Rex Cartagena

Elevux

Lead Engineer > CTO

I architected the company's core platforms and led cross-functional teams of engineers and product managers to turn concepts into production-ready solutions. I spearheaded the development of Metaverse initiatives, virtual sales enablement tools, training systems, and AI-powered products.

Adobe Systems

Interaction Developer

I worked on the Adobe Advertising Cloud making different custom ad units for various top clients and brands. I also contributed programming on the Custom Creative code to develop new ad features -including games- and the client facing ad gallery website.

CBS Interactive

Lead Web Developer

As part of the Entertainment, Sports and News department I worked on rich media ads for CBS, CBS News and CBS Sports. I made the transition from Flash to HTML5 ad templates and I developed new ad units that were approved and published on such websites.

Konami

Front End Developer

I worked on programming the UI and new features implementation for the game MLB DreamNine. Plus, I programmed tools for the artist to implement assets easier into the game. Also, I had the honor to work on prototyping new game versions for Contra and Castlevania.

Zynga

Flash Developer

I worked on the the Facebook game called YoVille, programming new assets and features. Plus, I animated and designed new items into the game, which included mini-games. I also worked on the game FrontierVille programming and managing content.

TubeMogul

Web Developer/Designer

I worked on the creative team developing different custom ads for various high profile clients. I had the opportunity to do consulting to advertising agencies and programmed exclusive rich media executions. I also worked on the Flash to HTML5 ad templates transitioning.

Loot Drop

Software Engineer

I worked as a UI programmer in a 5 person dev team with John Romero (creator of Doom). We worked on a game called Cloudforest Expedition, which didn’t go live but we re-used the code for Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Commander and Zynga’s Pettington Park, both went live.

Play Gig-It

Technical Artist/Programmer

Over a year later John Romero re-united the same LootDrop 5 core dev team under another company and we rush worked on two social games featuring music artists. I worked programming and animating the UI assets. I also did consulting to the artist and programmers.

Various

Designer / Developer

During the span of my career, I have done contract work for different advertising agencies and brands developing various projects such as mobile apps, games, web advertising, websites and more. I worked with different platforms and techs, adapting to the client's needs.

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