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ANGUS MCQUARRIE

Bellevue, Washington - USA

OBJECTIVE 
A fast-paced gameplay or artificial intelligence programming position in a video game development studio targeting either PC or Console Platforms

INTERESTS 
I have been enthralled by video games and the video game industry for the last 20 years. Much of my free time is spent reading about the latest industry news, playing games, and fiddling with DirectX and XNA. I also maintain a blog at Ghostrazor.com in which I make commentary on Industry goings-on and ideas for new gaming business strategy.

WORK EXPERIENCE 

June 2008 - Present

Redmond, Washington

Software Design Engineer - Xbox Live, Microsoft Inc.
  • Enabled Publishing Pipeline for New Xbox Experience
  • Developed Network Services and Integrated with Distributed File Systems and Content Delivery Networks

PROJECTS 
  • Personal Projects:
  • MyStoryProject - An Adobe Flex based casual MMO
  • Board-style casual game using XNA and TorqueX
  • Adventure Game using Adventure Game Studio
  • Major School Projects:
  • Real-Time Operating System
  • Distributed File System
  • Neural Network for Facial Classification
  • Neuro-biological Model of Honeybee Navigation
  • Fourth Year Design Project:
  • An Autonomous Laser-Guided Tank with Paintball Armament

TECHNICAL 
  • Patents:
  • Languages:
  • Proficient in C, C++, C#, ASP.NET and Java
  • Competent in ActionScript 3, VHDL and Assembly
  • Applications: MS Visual Studio 2008, Eclipse, Perforce
  • Frameworks: Win32 API, STL, DirectX, XNA
  • Database Systems: MySQL, SQL Server 2008, Oracle PL/SQL
  • Operating Systems: Windows XP, Mac OSX, Linux
  • Hardware: Altera NIOS Development Board, Motorola Coldfire MCF5307, Xilinx FPGA

NONTECHNICAL 
  • Performing and publishing critique data analysis
  • Development of new business opportunities
  • New production and design methodolgies
  • Vice-President External of Engineering Society 2006-2007
  • Responsible for collaboration between professional organizations/industry and engineering students
  • Managing 20+ directors
  • Languages:
  • Native English Speaker
  • Several Years French Immersion

EDUCATION 

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, September 2003 - April 2008

Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering with Option in Cognitive Science

 

COURSE WORK 
Advanced Course work focuses on Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence

Senior Courses


  • Distributed Computing - Remote Procedure Calls, Shared File Systems, Distributed Transactions
  • Artificial Intelligence - Search, Inference, Planning, Knowledge Representation
  • Computational Intelligence - Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Learning, Soft Computing
  • Computer Security - Cryptography, Vulnerability Analysis, Security Policies, Secure Development Techniques
  • Simulating Neurobiological Systems - Representation, Nonlinear Computation, Neural Dynamics
  • Real-Time Operating Systems - Development of an Operating System for Real-Time Applications

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 


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