Sara Kwong

Current

• Software Engineer at Sparkplay Media

Past

• Senior Software Engineer at Genesis Interactive, Inc.
• Software Engineer at Electronic Arts
• Quality Assurance at Electronic Arts/ The Sims Online

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Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Sara Kwong’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Sparkplay Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  November 2008 — Present (2 months)

• Senior Software Engineer

  Genesis Interactive, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2008 — October 2008 (8 months)

• Software Engineer

  Electronic Arts

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)

  August 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  - Implemented a robust A* pathfinding solution for the NPCs in the game.
  - Simplified process for designers to plot pathfinding points on the world map by creating a World Point Tool using C++.
  - Created core gameplay elements with server scripting language (wombat).
  - Found and fixed an exploit in Ultima Online that allowed players to use special objects without purchasing entitlements for them.
  - Used lua to create many new client-sides UI, including the game’s trade window; bug reporting window, targeting window, buff/de-buff window, overhead damage numbers and names, party window, pet window and many more UI windows for Kingdom Reborn.
  - Developed tools using C++ and C# for artist and developers.
  - Designed and programmed the Targeting System.

• Quality Assurance

  Electronic Arts/ The Sims Online

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Games industry)

  June 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 3 months)

  - Reviewed designs for new features and created test suites to assure that these features performed as expected.
  - Developed a Player Interaction Tool using C++ that helped testers and game masters to test more efficiently.
  - Created a new Ultima Online Login Server. The new login server gave the testers the ability to test changes made to the production servers using an internal database.

Sara Kwong’s Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  B.S., Computer Science, 1998 — 2002

Additional Information

Sara Kwong’s Groups:

•    Game Developers
•    EA Alumni Group

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