Michael Kofman

Current

• Senior Developer at THEO

Past

• Web Developer at The Hibbert Group
• Software Engineer at Zeitgeist
• Student at FullSail University

• Business Software Developer for a Summer Internship at ATX Communications

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Education

• Full Sail Real World Education

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Website

Michael Kofman’s Summary

Web Development background, currently in the process of transitioning into Game Development, Software Design, and specialization in Artificial Intelligence in video games.

Michael Kofman’s Specialties:

C/C++/C#, DirectX / HLSL, OpenGL / GLSL, LUA / XML, Maya/ Maya C API, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator.

Michael Kofman’s Experience

• Senior Developer

  THEO

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Web Developer

  The Hibbert Group

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2009 — August 2009 (5 months)

  During my time at Hibbert I was involved in a half a million dollar project in developing a system from the ground up in a team of five talented developers. We employed Struts 2, Hibernate, AJAX, Oracle and Agile Methodologies in developing a robust system that could be reused in future systems within a period of roughly three months.

• Software Engineer

  Zeitgeist

  (Privately Held; Music industry)

  February 2009 — March 2009 (2 months)

  Worked along side to create a currently NDA title with Virtual Worlds utilizing Unity 3D engine technology. My responsibilities during this one month contract included the refactoring of a new camera system, ai, mouse gesture recognition and a variety of user feedback effects and game play mechanics.
  
  This project was exciting and challenging as it allowed me to have a first taste of developing software on a Macintosh and learning the capabilities of the Unity tool set.

• Student

  FullSail University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2007 — January 2009 (2 years 1 month)

  FullSail University provides for an accelerated Bachelor's of Science degree in Game Development. With focus on Linear Algebra, C++, C#, Architecture, team dynamics, and multiple team based projects.
  
  The last five months of the program, each student in teams of five will aim to design, develop, and produce a quality video game.

• Business Software Developer for a Summer Internship

  ATX Communications

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

  Experience working in a proffesional environment; I had assisted in debugging an existing code base as well as the implementation of several AJAX components. Including the ground development of a cross platform calendar on a new product developed by the team.

Michael Kofman’s Education

• Full Sail Real World Education

  Game Development , C++ and C# Programming , 2007 — 2008

  FullSail has been tremendous. It has put a great emphasis on team dynamics, that with such a diverse populous, challenged and accelerated us towards a more well rounded education.
  
  The pacing at FullSail University, is one of a kind. The program tests everyone on a physical, and psychological level. Being capable of meeting rapid deadlines, and adjusting your sleep cycle to sometimes meet those needs.

  Activities and Societies:

  FullSail Game Networking Group,
  Research Intern for persistent world applications,
  Simulation Club Officer

Additional Information

Michael Kofman’s Websites:

• My Website

Michael Kofman’s Interests:

Japan, Europe, Travel, Soccer, Casual Sports, Art & Animation, Web Design, Video Games

Michael Kofman’s Groups:

IGDA, FullSail

•    International Game Developers Association
•    Game Developers
•    Full Sail Game Development Industry, Students and Alumni
•    Game Developers Group
•    Full Sail Linked
•    Fans of Digsby
•    Game AI Developers -- AiGameDev.com
•    Dream.In.Code
•    Artician
•    IGDA NJ
•    Social Game Developers

Michael Kofman’s Honors:

IGDA scholarship recipient for Eric Dybsand’s AI Scholarship (2007)
Council Rock South, Computer Science, Excellence Award (2005)
The Pennsylvania Certificate of Distinction in discipline in Mathematics at the Advanced Level (2005)
Outstanding Achievement Award by C.C.A. Baldi Middleschool (1998)

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