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Shuichi Aizawa

Game dev, web dev, international project management

Genvid Technologies

2019 - 2023, New York / Tokyo

Tech Lead on Pac-Man Community for Facebook Instant Games platform, played by over 5 million people.

• Managed development with partners at Facebook Gaming in US, Bandai Namco and Early Cross in Japan.
• Architected integration of web overlay on top of streaming video into standalone game.
• Directed QA on builds, gathered and executed deployment requirements, managed releases.

Tech Lead on Twitch extension GDC demos

• Managed projects with game studio partners Hearts Technologies, Head-High Co, Space Sweeper.
• Implemented Twitch extensions, trained partner devs in Japan, escalated issues to and brought solutions from platform devs in US.
• Space Sweeper featured at Tokyo Game Show’s Esports event with NTT Docomo.

Senior Web Dev on Square Enix tech demo (unreleased)

• Designed and implemented Genvid feature demo for game in development.
• Presented milestones in English and Japanese to greater team and company heads of departments every 2 weeks.
• Helped game pass greenlight within company.

Senior Web Dev on Silent Hill Ascension

• Developed web and mobile apps in Typescript, React.
• Won Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Innovation in Emerging Media Programming.

Studio Mercato, cofounder

2013 - 2018, New York

Nika - digital board game released on Android, Kindle Fire, Windows, Chromebook, itch.io

• Architected and implemented Javascript for all platforms/aspect ratios/input methods with one codebase.
• Worked with CocoonJS which converted html5 canvas into opengl for native mobile apps, allowing it to run on retina/4k resolutions at 60fps when webviews were too slow.

Crystal Brawl - released on Xbox One, Windows, Chromebook, itch.io

• Developed with Construct 2 html5 game engine.
• Worked with Microsoft to be launch title for Xbox Creators Collection.

Aizawa & Associates CPA

2009 - 2012, Westchester, NY

IT Manager

• Set up and maintained office PCs and network, remote access, GSuite, service accounts, etc.
• Advised and supported Japanese small business clients in US setting up IT systems.

iNiS Corporation

2007 - 2009, Tokyo

UI Engineer on Lips for Xbox 360

• Implemented game’s 3D menu in C++, Lua.

Sony Corporation

2003 - 2007, Tokyo / Foster City, California

Software Engineer on PlayStation 3

• Initiated integration of web browser for PS3 system launch, also used for PS Online Store.
• Created large-scale web content, including fully interactive XrossMediaBar prototype framework in Javascript.
• Developed UI components for PS3 web browser.

Software Engineer on PSX (Japan-only PS2+DVR hybrid console)

• Managed collaboration between SCEI in Japan and SCEA in US.
• Merged and tested Japan and US codebases in C++, using Araxis Merge and Perforce, on weekly basis.
• Supported QA team and process of US-side bugs.
• Worked with original XMB creators, experimented with 3D interfaces.