Hi there 👋
I’m Kara Rawson, a passionate gamer and developer working on a cat game engine written with Meow. I’m working on creating fun and immersive cat games using Meow, C++, and WebAssembly. I also love to contribute to open source projects and learn new technologies. 😊
Summary
- Experienced and versatile software engineer with over 15 years of experience in various domains such as game development, AI, web development, and cloud computing.
- Skilled in multiple programming languages, frameworks, and tools such as Java, C#, C++, Python, Unity, Unreal, ExtJS, GWT, NodeJS, PyTorch, and more.
- Passionate about creating innovative and engaging solutions that solve real-world problems and delight users.
Education
- 1996 - 2000: Steven's High School - Claremont, NH (Graduated)
- 1999: Dartmouth College – Mathematics - Hanover, NH (Completed three Math Courses)
- 2000: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Electrical Engineering - Troy NY (Did not graduate)
- 2001: Hudson Valley Community College - Computer Information Systems - Troy, NY (Did not graduate)
Work Experience
Bad Cat Game (Oct 2020 - Present)
Founder & Lead Developer - www.badcatgame.com
- Developed and launched a prototype of a game about being a bad cat, featuring HFSM, ray tracing, and AI systems.
- Independently built the front and back office, website, distribution servers for the project.
- Used Unity, Unreal, C#, C++, Python, PyTorch Machine Learning, Photoshop, Blender, Visual Studio, NodeJS, Github, PlasticSCM.
Bat Country Entertainment (Jan 2011 - Present)
Technical Director and Co-Founder
- Provided technical leadership, business strategies, and game development for an independent video game company.
- Achieved several million downloads for ‘Kataminey Damacraft’, a mod for Minecraft.
- Developed an iOS game adapted from the board game ‘Dicecapades’ and a game for Xbox360.
- Used Java 5/6/7, Unity, Netbeans, Jquery, Javascript, HTML4, Flash AS3, xCode, Objective C, C#, Visual Studio, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Amazon AWS.
DreamScale.io (Aug 2017 - Aug 2020)
Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer
- Created technology to help troubleshoot and track software development friction within teams.
- Researched and developed decentralized cloud based networking and security.
- Used Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, Electron, Python, C, C++, IDEAJ, Heroku, Dragon (Invented).
ESPN (Jan 2015 - Mar 2016)
Senior Software Engineer
- Designed and developed an ExtJS web application that is used to program hundreds of domestic and international TV networks.
- Kept a large code base agile and maintained a custom scheduling calendar based on Bryntum.
- Used Java 7, HTML5, CSS3, ExtJS 4/5, Apache Httpd, JBoss EAP 6/7, Eclipse, JavaScript/ES6, Redhat Linux, GIT SVN, Adobe Photoshop CS, Chrome Dev Tools, JSON, JBOSS EAP6/7, XML, Maven.
VMware (May 2013 - Aug 2013)
Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
- Designed and developed an ExtJS Theme to reflect VMware’s look and feel.
- Made the theme reusable and extensible for future projects within the allotted time limit.
- Used Java 7, HTML5, CSS3, ExtJS, Apache Tomcat 7, Jetty 8, JavaScript, Redhat Unix, GIT, Amazon AWS EC2, GWT, GXT, BrowserStack Testing, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Chrome Dev Tools, JSON, JBOSS AS7, XML, Eclipse 4.2, ANT 2, Maven.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES (May 2012 - Mar 2013)
Senior Software Engineer
- Designed, implemented, and deployed web based design software for 7nm semiconductor fabrication.
- Researched and developed custom GWT data grids used in working with big data.
- Leveraged dependency injection and RESTful web services to provide an elegant and responsive software solution for electrical engineers worldwide.
- Used Java 6, JSP 2.0, JUNIT 4, ExtJS, GWT 2.5, GXT 3, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, XML, PL/SQL, Hibernate 4.2, Eclipse, Oracle Database 11g, RedHat Linux Server 6, JBOSS AS 7, Adobe Photoshop CS5, SVN.
Rational Retention (May 2010 - Mar 2012)
Systems Engineer
- Designed, developed, tested, and supported a cloud based supercomputer that was used to process millions of legal, government, and financial documents.
- Integrated technologies by Oracle, Nuance, and Microsoft to convert any computer file into a printable tiff image.
- Implemented Optical Character Recognition, Image Recognition, Image Redaction, and Secure File Deletion processes.
- Used Java 6, C, Spring 3, Nuance OCR SDK, Oracle OutsideIn, JUnit 4, Windows API, Exe4J, Advanced Installer, Eclipse, Oracle Advanced Queue, Oracle Database 11g, Visual Studio, Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP, and VmWare Workstation / ESXi.
Bluestone Telecommunications (Apr 2008 - May 2010)
Systems Architect and Engineer
- Designed, developed, and deployed a VoIP phone conferencing server and cloud based enterprise phone server.
- Designed and developed the company’s website and other marketing brochures.
- Designed and developed the frontend software used to control the phone servers with GWT and ExtJS
- Used Java 5/6, GWT, GXT, ExtJS, JavaScript, HTML 4, CSS 2, XML, eXist Database, JNI, Perl, Komodo IDE, Unix, VoIP, Hardware Networking, PHP, Zend Framework, Adobe Photoshop CS3, and Eclipse.
American Ad Trader (Mar 2005 - May 2010)
Chief Information Officer and Web Developer
- Designed and developed CarsUnder10k.com and CarDaddy.com.
- Managed the company's information strategies.
- Created and designed dozens of websites for car dealers in upstate New York using a proprietary CMS that I developed.
- Used Java 5, HTML 4, CSS 2, JavaScript, Eclipse, Tapestry 6, DOJO, Unix, Adobe Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, SEO.
Skills
Artifical Intelligence
- AI Operator
- AI Scientist
- ML Trainer
- Robotist
- Cybernetics
Programming Languages
- C#, C, Cpp
- Python
- Java/JavaScript\
- Dragon
Game Engines
- Unity
- Unreal
Tools
- ML-Agents
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- NodeJS
- Electron
- Dragon
IDEs / Editors
- Visual Studio
- Nano
- Vi
Hashtag Cloud
AI, C#, GWT, OCR, Java, Python, Unity, Unreal, ExtJS, Nuance, VoIP, HFSM, Resume, NodeJS, PyTorch, Oracle, Bryntum, Dragon, ESPN, VMware, CPlusPlus, JavaScript, RayTracing, Prototype, BigData, WebDevelopment, CloudComputing, SoftwareEngineer, GameDeveloper, BadCatGame, Dicecapades, DreamScaleIo, TVNetworks, ExtJSTheme, FounderAndLeadDeveloper, TechnicalDirectorAndCoFounder, MinecraftMod, CoFounderAndChiefScienceOfficer, Friction, Decentralized, SeniorSoftwareEngineer, SemiconductorFabrication, GWTDataGrids, SystemsEngineer