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Sela Davis is listed as Lead Engineer | Game Industry | On Creative Sabbatical at IGDA Foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at wizards.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Sela Davis.
Sela Davis previously worked as Program Director, Velocity at Igda Foundation and Lead Engineer - Digital Publishing at Wizards Of The Coast. Sela Davis holds Ms, Game Design & Development from Rochester Institute Of Technology.
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Sela Davis is a lead engineer in Digital Publishing at Wizards of the Coast. Previously at WG Cells (Wargaming) and Xbox, she is best known for her work on achievements for the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One. She has seen and resolved many issues in production, and still has nightmares about some of them. On the side, she is a shown metal artist, keytarist for The Last Book Club, solo percussive acoustic guitarist, and sometimes makes shiny things.Selected Speaking Engagements:GDC 2018: “Start Scaling Your Servers!” presentation with Jennie Lees. (2018)Grace Hopper Celebration 2017: “Improving the Entertainment Industry through ERGs and SIGs” panel (moderator). (2017)GDC 2017: “Stop Killing Our Servers!” presentation with Jennie Lees. (2017)GDC 2017: “Been There, Done That” panel (microtalk format). (2017)GDC 2015: “#1ReasonToBe” panel (microtalk format). (2015)Programming Languages: C, C++, C# (.NET 3.5-4.6; Mono 2-4), Java (7-8), Lua, Bash, T-SQL.Development Tools and APIs: Unity 5.1-2019.1, Microsoft Visual Studio, Vi/Vim, IntelliJ IDEA, Xamarin StudioData Center Tools: AWS, Azure, SCOM, Microsoft Cosmos (in-house Hadoop alternative), Docker, Loggly, Datadog, Jenkins.Operating Systems: Windows, OS X/macOS, Linux (Debian, Ubuntu).Soft Skills: Teaching and training experience, presentation development, public speaking, media spokesperson training.
Listed skills include Game Development, C#, C++, Game Design, and 25 others.
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Program volunteer for Velocity (formerly IGDA Intel Scholars or IGDAF Women in Games Ambassors) 2015-2018 and 2021. Program Director for Velocity 2018-2020, responsible for scholarship organization and programming, team management, and on-site event management for the week of GDC.Velocity is a GDC scholarship for people of marginalized genders.
Bellevue, Washington, US
Technical lead on digital publishing projects utilizing Magic and D&D brands, primarily Magic Spellslingers. Technical liaison between Digital Publishing department at Wizards and engineering departments at 3rd party developers. Vetted 3rd party software and advised / enabled proof of concept implementations. Strengthened and maintained relationships.
Brooklyn, New York, US
Three month contract with a fully remote team. Acted as Lead Engineer during development of Insecure: The Come Up Game, driving technical decision making and ensuring a quality codebase -- including a complete restructure of the core gameplay systems to go from prototype to release and beyond.
Managed a team of curators and provided mentorship for first-time curators. Drove communication with Art & Experimental (2016, 2018-2019) and Student Games (2017) submissions, including acceptance/rejection and feedback.
Seattle, Washington, US
Client-side development of the messaging layer of a streaming platform, including C# components and native C++ components. Integration of Vreal platform with various VR and non-VR games and applications built in Unity 5.5-2019.1, adding code generation and feature support when required while maintaining product compatibility across multiple titles..
Server-side development for WG Cells' platform team supporting mobile free-to-play titles. Unity client-side development for shared platform code. Studio shut down in 2016.
Redmond, Washington, US
Social & Live Services on Xbox LIVE. Server-side development on RESTful services related to achievements, avatar awards, title history, user settings, avatar manifests, stats, and leaderboards for the Xbox 360, Windows Phone, Xbox on Windows 8, and Xbox One. API entry, logic tier, and data tier.
Technical co-founder for Modalware, a social gaming middleware startup. Pivoted to BranchPage, a product designed to quickly develop resumes and portfolios for engineers in Silicon Valley looking for work.
Rochester, NY, US
Architected a game engine to provide students a modular framework to assist game development in RIT classes. Began adaptation of a New York University thesis into a full design document and XNA game in conjunction with the Games For Learning Institute at New York University. Worked with and managed students from the New England Institute of Art, who.
Rochester, NY, US
Assisted professor in class and tutored students for Computer Science II, Computer Science III, and Game Design & Development II. Graded course material for Computer Science I and Game Design & Development II.
Rochester, NY, US
Explored obfuscated technical papers on the subject of Linguistic Geometry and translated them into terms understandable by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
Walldorf, BW, DE
Maintained the Field Services section of the SAP Corporate Portal and developed new pages. Worked with employees across various locations to acquire content and gather requirements. Developed standards for new Portal pages and developed and gave technical demonstrations to be used as future training materials.
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Sela Davis works for IGDA Foundation.
Sela Davis is listed as Lead Engineer | Game Industry | On Creative Sabbatical at IGDA Foundation.
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @wizards.com for Sela Davis at IGDA Foundation.
Sela Davis is based in Seattle, Washington, United States while working with IGDA Foundation.
Sela Davis has worked for Igda Foundation, Wizards Of The Coast, Glow Up Games, Boston Festival Of Indie Games, and Vreal.
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Sela Davis holds Ms, Game Design & Development from Rochester Institute Of Technology.
Sela Davis is listed with skills including Game Development, C#, C++, Game Design, Xna, Visual Studio, Puppies, and Xbox 360.
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