About Me
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Work Experience
Resume
Online Support Engineering Representative, Technical Operations and Support Engineering, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
- August 2011 - Present
- Create online support content
- Moderate forum
- Watch social media for trending issues
- Beta test new hardware
Head Cashier, Barnes & Noble
- August 2010 - August 2011
- Promoted from Bookseller to Newsstand Lead after only two months in October 2010 and again only four months later to Head Cashier in February 2011
- Lower management position
- Drove membership, gift card, and merchandise sales
- Managed other cashiers
- Strategically stocked merchandise to maximize sales
- Tracked all cash in the store
Software Development Engineer, MeridianLink
- May 2008 - May 2009
- Wrote software under the Software as a Service model in the financial services industry
- Used ASP.NET 3.5, C#, Javascript, Microsoft SQL Server, FogBugz
Computer Lab Consultant, Campus Village, UCI
- September 2006 - May 2007
- Monitored computer lab and wrote for the Campus Village Chronicles
Cashier, Albertsons
- April 2006 - September 2006
- Promoted from Courtesy Clerk in August 2006
Game Journalism
Game Journalism Log
Editor, Game Boyz
- Activity list
- 80+ reviews, 20+ previews, 20+ other articles
- November 2009 - Present
- Offered console lead but turned it down in December 2011
- July 2011: Covered 1C Company's Another Night in Moscow 2011 in San Francisco, CA
- October 2010: Covered THQ's SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 in Dallas, TX
- June 2010: Covered E3 2010 in Los Angeles, CA
- June 2010: Covered 1C Company's Another Night in Moscow 2010 in San Francisco, CA
- June 2010: Covered The Art of God of War III at the Gnomon Gallery in Los Angeles, CA
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Contributor, WoW Insider
- All posts
- 88 comments on article with most comments. Average of 67 comments per article as of 1/5/12.
- Three articles purchased by AOL for WoW Insider in May 2011
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Owner, Kor'kron 501st
- Created in September 2011
Academics
B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine
- December 2010: Graduated with a 3.5 GPA
- Minor in Classical Civilization
- March 2006: Joined Tau Beta Pi engineering honors society
- Fall 2005: Wrote second best Kalah AI in CSE 23, a class of 42 people.
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High School, California Academy of Mathematics and Science
- Graduated June 2004 with 3.5 GPA
- Played clarinet in orchestra
- Member of Robotics Club, specializing in arms & grabbers team and structure team
- Won second place in a robotics scrimmage at Chatsworth High School Robotics Scrimmage in Spring 2002
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Earlier
- Attended Charles Evans Hughes Middle School from October 1999 to June 2000 and played clarinet in orchestra
- Attended Nellie Norton Coffman Middle School from 1997 through 1999. Played clarinet in marching, concert, and jazz bands. Played baritone saxophone in jazz band.
- Attended Rancho Mirage Elementary School and was marked for the Gifted And Talented Education program
Personal
Owner, WebPageless
- Maintained WebPageless.net since September 2004
- Site active in some form since 2000
- 1400+ posts
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Troll Priest, World of Warcraft
- Member of Carpe Flux Capacitor, December 2009 - December 2010, February 2011 - Present
- Detailed Progression
- Began raiding in 3.3
- Completed ICC 25H in 4.3
- When Dragon Soul came out, was 8/8 Firelands Normal
- When Firelands came out, was 7/8 BWD Normal, 2/4 BoT Normal, 1/2 TotFW Normal
- Killed Algalon in March 2011 in 4.0.3
- By the end of Wrath, completed 10N and 25N Ruby Sanctum
- By the end of Wrath, was 12/12 ICC 10N, 8/12 ICC 10H, 12/12 ICC 25N, and 1/12 ICC 25H
- Obtained Glory of the Ulduar Raider (10-man) in October 2010 in 3.3.5
Other
- January 2012: Attended CES
- Visited or lived in Palm Springs, CA; Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Orange County, CA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Las Vegas, NV; and Dallas, TX
- Have stayed in the Luxor, Flamingo, Bellagio, and Sahara
- Performed a TMNT "cowabunga" high-five
- Disneyland Annual Passport Holder
- Visited Knott's Berry Farm, Knott's Scary Farm, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, and Six Flags Magic Mountain
- Big Wicked fan. Seen it twice.
- October 2011: First played a table game at a casino.
- Attended BlizzCon 2010
- Watched live stream of BlizzCon 2009, 2011
- June 2011: Acted as Best Man at Alex's Wedding, including nervously giving a successful speech. Also attended first bachelor party, riding in a limo, going to a soda bar, and going to a shooting range.
- June 2010: Attended THQ's Homefront Party
- June 2010: 4th Annual First Ever Bethesda Softworks E3 Party at the Saddle Ranch Chop House
- June 2010: Attended E3
- Attended Anime Expo 2006 - 2011
- Attended Comic-Con 2011
- October 2004: Happy
- September 2004: Moved to Irvine
- October 1999: Moved to Long Beach
- 1990: Moved to Rancho Mirage
- 1986: Moved to San Juan Capistrano
- February 27, 1986: Born
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