Kyle Pulver (RTF)

pulverk(at-sign)gmail.com | (five-one-eight) 332 8587

EDUCATION
Clarkson University, Class of 2008
BS Degree Digital Arts and Science
3.66 GPA
4 year Dean's List recipient

EXPERIENCE

Guardbreak (Summer 08 - Present)

• Lead designer and developer
• Developing content management system for a team of administrators
• Expected to launch in the coming months

Bonesaw (Spring 06 - Spring 08)
Bonesaw.org

• Created and maintains a recognized Clarkson Men's Hockey fan website
• Site unique visits currently at 42,000+
• Lead designer for University Bonesaw hockey team apparel

Bonesaw: The Game (Winter 07 - Winter 08)

• Creator and Designer
• Highlighted in a University ad campaign and Digital Arts and Sciences brochure
• Featured in various gaming media websites and magazines

Splotch! (Fall 06 - Spring 06)

• Team member, and concept artist

The Fundamentals of Game Programming (Winter 08 - Spring 08)

• Game designer for University course textbook to educate students through gaming on subjects such as Artificial Intelligence, Flash development and multiplayer functionality
• Acted as a lead designer for three different games to be published in the text

Gamer Tonight (Fall 07 - Present)

• Developer and webmaster of a functional website for ABC Australia game-based cartoon series
• Streamlined a process for the series creator for improved updates and maintenance

Independent Art (Spring 07 - Present)

• Artwork featured in the Digital Arts and Sciences program brochures, posters, and presentations
• Featured artwork in Digital Arts Senior Exhibition at Clarkson University, and presented a game project to over 250 people in attendance.

UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

Digital Art Studio & History of Animation Teaching Assistant (Spring 07 - Spring 08)

• Teach workshops, develop course work and instruct students on various subjects within the Digital Arts major
• Created a fully functional web application for students and professors to use to share student work

Safe Schools Healthy Students (Summer 07 - Spring 08)

• Lead designer and team project manager of social health website to be used by St Lawrence County, NY

Jumas Archive.org (Summer 07 - Fall 07)

• Created a website to host various jazz materials recovered by musician Juma Sultan
• Collaborated with University professors under the National Endowment of the Arts
• Developed a content management system for use after the site is passed on

DIGITAL EXPERTISE
Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, CSS, HTML, php, mySQL, Multimedia Fusion

ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Maya, C++, perl, openGL, Java, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Virtools

ACTIVITIES

• Student consultant appointed by University professors on creation of new Digital Arts and Science major
• Vice President and founding member of Clarkson’s Interactive Digital Entertainment and Arts club, also the official ACM/SIGGRAPH chapter
• Featured artwork during open house settings for prospective students
• Discussed the Digital Arts and Sciences program with prospective students during Orientation & Tours focusing on game development and design
• Co-Host of No-Clip Radio, a local and internet radio broadcast from Clarkson University focused on the games industry

(If you're interested in any more information, please contact me.)