Jonathan O'Duffy

Temper Tantrum is about creating games that people enjoy playing. We then take those successful games and alter them for use in serious games. For example: health and education.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Company Management.
2. Client liaison.
3. System Design.
4. Programming.
5. Creation of 2D&3D content projects.
6. 18 successfully completed projects.

More information about the individual projects can be found in the projects section on my Linkedin Profile.

Worked as an RA officer at Waimairi Village.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Check in for students into their accommodation.
2. Check outs and room/house inspections.
3. Mail delivery.
4. Patrol campus grounds.
5. Offer assistance to students.
6. Hold office hours for student enquiries and assistance.
7. Assist in events.
8. 2 successfully completed projects.

Rudagur was setup with fellow graduates to create games for gamers. It focus was on using Virtual and Augmented Reality in novels ways to engage and entertain users.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Management.
2. Creation of 2D&3D content.
3. Programming.
4. Testing applications on various hardware devices.
5. 2 successfully completed projects.

Fantasy To Reality(FTR) is currently a non for profit company aimed at creating courses designed to help teach people how to create Virtual & Augmented Reality applications. It also works in co-operation with companies to create projects for students to learn and gain real world experience. The main goal of FTR is to supply the necessary skills & tools to people to further enhance Virtual & Augmented Reality which will hopefully lead to an increase in the bandwidth to the brain as described by Professor Thomas Furness.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Company Management.
2. Team Management.
3. Client liaison.
4. System Design.
5. Programming.
6. Creation of 2D&3D content.
7. 2 successfully completed projects.

Bitlink was originally founded to provide local IT services and support to the Launceston area. It looked at providing real world experiences for students undergoing IT studies at UTAS. Later on this company merged with Crucible with the goal of linking people with technology in a meaningful way.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Fix and repair technology issues at client's properties.
2. Research and development for best practices and technologies for the company.
3. Research and development of material for fixing common client issues.

Tutor at HITLab AU, and School of Computing and Information Systems within the University of Tasmania.

Responsibilities & Achievements:~

1. Taught students how to use Unity3d, Blender, NGUI, Playmaker, Rain AI, Game Design, iTween, Team Collaboration solutions, ARToolkit, Vuforia, HCI principles.
2. Reviewed material for use in tutoring class.
3. Assisted students with their weekly tasks.
4. Provided feedback on Assignments prior to submission.
5. Provided regular consultation times for student inquiries.
6. Marking of Assignments.
7. Managing and forming Groups for collaborative assignments.
8. Creation of tutorial content for some certain units.
9. 2 successfully completed projects.

Teaching load for Semester 1:

1. KXT313/KXH241/KXH543/KXA434 User Interface Design/Human Computer Interaction.
2. KXH141/KXH 541 Virtual Reality Technology.
3. The different unit codes represents undergraduates, honors and mater students.
4. Co-Author for Unit content for KXH141/ KXH 541 Virtual Reality Technology.
5. Also helped in creating tutorial content for KXH343/647/KXA437 Designing Virtual Worlds.

Teaching load for Semester 2:

1. KXH142/KXH 542 Augmented Reality.

Worked as a public speaker for the HITLab AU. I conducted presentations and demonstration to potential clients of HITLab AU, guests, students, and the general public.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Speeches for - High Schools, Adult learning centers, Chinese Delegates, South African Delegates, Australian Government Officials, Exhibitions, Open days, and Visitors.
2. Created and modified slide shows for presentations.
3. Speech creation and preparation.
4. Demonstration creation and preparations.

Developer

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Creation of 3D content.
2. General IT tasks for Aug Atlas.
3. Developed and tested 3D model of Tasmania for the use of information overlay. 
4. 1 successfully completed project.

Worked as a Telehealth officer for Rural health. This involved research and development of written material into the current medical and non-medical technologies that can be used for Telehealth within Government standards.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Develop and review documentation on current medical technology that can be used for Telehealth.
2. Develop and review documentation on non-medical technology that can be used for Telehealth.
3. Develop and review documentation around Government standards around Telehealth.
4. Develop and review documentation around best practices when using Telehealth.
5. Develop and review training documentation around the use of certain technology systems.
6. Requirement that all documentation be written without the use of technical language.
7. Coordinate research and documentation with supervisor.
8. Attend Meetings.
9. 1 successfully completed project.

Crucible focus is to create an IT industry in Tasmania and become a leader in Virtual & Augmented Reality Technology

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Attending meetings.
2. 3D content creation.
3. Collaboration

Projects:

1. 3D creation and layout of potential office space for funding purposes.

During Semesters 1&2 at the University of Tasmania I worked as a Helpdesk Officer within the School of Computing and Information Systems.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Provide technical support for students and staff within the school.
2. Accept money for payment into student printing accounts, assist with printing problems, monitor and replace consumables in printers within the school.
3. Assist with all aspects of the operation of video conference rooms and monitoring for any issues or difficulties arising within the school.
4. Check the condition of computer labs, clean keyboards and monitors if necessary, post printed copies of lab timetables and other relevant information on lab doors and notice boards and monitor general lab usage within the school.
5. In conjunction with the school's other technical staff, develop amend and distribute documentation on the operation of the school's computing facilities and software packages.
6. Assist students with password change requests within the school.
7. If required, assist with the provision of introductory classes on the general operation of the equipment and software in the use in the school. 
8. 1 successfully completed project.

I was selected to represent Launceston City and HITLab AU at a 4-day Careers Expo located at the Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne. The expo included over 190 exhibitors.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Represent Launceston City as a holiday destination.
2. Represent HITLab AU.
3. Provide demonstration to attract people to the exhibit/stand using Augmented Reality.
4. Compete with other exhibits.
5. Provide information to people about Launceston and the HITLab AU.
6. Answer any questions that people might have.
7. Work within a team environment.

 Continued on from HITLab AU internship into a developer position to aid in project completion.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Design and development of interface and 3D content.
2. Develop and tested new tablet interfaces using Unity3D.
3. 1 successfully completed project.

Research Internship at (4 months) Over the Summer period I secured an Internship position with HITLab AU. During this time I developed skills in the area of kinect programming, bluetooth and 3D modelling. For the 3D modelling I learnt how to do low polygon management for mobile platforms. This is a similar technique that used during the creation of old video game.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Primary responsibilities include design and development of two projects
2. Developed and tested code for the Microsoft Kinect to use in conjunction with the Ghostman Project for Skeletal tracking of users.
3. Developed and tested code for use with Bluetooth connection from PC to Android.
4. Developed and tested 3D modeling for Ifiction using the software blender.
5. Collaborated, contributed and worked as part of a team with fellow Interns when required.
6. Provided documentation & reports as per contractual obligations at end of project.
7. Database: SVN to store and retrieve files for both projects.
8. 2 successfully completed projects.

Substitute Tutor for KXT101 Programming and Problem Solving

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Taught Java programming.
2. Reviewed material for use in tutoring class.
3. Assisted students with their weekly tasks.
4. Provided feedback on Assignments prior to submission.
5. Provided regular consultation times for student enquiries.

Notetaker at University of Tasmania for students with disabilities.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Attend lectures and provide detailed notes for a student with disabilities.

Worked on as and intern at CSIRO medical imaging division in Brisbane. The project was to help correct the bias field found in MRI images and involved the use of computer imaging techniques.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Developed and tested Computer Imaging techniques.
2. Implement algorithm created at the e-Health research center for improving MRI images.
3. Developed code in C++.
4. Provided documentation & reports as per contractual obligations at end of project. 
5. Presented my work to e-Health center.
6. Presented my work at Big Day In to fellow CSIRO Vacation students in Australia.
7. Platform: Linux OS as it was projects development environment.
8. Database: SVN to store and retrieve files.

I worked as a bartender at RSL club in St.Helens during summer vacations and public holidays. For the rest of the year I concentrated on my university studies.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Monitor and maintain bar area.
2. Handle customer enquires.
3. Handle cash transactions.
4. Prepare beverages.
5. Check ID of customers for alcohol transactions.
6. Monitor and maintain stock in storeroom and bar area.
7. Clean equipment and premises on a regular basis.

Worked with a private IT company on interactive training DVDs.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Development and tested of DVD - Menu Options for dvd user convenience, Video Footage, Audio, Script & SubTitles.
2. Edit pre-recorded Movie Tutorials.
3. Provide IT Support.
4. Software: Macromedia Director, Final Cut Pro.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. .Monitor and maintain garage.
2. Handle customer enquiries.
3. Dismantle and reassemble vehicles.
4. Prepare vehicles for re-spraying.
5. Prepare vehicles parts for spraying and fitting.
6. Clean equipment and premise on a regular basis.
7. Maintain grounds and vegetation.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Monitor and maintain café.
2. Handle customer enquiries.
3. Handle cash transactions.
4. Prepare meals and beverages when required.
5. Check ID of customers for alcohol transactions.
6. Monitor and maintain stock in storeroom and cafe.
7. Clean equipment and premises on a regular basis.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Monitor and maintain café.
2. Handle customer enquiries.
3. Handle cash transactions.
4. Prepare meals and beverages when required.
5. Clean equipment and premises on a regular basis.

I worked at Eureka Farm during summer vacations. For the rest of the year I focused on my studies.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Monitor and maintain orchards.
2. Collect and store produce.
3. Assist in various farm activities when required.

Worked as a kitchen hand as part of my Vocational Learning (VOC4C) for Certificate 2 in Hospitality.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Monitor and maintain café.
2. Handle customer enquiries.
3. Handle cash transactions.
4. Prepare meals and beverages when required.
5. Check ID of customers for alcohol transactions.
6. Monitor and maintain stock in storeroom and cafe.
7. Clean equipment and premises on a regular basis.

Worked as a kitchen hand as part of my Vocational Learning (VOC4C) for Certificate 2 in Hospitality.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Help with food preparations.
2. Help with meal orders.
3. Help with supply ordering.
4. Help with delivery management.
5. Help maintain and clean premises.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Monitor and maintain courtyard.
2. Monitor and maintain stock in storeroom.
3. Clean customer vehicles.
4. Fill customer vehicles with fuel when required.
5. Handle customer enquires.

During the summer holidays I worked as an apprentice plumber, for the rest of the year I concentrated on my studies.

Responsibilities & Achievements:

1. Assist plumber with the installation of heating and bathroom systems.
2. Handle Customer enquiries.
3. Monitor and maintain equipment.
4. Assist with the monitoring and maintenance of stock and order supplies when required.

Digital-Tutors provides online training in the area of Game Development.

The following is a list of certificates earned from Digital-Tutors

1. Grayscale Shading and Non-Destructive Coloring Techniques for Photoshop Artists.
2. Indie Game Development Pipeline Volume 1: Visual Development.
3. Beginner's Guide to Concept Sketching.

Currently in the process of finishing the following courses for certificates:

1. Foundational Elements of Art for the Rest of Your Life.
2. Indie Game Development Pipeline Volume 4: Hero Character Modeling and Texturing.
3. Indie Game Development Pipeline Volume 2: Character Prototyping.
4. Fundamentals of Drawing Animal Anatomy.
5. Creating UI Elements for Games in Unity.
6. Keys to Amazing Graphic Design Layouts.

Pluralsight provides online training in the area of IT.

Currently in the process of finishing the following courses for certificates:

1. Accelerated C# Fundamentals.
2. C# Programming Paradigms.

The following is a list of Certificates gained from Units undertaken as part of my Masters Degree:

1. HITD602-14S1 Human Interface Technology - Design and Evaluation
2. HITD603-14S1 Human Interface Technology - Prototyping and Projects
3. HITD690-14A Thesis in Human Interface Technology

Activities and Societies: http://www.hitlabnz.org/index.php/education/master-program

The following is a list of Certificates gained from Units undertaken as part of my Bachelors Degree:

1. HEA103 English 1A
2. HPA181 The Good Life
3. KXT101 Programming and Problem Solving
4. KXT103 Introduction to Systems
5. HEA104 English 1B
6. HPA181 The Big Questions
7. KXT104 Data Management
8. KXH141 Virtual Reality Technology
9. KXT313 Human Computer Interaction
10. KXH142 Augmented Reality Technology
11. KXT102 Programming with Data Structures
12. KXT204 Operating Systems
13. KXH241 User Interface Design
14. KXT201 Algorthims
15. KXX231 ICT Project Management
16. KXH242 Fundamentals of Interactive Entertainment
17. KXT206 Artificial Intelligence 
18. KXT304 Computer Graphics & Animation
19. KXH341 Immersive World Project A
20. KXH343 Designing Virtual Worlds
21. KXT209 Advanced Dynamic Web Development
22. KXH342 Immersive World Project B
23. KXH344 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Interactive Entertainment
24. KXT305 Mobile & Ubiquitous Computing

Activities and Societies: http://www.hitlab.utas.edu.au/wiki/Home http://www.cis.utas.edu.au/cisview/ http://www.utas.edu.au/

The following subjects were done as part of year 13 studies:

1. Visual Arts and Media (AC703)
2. Computer Science (IT862)
3. Vocational Learning (VOC4C)

In addition to the above, the following certificates were also earned:

1. Certificate of achievement
2. Certificate for Hospitality and Tourism Module
3. Certificate 2 in Hospitality (Operations)

Activities and Societies: http://www.sthelens.tased.edu.au/neet.htm

Leaving Certificate Examination Subjects are as follows:

1. Irish
2. English
3. Mathematics
4. French
5. Biology
6. Engineering
7. Accounting

Junior Certificate Examination Subjects are as follows:

1. Irish
2. English
3. Mathematics
4. History
5. Geography
6. French
7. Business Studies
8. Science
9. Metalwork
10. C.S.P.E

Attend an all Irish (Gaeilge) speaking school. Learned all basics subjects through Irish:

1. Maths.
2. History.
3. Geography.
4. Irish Dancing.
5. Art.
6. Religion. 

English was the only subject not learnt through Irish.

Activities and Societies: gaelscoiloilibheir.ie