RESUME - Katrina Archer

• Over 5 years experience in technical project management and scope analysis, using processes such as Agile Development and waterfall methods
• Over 10 years experience in software engineering.
  Languages: C, C++, assembly.
  Domains: 3D computer graphics (real-time and tools), aerospace, earth observation
• Experienced in software development on embeddeds systems and gaming consoles (Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PSX, PC)
• Experienced in software development on Windows, Linux, Unix platforms
• Familiarity with a wide variety of tools and applications for software development, QA and office productivity

Novelist (February 2005 - present)

• Wrote and revised full-length novel
• Currently in submission process

Technical Project Manager, Empire Team (June 2005 - present, part-time from September 2005 - present)

• Determined technical requirements for unreleased cross-platform console game title
• Introduced Agile Development process
• Managed 11 technical development staff: ran performance and salary reviews, interviewed and hired personnel
• All other duties as in Technical Project Manager (Hulk 2) role below

Technical Project Manager - Hulk 2 Team (June 2003 - June 2005)

• Determined technical requirements for The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction cross-platform console game title
• Resolved dependencies with art and design departments
• Scheduled and tracked technical team milestones
• Tracked and managed project scope
• Liaised with internal team leads and other company technical and project management leads
• Liaised with external publisher technical leads
• Reviewed technical designs
• Introduced new scope management and tracking processes that helped team ship milestones on time and with high quality
• Managed 9 technical development staff: ran performance and salary reviews, interviewed and hired personnel
• Evaluated, reviewed and developed software practices and methods used

PC Lead, Hulk (October 2002 - May 2003)

• Ported Hulk console game to PC platform
• Built new frontend components
• Integrated support for PC user interface and storage hardware
• Developed InstallShield installer for the game
• Tracked schedule of project
• Resolved dependencies with console team
• Liaised with external localization team
• Managed internal QA team of 2 people
• Liaised with external QA teams
• Managed publisher relations for the PC SKU
• Shipped Hulk PC SKU on time and under budget while under severe resource pressure

Graphics Software Engineer (May 2001 - May 2002)

• Designed technical architecture of 3D user interface components
• Built 2D and 3D user interface components by working with User Interface designers
• Implemented 2D and 3D components of proprietary animation system
• Reviewed technical designs and implementations
• Implementation in C++ and Pixar's proprietary graphics languages and formats
• Worked with stakeholders across all departments at Pixar (animation, modeling and lighting)
• Integrated implementation into large amounts of legacy software
• Release of software increased animator productivity tenfold

Pure3D Technical Director (May 2000 - April 2001)

• Determined requirements for software releases
• Resolved dependencies with game team milestones
• Scheduled and tracked software releases
• Achieved three on-time software releases within 9 months, a first for the Pure3D team
• Reviewed technical designs
• Managed team personnel: ran performance and salary reviews, interviewed and hired personnel, liaised with other teams within the company
• Evaluated, reviewed and developed software practices and methods used

Pure3D Project Coordinator (May 1999 - May 2000)

• Scheduled software releases for the entire Pure3D team, including run-time library components, export tools and content tool plug-ins
• Performed scheduling in addition to Graphics Programmer responsibilities described below

• Designed and implemented art pipeline tools and real-time rendering software for video games, with particular emphasis on spline rendering.
• Implemented primarily in C/C++, with assembly optimizations (Pentium platform)
• Implemented art pipeline export tools for H-Spline rendering from Discreet's 3D Studio Max 2.x and 3.x, as well as Alias|Wavefront's Maya 3.0
• Enhanced Pure3D library's character animation capabilities through advanced extensions to the H-Spline technology
• Responsible for all aspects of the spline art pipeline, including export of modeling and animation data from 3D Studio Max, and real-time animation and display of the models in the rendering engine.

• Master's thesis research in computer graphics (Craniofacial Reconstruction Using Hierarchical B-Spline Interpolation) under Dr. David Forsey and Dr. Rabab Ward.
• Studied and developed multi-resolution B-spline interpolation software for use in forensic analysis of skulls
• Implementation in the C language with OpenGL on a Silicon Graphics platform
• Produced a short computer animated video as part of a team of three for course CPSC 535, using Alias Animator on a Silicon Graphics platform

• Nov. 1994 - Aug. 1995: MCDV TACCON Software Team
  • Designed software components for the towed side-scan sonar array (towfish) of the Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel (MCDV) Tactical Control (TACCON) subsystem
  • Implemented and tested the above components in the C software language on an IBM OS/2 platform
  • Responsible for all aspects of towfish software, including data integration, filter implementation, HMI, display and control software
  • Led TACCON Devices Software Team from Jan. 1995 to Aug. 1995
• Oct. 1993 - Oct. 1994: RADARSAT CDPF Software Team
  • Designed software components for the RADARSAT Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite's Canadian Data Processing Facility (CDPF) ScanSAR processor
  • Implemented and tested the above components in the C software language on the Mercury MC860 and I/OTTL80 platforms
• Mar. 1993 - Oct. 1993: PIF Software Team
  • Designed software upgrades for the Product Image Formatter (PIF) system
  • Implemented and tested the above components in the Fortran software language on a DEC PC platform
  • Provided ongoing post-delivery support for said upgrades, including configuration management for various software releases
• Sep. 1992 - Mar. 1993: MMSP Hardware Team
  • Designed new firmware releases for the Demultiplexer/Subsampler card in the Modular Multi-Satellite Preprocessor (MMSP) system, for the MOS-1, LandSat MSS, TM-A, MSS-A and MSS-P satellite data formats
  • Upgraded existing firmware for the LandSat TM and ETM data formats
  • Implemented and tested the above firmware in the Motorola DSP 56000 assembly language
  • Doubled the throughput for the LandSat TM and ETM data formats

• Designed spectrum analyzer firmware upgrade
• Doubled system throughput
• TMS320C25 DSP assembly language

• M.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering

• B.Eng., Electrical Engineering, with Minor in Management
• Graduated with Distinction, University Scholar

• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Professional Engineer (Software Engineering)
• Association For Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH) - 1997-2005

• The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
• Hulk
• Simpsons Road Rage
• Dark Summit
• Jackie Chan: Stuntmaster

Feature Films

• Finding Nemo

• Katrina Archer, Kevin Coughlan, David Forsey and Sonja Struben, "Software Tools for Craniofacial Growth and Reconstruction", Proceedings of Graphics Interface 1998
• Katrina Archer & David R. Forsey, "Hierarchical B-spline Surface Interpolation", Proceedings of the Eighth Western Computer Graphics Symposium, April 1997

• 1997: BC Advanced Systems Institute Best Student Exhibit
• 1995-1997: MacDonald Dettwiler Postgraduate Studies Award
• 1995-1997: NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
• 1995: BC Advanced Systems Institute Graduate Scholarship
• 1990: NSERC Summer Research Award
• 1988-1992: Canada Scholarship
• 1988: J.W. McConnell Entrance Award, McGill University

• Bluewater Cruising Association, 2000 - present
• Captain, Free Radicals Ultimate Team, 1999
• Heather Civic Marina Berth Holders' Association, 1997
• UBC Electrical Engineering Graduate Students' Association, 1995-1997
• McGill Engineering Blood Drive Committee, 1990-1991
• McGill Engineering Sports Rep, 1991-1992
• McGill Engineering Flag Football and Broomball team, Demon Diodes, 1988-1992, team captain 1991-1992