Amanda Wixted

Current

• Network Operations at Zynga
• Tech Lead for iPhone Team at Zynga

Past

• Engineer at Namco Networks America Inc.
• Game Programmer at Octopi / Skilljam
• Section Leader / Undergrad teaching assistant at University of Arizona

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Education

• University of Arizona

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Industry

Computer Games

Amanda Wixted’s Experience

• Network Operations

  Zynga

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

  Managing our EC2 cluster and coding the backend for an upcoming title premiering on Facebook soon.

• Tech Lead for iPhone Team

  Zynga

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Expanding Zynga's social gaming network to the iPhone.

• Engineer

  Namco Networks America Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)

  May 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  Implementing J2ME and iPhone games. Classic titles like PAC-MAN and Galaga, plus new mobile titles.

• Game Programmer

  Octopi / Skilljam

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  June 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 8 months)

  Lead the development team in the creation of 10 multiplayer mobile games on the J2ME platform and the SNAP mobile platform. Designed and implemented the artificial intelligence for a 2-player online turn-based strategy game.

• Section Leader / Undergrad teaching assistant

  University of Arizona

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2003 — May 2005 (2 years 5 months)

  • Planned and led weekly group discussion sections
  • Helped to design projects, exams, and lecture presentation slides
  • Graded programming assignments and exams
  • Assisted students individually with programming and theory questions in the computer lab

Amanda Wixted’s Education

• University of Arizona

  2002 — 2005