Cartrell Hampton

5313 23rd St

Detroit, MI 48208

zir0@sbcglobal.net

313-613-9532

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cartrellhampton

Visual CV: http://www.visualcv.com/champ01

oDesk: http://www.odesk.com/users/~~0db1bc9d41030a5e

 

Computer / Game Programmer

 

Experience Summary

• Software and scripts coder, adept with automating daily routines
• Quick to learn new development environments
• Good with writing technical documentation
   

Game Development Experience

• Published Flash Games:

• Laser Stryker
• Blast Force

• Produced all artwork, sounds, and music. The game engine is over 20,000 lines of code.
• Algorithms written: particle system, collision detection, object-oriented entity based system, finite state machine, linked list, red-black tree

 

Skills Summary

• Game Development Tools
  FlashDevelop, OpenMPT (music/audio); Paint.NET (graphics); Audacity (audio);
   
• Programming Scripts, SDKs, APIs, Languages
  ActionScript 3; REBOL; PHP, C/C++; HTML/DHTML; JavaScript; CSS; XML; Visual Basic for Applications
   
• Operating Systems
  Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista
   
• Business Applications and Other Technologies
  Microsoft Office, Neoware ezRemote Manager, What's Up Gold, McAfee, Postalsoft DeskTop Mailer 7.70c, FTP, Telnet, SecureCRT, Symantec Backup Exec 11d, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Macro Express, Lotus Notes

 

Professional Experience

 

              Flying Rhino

              August 2009 - Present

 

              Freelance Contractor Flash Game Developer

• Programmed Flash games within an average of 10-15 hours per game.

Environment:

ActionScript 3, FlashDevelop

 

              American Blinds, Wallpaper and More

              Sept 2003 – Oct 2008

              Received award for Employee of the Year for 2005

 

              Computer Operator

              May, 2007 – October, 2008

•  

• Increased productivity by writing scripts to automate some of the manual reports.
• Streamlined nightly tape backups for about 30 production servers.
• Monitored and maintained network integrity, hardware, and software, as well as provided technical support for all end users for the entire company.
• Assisted senior staff with operation and maintenance of emergency equipment.

 

Environment:

Excel/VBA, Symantec Backup Exec, WSUS, McAfee, Neoware ezRemote Manager, What's Up

 

              Sample Fulfillment Specialist

              Oct 2004 - May 2007

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• Processed thousands of product catalogs and postcards for delivery to customers.
• Used Postalsoft DeskTop Mailer to process files used in printing of the address labels for the product catalogs. Quick to learn how this software worked to increase productivity.
• Quickly became one of the fastest with processing custom sample swatch orders.
• Metered outgoing mail, transported mail to the post office on a daily basis.

 

Environment:

Postalsoft DeskTop Mailer, lift trucks, metering machine, inventory scanners

 

              Customer Service Representative

              Sept 2003 - Sept 2004

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• Solved customer order issues via telephone. Occasionally received customer compliments regarding performance.

 

              Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

              Jan 1997 - Jul 2001

 

              Web page development and script automation

•  

• Increased productivity by writing scripts to automate processing of reports.

 

Environment:

REBOL, Macro Express, HTML, JavaScript, Macro Express, FTP, Excel

 

              Database Development

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• Increased productivity by developing a Lotus Notes and Microsoft Access database, which replaced the change-add-move process previously performed manually.
• Conducted a training course for other employees on how to use the database.

 

Environment:

Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel/VBA, and Lotus Notes

 

 

              Help Desk Support

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• Assisted about 300 end users with technical support, including PC builds.
• Facilitated migration procedures by authored technical documentation for end users. The documentation was picture oriented, and very easy to understand.
   

Environment:

Microsoft Office, Norton Ghost and Adobe PDF Writer

 

Education

• Penn Foster College Online (formerly Education Direct)
  Oct 2002 - Jul 2004
  Diploma, Visual C++ Programmer, for Microsoft Visual C++, Windows API, and MFC
   
• Kettering University
  1996 – 1998
  Major: Computer Science
  Algorithm Analysis & Advanced Data Structures, Discrete Mathematics