Mike Brazil

Past

• Game Design Intern at Locomotive Games
• Special Projects at University of Southern California
• Quality Rater at Google

• Game Programmer at University of Southern California
• Game Designer at University of Southern California
• Quality Assurance at Namco America
• Quality Assurance at Namco America
• Tech/Admin Assistant at Complimate Technical Staffing
• Billing Department Supervisor at @bigger.net
• Billing Supervisor, Customer Service at TGGH dba @bigger.net

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Education

• University of Southern California
• San Jose State University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Entertainment

Mike Brazil’s Experience

• Game Design Intern

  Locomotive Games

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

  July 2008 — November 2008 (5 months)

  • Designed missions, locations, and achievements for an undisclosed game.
  • Worked on mapping system for exploration through the game.
  • Used Maya and Google Sketch-Up to prototype levels.

• Special Projects

  University of Southern California

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 1 month)

  • Reconfigured a lab to use new projectors by reprogramming the existing touch panel interface.
  • Troubleshot computer problems.
  • Responsible for the inventory of multiple computer labs.
  • Kept track of expenditures for multiple computer labs.

• Quality Rater

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  • Compared search queries with results and determined their usefulness.

• Game Programmer

  University of Southern California

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2006 — April 2007 (1 year)

  • Worked as part of a team responsible for programming a game that uses bittorrent to set up networked play.

• Game Designer

  University of Southern California

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2006 — August 2006 (8 months)

  • Designed a serious web game for the LA Times to illustrate personal economic risk.
  • Worked as part of a team responsible for paper prototyping, interface design, and feature design.

• Quality Assurance

  Namco America

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

  April 2005 — July 2005 (4 months)

  • Tested multiple video game titles for Namco Hometek, keeping an eye out for gameplay, graphical, and text bugs.

• Quality Assurance

  Namco America

  (Public Company; Computer Games industry)

  January 2005 — February 2005 (2 months)

  • Tested multiple video game titles for Namco Hometek, keeping an eye out for gameplay, graphical, and text bugs.

• Tech/Admin Assistant

  Complimate Technical Staffing

  (Entertainment industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years)

• Billing Department Supervisor

  @bigger.net

  (Entertainment industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years)

• Billing Supervisor, Customer Service

  TGGH dba @bigger.net

  (Entertainment industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years)

Mike Brazil’s Education

• University of Southern California

  MFA , Interactive Media , 2005 — 2008

• San Jose State University

  BS , Computer Science , 2001 — 2004

Additional Information

Mike Brazil’s Groups:

RagnaRokk Development Team

•    The Official USC Alumni Association Group
•    Locomotive Games Alumni

Mike Brazil’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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