Nate Hawbaker Email & Phone Number

Kenmore, WA, US

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Provide strategic guidance and direction to multiple semi-autonomous business units involved in graphics development, ensuring a cohesive vision across all projects.
• Collaborate with game directors, art directors, and stakeholders to establish and maintain a consistent graphics direction and methodology that aligns with the overall studio vision.
• Work closely with graphics developers, including graphics engineers and technical artists, to guide their work and align it with the games' artistic vision and technical requirements.
• Oversee the development and implementation of the graphics roadmap, considering short-term objectives and long-term goals while maintaining the integrity of the Bungie graphics ecosystem.
• Provide servant leadership and motivation by fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation among graphics developers to enhance project quality and coherence.
• Work closely with project managers and production teams to ensure efficient and coordinated graphics development processes aligned with project timelines and goals.

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Provide vision and leadership for the team building Bungie's visual technologies--
• Our team ensures that Bungie's next games have the technology needed to deliver visually stunning results.--
• Drive the design, schedule, and help implement features end-to-end: DCC, tools, real-time rendering techniques, performance, memory, test creation, artist education, accessibility.

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Presented at GDC the development of the Destiny 2 shading model.--
• https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025290/Translating-Art-into-Technology-Physically
• Liaison between graphics engineering and art development teams.
• Handled press interviews about the Destiny 2 rendering pipeline
• Built and fostered rendering development relationships with external studios
• Helped implement and design Destiny 2 rendering features--

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Acted as Bungie's first internal tools designer.
• Involved with designing and helping implement all internal tools
• Highlights:--
• Shader graph editor (http://advances.realtimerendering.com/destiny/gdc_2017/index.html)--
• Sequencer for in-game object setup--
• Local content build configuration--

• Mario Kart 7
• Super Mario 3D Land
• Pokémon Rumble Blast
• Inazuma Eleven GO