies and methods

 

4/86 - 4/87              Softalent  (entertainment software developer)

Fourth Street, Suite 200, Livermore, CA

Position: Lead Programmer

Duties: Lead programmer duties on Football program and assisted programming on other projects as needed.

 

 

1/82 - 4/86              Synapse & Broderbund (merger)  (entertainment software)

5221 Central Avenue, Suite 200, Richmond, CA 94804

Position: Computer Software Programmer

Duties: Worked for Synapse Software and then for Broderbund (after they bought Synapse. Lead programmer on text adventure programs written in our own language, BTZ. Programming and game design for several projects for the company as needed.

 

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

ü       Bachelor of Science of Computer Science, Cal State Hayward

ü       Certificate in Object-Oriented Programming in C++, University of Santa Cruz (in progress)

ü       Toastmasters

 

 

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LEADERSHIP

ü       USSF Soccer Referee - FIFA Certified and Registered (since 1999)

ü       Livermore Youth Soccer League - "E" and "F" Licensed Youth Soccer Coach, Equipment Manager

ü       Girl Scouts (San Francisco Bay Area Council) - Registered Junior Girl Scout Volunteer

ü       Boy Scouts (San Francisco Bay Area Council) - Registered Boy Scout Adult Volunteer

 

 

SOFTWARE PROJECTS (in order of development):