Rexcel Cariaga

▪ Benchmarked augmented and virtual reality trends in Southeast Asia by visiting various academic institutions in South East Asia. ▪ Stay abreast of gaming and application development trends, routinely reviewing new technologies to improve curriculum, equipping students with the tools they need to excel in a competitive industry. ▪ Proposed the adoption and implementation of Unity3D to equip students with the most relevant game development skills, led a software demonstration for the associate dean, department supervisor, and peers to showcase product capabilities cultivating enthusiasm and support for integration into the curriculum. ▪ Oversee and advise up to 15 students each semester in the design and development of game and mobile thesis projects, helping them conceptualize all aspects of the project from storyline to game mechanics to user experience, as well as testing games for functionality and bug troubleshooting. ▪ Develop and teach semester-long desktop and mobile game development courses, including Logic Formulation, and User Experience, as well as oversee thesis formulation and execution for students of a local higher education institution. ▪ Selected by the Multimedia Arts Chair as one of 15 faculty members out of 90 department members to redesign the Multimedia Arts program to drive student enrollment, program redesign resulted in students obtaining 23 awards in the Philippine Student Quill Awards. ▪ Designed and developed a photo-filter sharing mobile app exclusively for the institution promoting undergraduate programs of the college as well as the school community; the app was used to boost student enrollment.

▪ Recruited to teach courses for an IT consultancy's start-up New Media program, providing high school students with resources to develop technical skills in 3D modeling/animation, web programming, and ActionScript 3 in Adobe Animate. ▪ Developed the syllabus for a new course offering in Audio and Video production, modifying departmental goals to provide a more comprehensive and holistic learning experience by including modules on pre-to-post production. ▪ Selected to redesign and teach the program’s web design and programming course, covered topics included an introduction to PHP, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS programming, as well as an overview of content management systems for e-commerce such as WordPress and OpenCart.

▪ Taught game authoring for browser-based platforms and worked in partnership with faculty staff to organize a full transition to mobile game development. ▪ Researched industry trends and incorporated lectures on economic simulation game development.