Ryan Zappulla

945 Wilde Run Ct

Roswell, GA, 30075
404-563-6576 (cell)
rzappull@students.kennesaw.edu
http://ryanzappulla.weebly.com/

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
MARIETTA, GEORGIA
Tutor/Teaching Assistant
May 2014-Present
Explained concepts of code to students, as well as helped with students with design and debugging.
Courses Tutored:
o Introduction to Programming (C#, C++, Java)
o Introduction to Programming 2 (C#, Java)
o Advanced Application Development (C#)
o Data Structures (C++)
ARCLINE STUDIO
ROSWELL, GEORGIA
Intern
June 2013-July 2013
Calculated, recorded, and uploaded information on classrooms of forty-two schools
Communicated with the client to arrange deadlines as well as arrange progress meetings
EDENWILDE SWIM TEAM
ROSWELL, GEORGIA
Swim Coach
Summers May 2009-June 2012
Instructed children on swimming techniques
Altered practices to match the needs of the children
JACOBS LADDER
ROSWELL, GEORGIA
Volunteer Teaching Assistant
September 2008-May 2009
Helped teachers work with special needs children

EDUCATION AND RELEVANT COURSEWORK

KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
MARIETTA, GEORGIA
Computer Science with a focus in Computer Game Design and Development, July 2016
Applications and Scripting (Unity)
Artificial Intelligence
Educational and Serious Game Development
Mobile and Casual Game Development (Android Development)
Modeling and Simulations
Software Testing and Quality Assurance
User Centered Design
ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL
ROSWELL, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
High School Degree, May 2012

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

2016 International Conference on Game Jams Showcase
This position also comes with a publication in the ACM magazine, though this has not been published yet.
We were chosen as one of three teams internationally to showcase our Game Jam game at this event.
2015 Kennesaw State University Fall Game Jam Finalist
10th place in the 2014 Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Programming Contest
2013 Southern Polytechnic State University Fall Game Jam Finalist