Weldon's Resume Page

Weldon Chen
Address and Telephone Number available upon request.
 
http://www.mindspring.com/~granakrs/ (granakrs@mindspring.com)

Goal: A career within the computer gaming industry.
Work Experience:
Software Engineer I
Automation Development Tester
Core Game Tester
Quality Assurance Analyst 		12/04-Present
7/03-12/04
7/02-2/03
6/02-7/02
Electronic Arts, Redwood Shores, CA
  • Provided initial beta-tested for Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and Battlefield 1942.
  • Promoted to working for Alpha-stage testing of Simcity 4, Sims Online, 007 Nightfire, and patch programs currently under development by EAGames.
  • Promoted to Alpha-stage testing of Sims: Bustin Out, The Sims 2, The Urbz, Sims 2: University and patch programs currently under development by Maxis, a Brand of EAGames.
  • Developed an automated scripting system for Sims 2 and Sims 2: University creating automated testing for Maxis games as well as in-house automated configuration management tools and automated project build systems. Currently working as a mission engineer for mission scripting of Godfather.
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    Computer Consultant/Assistant 10/99-7/01:
    University of California at Berkeley, Albany, CA
    Provided user support, computer software/hardware maintenance, troubleshooting, research analysis.
     
    Researcher/Consultant
    (Freelance)    		 4/98-5/00:
    Wizards of the Coast, Renton, WA Provided research data for the Dragonlance Encyclopedia project, and write submission requests to the book, More Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home.
     
    Previsualization Computer Animator 8/98-4/99
    Pixar, Richmond, CA
     
    Computer Game Designer 1/98-Present:
    Steel Claw Design and Development, Berkeley, CA
     
    Quality Assurance Analyst
    Consumer Service Support    		 1/97-12/97:
    10/96-1/97:
    Sony Computer Entertainment America, Foster City, CA

    Beta-tested software such as Armored Core, Crash Bandicoot 2, NFL Gameday ‘97, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy Tactics, Porsche Challenge, Coolboarders 2, Gran Turismo, PaRappa the Rapper, Bushido Blade, MLB ’98, and various promotional Sony Playstation Demo products for the Playstation console system.

     
    Programming & Technical Support 5/96-10/96:
    Berkeley Systems Inc., Berkeley, CA
     
    Freelance Writer
    (Freelance)     		1/93-1/94:
    Dragon Magazine, Lake Geneva, WI

     
    Computer Game Tester
    (Freelance)     		1/84-12/90:
    Origins Systems, Inc., Austin, TX
    Alpha and beta tested Ultima III, IV, V, and Wing Commander
     
    Waiter 5/93-9/93:
    Asian Gardens Restaurant, Grass Valley, CA
     
    Cashier 6/91-9/91:
    Asian Gardens Restaurant, Reno, NV
     
    Apartment Maintenance 1/88-12/91:
    Comfy Apartments, Reno, NV
     
    Satellite Dish Installation 1-88-12/91:
    Comfy Telecommunications, Reno, NV
     
    Schooling:
    University of California, Berkeley: B.S. EECS, 5/96
      Includes courses in Artificial Intelligence, Operating Systems, Database, Compilers, Graphical User Interface, Graphic & Animation, Computer Architecture, Circuits, Micro-Electronics, and Signals and Systems
    University of Nevada, Reno
    McQueen High School, with honors 6/91
     
    Volunteer Work:
    • Member of the Whitestone Council, an internet club with dedicated towards writing the official D&D 3rd edition rules for the Dragonlance(tm) gameworld for Wizards of the Coast.

    • Formed and maintained Project Starship, an internet club which produced over fifty 3D Computer models of popular science-fiction space ships. Club results are available at avalon.chinalake.navy.mil or my homepage.

    • A member of the Freelance club in Berkeley, which is dedicated towards producing and designing shareware games.

    • Published various stories of the SCI-FI/Fantasy/Anime genre.

    • A long-time officer of Cal-Animage Alpha, a Japanese animation club. Assisted in General Work, Video equipment, Security, and Lost & Found departments.

    • Produced two projects currently in development and available thru my website:
    • Over 12 years of internet experience, including web-page design. Familiar with Adobe Pagemaker 7, Adobe Photoshop 7, Autocad 12/13/14/2000, 3DStudio 4/5/6, Dreamweaver MX, Microsoft Office XP, Borland C++ 5, VStudio .NET. Fluent with C/C++, Assembly Language, HTML/Javascript, Visual Basic, Fortran 77, Lisp, Autolisp, and Pascal.

    References:
    Available upon request

    Programming/Artist Portfolio:
    Available upon request

    Weldon's Homepage (granakrs@mindspring.com)