Damon S. Green II

Growing up in a family of educators I have always held a strong passion for learning. This desire for knowledge has pushed me to discover new hobbies, experiences and skills, and ultimately to share what information I have with others.

Since graduating from Florida State University with a double major in Classical Civilizations and Criminology in 2021, I myself have spent time in education, teaching Classical Latin as well as educating people on various animals through my time working with both zoos and wildlife conservation organizations.

Currently I am completing a degree in Computer Science focusing on video game development, and am graduating at the end of this November. I am looking for professional roles in which I might further develop my programming and engineering skills in a team environment.

My goal is to join the games industry and learn from as many veterans and skilled developers as possible. My experience as a Classical Latin Teacher demonstrates my ability to break down complex topics in a clear, and detailed way, and have the ability to communicate those concepts in a digestible manner. I am ready to contribute in a dynamic team environment where I can learn and grow as a programmer and developer.

This is a picture of me and my best friend growing up, Dimitri. A couple years ago Dimitri posted a simple photo with an acronym that stuck with me: R.W.Y.C.A - "Remember What You Care About". It reminded me of a conversation that we had as kids; talking about video games, what our dream video game might be, and all the amazing things we would put into it, drawing upon all of our favorites for inspiration.

When he posted this, I was working a job that I had come to loathe, and would go home spending all of my free time playing games. That simple phrase "Remember what you care about" helped me to make a massive change. I quit that job and returned to school to pursue a degree in video games, to chase my childhood dream.

Education

2023-Present (Nov, 28th 2025)

Bachelors of Science in Game Development
Full Sail University

 Leveraged the wxWidgets framework in C++ to create a simple calculator application and to recreate Jon Conway's Game of Life.
Created a simple 3D isometric shooter game leveraging Gateware as a wrapper for Vulkan, employed Entt as an ECS for both rendering and gameplay mechanics, and composed basic HLSL shaders.
Designed custom interpretations of STL vector and linked lists and wrote various algorithms from pseudocode to aiming for o(1) efficiency.
Collaborated with developers utilizing Figma to build low, medium, and high fidelity prototypes for UI/UX and make adjustments based on user feedback from Microsoft Forms.

2017- 2021

Bachelors of Science in Criminology

Bachelors of Arts in Classical Civilizations

Florida State University

Learned the basics of computer systems, Linux, Windows and Mac.
Used Microsoft’s Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher), and their Google alternatives (Google Sheets, Google Docs) throughout studies for note taking, assignments and creative writing.
An understanding of proper email etiquette, basic principles of computer hardware, as well as computer safety and security

Work Experience

Role: FULL-TIME STUDENT

Company: Full Sail University

(May 2024 - PRESENT)

School Projects:

Catalyst
- Developed a first-person Metroidvania shooter within the Unity game engine through an Alpha, Beta, QA and Gold milestones taking advantage of Trello and Scrum for Trello for progress tracking.
WaveBreakers
- Managed and worked alongside a group of developers in the creation of a first-person tower defense hybrid in Unreal Engine 5.4, utilizing Jira for task and bug tracking.

Personal Projects:

Iuvo C++
- Consolidated best practices and lessons from Game Development degree into a reusable, efficient library of C++ code focusing on: I/O, rasterization, math and color utilities, and more.
IuvoLatin
- Converted knowledge of Classical Latin into a translation API. Developed in C++ with unit testing for stability, and SQL for accessible dictionaries.
IuvoUnity
- Designed a custom helper library for Unity to cut development times by supplying plug and play components, gameplay systems, and extension methods for commonly used engine classes.

Role: LATIN TEACHER

Company: St. Johns Classical Academy

(July 2022 – May 2024)

Earned Florida Department of Education temporary certificate to teach Classical Latin to students in grades 6-12 (exp. 2027).
Translated an understanding of Classical Civilizations and the Latin language to craft engaging lessons for students in grades 6 through 11 with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Composed short narratives in Latin and English in Microsoft Word to engage students with translations.
Volunteered time and technical skills during afterschool Drama Club in working both Audio and Lighting for performances and practices.

Role: CRIME INTELLIGENCE TECHNICIAN

Company: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

(April 2021 – June 2022)

 Filtered citizen complaints and warnings daily for alleged wildlife violations for those in actual breach of legislation.
Searched public databases and employed open source intelligence tactics to identify possible violators through social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram.
Coordinated intel with Commission Lieutenants across Florida as well as regional dispatchers using Microsoft Outlook.
Conducted time-sensitive background investigations cross checking a variety of state and federal databases to research subject's residence, vehicle information, licenses or other information pertinent to facilitate investigations.

Role: OPS DATA ENTRY

Company: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

(Feb. 2020 – April 2021)

 Coordinated with teammates through Microsoft Outlook to filter both paper and electronic citations, warnings, and violations.
Entered wildlife citations and warnings, along with offender demographics into agency databases using remote computer access.

Role: FITNESS CONSULTANT

Company: Florida State University Campus Recreation

(Jan. 2019 – Feb. 2020)

 Maintained safety by daily enforcing facility rules and regulations throughout gym hours.
Crafted personalized exercise programs for students, faculty, and affiliate members based on client exercise experience and desired fitness goals.
Managed check-in of fitness classes referencing the athletic department’s member database and reservation system.

Role: W.I.L.D. STEWARD INTERN

Company: Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens

(July 2016 – May 2017)

 Gave public presentations on native and invasive Florida species regarding biomes, habits and other pertinent information while handling a wide range of animals from snakes to hedgehogs and tortoises.

Skills

 Perforce
Unit Testing
Jira
Trello
GitHub
Figma
Visual Studio
RenderDoc
Unreal Engine
Unity
Blender
wxWidgets
Vulkan
Gateware
C#
C++

Contact

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. If you feel you have a role that my experiences and skillset might be beneficial to you, please reach out. I would love to hear about!

damonsgreen2@gmail.com

(904) - 274 - 1711