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Testing The Limits

Skills Summary

Coder; tester; technical writer; all around nice guy. Experienced quality assurance manager and developer with over seven years in the video game industry.

Industry veteran with experience on both first-party and third-party product teams, digital distribution systems (Steam, Digital River), copy protection systems (SafeDisc), and more.

Employment History

Meeting Professionals International
Senior Programmer/Analyst

Ritual Entertainment
Quality Assurance Manager

Layton City Corporation
Programmer

Microsoft Corporation
Software Test Engineer Lead

Shipped Titles

  • 25 To Life
  • Amped
  • Amped 2
  • Inside Pitch 2003
  • Links LS 1999
  • Links LS 2000
  • Links 2001
  • Links Championship Edition
  • Links Standard Edition
  • Links 2003
  • Links 2004
  • Links Extreme
  • MechWarrior 3: Pirate's Moon
  • Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition
  • Quake IV (1.3 Update)
  • SiN (1.12 Update)
  • SiN Episodes: Emergence

Professional Activities

Lectured at the University of Utah and University of Texas (Dallas) on interactive entertainment testing techniques.

Publications

  • Feature article on game quality published in June 2007 issue of "PC Gamer UK" (Issue #175, pp.27-28) and the September 2007 issue of "PC Gamer US" (Issue #165, pp.16-17)
  • Article on Microsoft's "Games for Windows" initiative published in 2005 issue of "GameZone" (Russian)

Interviews

Résumé

Michael A. Russell
Dallas, TX 75206

romsteady@romsteady.net