Cory Johnson

Current

• Programming Intern at CCP

Past

• Cofounder at Indiecisive Games
• Software Engineering Intern at Mythic Entertainment
• Freelance Programmer / Developer at Traq3D

• Information Technologies Intern at National Christian Foundation
• Accounting Intern at National Christian Foundation
• Help Desk Operator at eTax Partners

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

Connections

19 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Website

Cory Johnson’s Summary

My professional goals are to meet fun people, work hard, and play hard while developing great interactive games with compelling social and technical innovations.

I have worked on three game projects thus far:
Warhammer Online - The hit MMO from Electronic Arts' Mythic Entertainment studio;
Audiball - An XNA Community Game launched in November, 2008; and an unannounced project by the same startup;

I will also be working on an unannounced MMO from CCP Games this summer (2009).

Cory Johnson’s Specialties:

Programming (C++, Python, C#. Java, PHP, HTML, SQL)
Version Control (SVN, Perforce, CVS)
Information Technology (Windows Operating Systems, Apache, basic Linux familiarity)
Design Experience (assisted on design of two XNA games)
Production Experience (coordinated efforts of 3+ person teams on multiple completed, successful projects)

Cory Johnson’s Experience

• Programming Intern

  CCP

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  May 2009 — Present (3 months)

  EVE, WoD, and everything awesome in between.

• Cofounder

  Indiecisive Games

  (Computer Games industry)

  January 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  Lead programmer for Audiball, an XNA Community Games launch title
  Programmer for an unannounced / unreleased platformer

• Software Engineering Intern

  Mythic Entertainment

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  - Developed and integrated backend systems for the Realm War website
  - Implemented PHP frontend for Warhammer Online server deployment
  - Implemented server persistence and web migration systems for all aspects of RvR gameplay in Warhammer Online

• Freelance Programmer / Developer

  Traq3D

  (Computer Games industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

  Ported open-source C++ games to the Traq3D TRAZER device
  Implemented new control systems / interfacing as needed
  Rewrote graphics systems to work with the Traq3D specs
  Resolved any bugs that arose

• Information Technologies Intern

  National Christian Foundation

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

  Technical support for all in-office computers and network infrastructure
  Assisted with corporate move to new offices
  Implemented both A/V and network solutions for the new location
  Helped maintain day-to-day operations, website upkeep, server maintenance, etc.

• Accounting Intern

  National Christian Foundation

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Accounting industry)

  May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

  Organized and implemented a new formatting system for the NORTHSTAR500 database system used by the company to handle taxonomy and field-of-interest data for all past and future grantees
  Covered over ~10,000 entries for past grantees to update them for the system in less than 3 months of part-time work

• Help Desk Operator

  eTax Partners

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Accounting industry)

  January 2007 — March 2007 (3 months)

  Learned numerous tax-related rules and regulations for federal and state income tax filing
  Handled up to 10 different support cases at once concerning questions or issues that the many "subcontracted" operators in the country might have (via an online queue system)

Cory Johnson’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  2007 — 2010 (expected)

Additional Information

Cory Johnson’s Websites:

• My Website

Cory Johnson’s Interests:

movies, reading, programming, analyzing virtual space, gaming, airsoft

Cory Johnson’s Groups:

Georgia Game Developers Association

•    IGDA Atlanta

Cory Johnson’s Honors:

State Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking
State Champion in Technology Literacy
State Champion in Web Design
National Merit Scholar
AP Scholar

Cory Johnson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch