Richard Denton

Past

• Quality Assurance Tester at Activision
• Freelance Web Developer at Self-Employed
• Teaching Assistant at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Application Developer at Mudbug Media

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Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Connections

26 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• Facebook
• Twitter

Richard Denton’s Summary

My name is Richard Denton and I have been called many things. I am an Eagle Scout, a black belt, a college graduate, a fraternity brother, and a gamer. Most of all, I am an artist.

What began as an infatuation with web design and computer programming led to a degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Throughout my 4 years of study, I become increasingly interested in the development of video games. By graduation, I had been involved in numerous gaming project firsts on my campus. I received my Bachelors in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication in 2007.

Today, I reside in sunny Los Angeles, California. I began my way up the industry ladder working under the quality assurance department at Activision Blizzard. Eventually, I hope to become part of the development process and put my design skills to good use on games I can be proud to be a part of. Until then, however, I work as a freelance designer in order to hone my trade.

Software: After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Maya, Photoshop, Premiere

Platforms: AJAX, C++ / C#, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, Visual Basic, (X)HTML

Richard Denton’s Specialties:

black box testing, graphic design, website development, video editing

Richard Denton’s Experience

• Quality Assurance Tester

  Activision

  (Public Company; ATVI; Computer Games industry)

  July 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 2 months)

  Performed standard testing practices during the life cycles of various console and handheld game titles. Reported and monitored issues using the online bug tracking system, DevTrack.

• Freelance Web Developer

  Self-Employed

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Designed and coded numerous small-scale websites from business to personal portfolios. Was responsible for all domain registration, hosting, and database administration.

• Teaching Assistant

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2007 — March 2007 (3 months)

  Assisted in teaching Microsoft Visual Basic .Net during laboratory hours for the class "Introduction to Computer Programming."

• Application Developer

  Mudbug Media

  (Internet industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Was heavily involved in the development and upkeep of various large-scale web applications.

Richard Denton’s Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  BS , Electronic Media, Arts, Communication , 2003 — 2007

Additional Information

Richard Denton’s Websites:

• Facebook
• Twitter

Richard Denton’s Groups:

•    Rensselaer Alumni Association (RPI)
•    The Delta Phi Fraternity
•    Lambda Chapter of the Delta Phi Fraternity

Richard Denton’s Honors:

Vicarious Visions Student Challenge - 3rd Place, 2007

Richard Denton’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities