Qualcomm Advanced Content (Gaming) Group.

Led team maintaining and developing new game engine features for the Forgelight engine.DX11/PS4 CPU and GPU Optimization.Supported graphics and engine features for Planetside 2, Planetside: Arena, and H1Z1.

Developed indie puzzle game for iOS and Android, using Unity.

Setup new studio for Jagex games.* Carnage Racing (Facebook, iOS, Steam)- Led programming team and provided technical direction for studio.- Liaised with art, audio, design and production teams in Carlsbad, New York and UK.- Wrote key architecture and gameplay code for Carnage Racing in C# (Unity).- Wrote vehicle physics, audio, cameras, custom occlusion/culling system, level loading/web-streaming.- Designed and implemented entire client and server stack for Facebook version of Carnage Racing; sign-in, billing, leaderboards, analytics, user management, scaling, friends presence and messaging, player progress and social features. Cloud based on Heroku and AWS using Java, Tomcat, Redis and MySql. Served over 1 million users on Facebook while the game was live.- Added iOS and Steam support to game and to server back-end.- Optimized and added visual improvements for Steam and iOS versions.* Transformers Universe (Unity - PC/iOS/Android)- Liaised with UK studio to provide programming support on TU.- Implemented loot-drop system for TU.- Assisted with performance and memory optimization.- Added partial support for iOS and Android for use as a 'companion app'.

Uncredited titles:* GTA V (ps3, 360) - Lead Gameplay Programmer- Managed and provided direction to gameplay programming team in Carlsbad.- Worked and liaised directly with GTA V engineering team in UK.- Implemented GTA V 'ambient world' editor.Credited titles:* Red Dead Redemption (ps3, 360) - Lead Gameplay Programmer- Managed and provided direction to gameplay programming team.- Implemented critical script and asset patching system for DLC and game updates.- Implemented and improved game camera, cover and aiming systems.* Midnight Club: LA (ps3, 360) - Lead Programmer- Led team of 30 programmers through entire project.- Provided project direction, mentoring, tracking and guidance to programming team.- Liaised daily with art, design, production, and core-tech departments to ensure the needs of the project and the programing team were met.- Interviewed and recruited key team/studio personnel.- Directed project requirements of Rage shared libraries.- Engineered and implemented core game engine on top of Rage shared libraries.- Implemented open world streaming.* Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition (ps2, xbox, psp) - Lead Programmer- Led team of 20 programmers through entire project.- Provided project direction, mentoring, tracking and guidance.- Liaised daily with art, design, production, and core-tech departments to ensure the needs of the project and the programing team were met.- Interviewed and recruited key team/studio personnel.- Engineered core game framework.- Created automated city occlusion system to hugely reduce draw-calls and overdraw.- Open world streaming.- Debugging, disk layout/streaming optimization, cpu optimization.* Midnight Club 2 (ps2, xbox, pc) - Senior Programmer- Implementation of all audio including vehicle engine sounds and interactive music.- Wrote city rendering optimization tool to dramatically reduce rendering cost.- Police vehicle AI.- Low-level memory and framerate optimizations.- Replay.

Credited titles:* Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) - Senior programmer.Implemented many gameplay and graphical systems - realtime shadows, lighting, gameplay scripting, RSP assembly programming for effects, ambient world effects, character lipsync systems, compression and optimization.Responsible for entire audio system (including interactive soundtrack system, realtime per-channel filtering, dolby encoding and assembly language mp3 playback system for RSP co-processor). Winner of BAFTA award for Best Audio.* Killer Instinct: Gold (N64) - Junior programmer.Responsible for UI, title screen and frontend.