My fascination with video games began one Christmas when my brother and I received a SNES. I immediately thought about the inner workings of those grey cartridges. They seemed magical to me; What made them work? Who made them work? How was it done?

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I graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2015, earning my BS in Computer Engineering. In my first two years of college, I experimented with a few different game engines, first 3D Game Studio and then Unity. My Computer Engineering degree focused on embedded systems, in particular software development on embedded systems. I was taught to write C/C++ in a clean and efficient manner given the limited resources in an embedded system, and to always think about how my code was being executed on lower levels of abstraction.

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After college, I worked for the US Navy as a civil service computer engineer for 6 years. Throughout this time, I was involved with the development of several high-visibility software projects. The majority of these projects included data deserialization and telemetry data decommutation in a real-time environment.

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I became more interested in exploring game development in 2019. Before I knew it, this renewed interest consumed all of my spare time. After working a full day at my job with the Navy, I was effortlessly spending multiple hours on my personal game development projects. After doing this for a few years, and much self reflection, I knew I needed to make game development more than just a hobby.

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I left the Navy after realizing my career goals were not being met. I needed more of a challenge and craved a much faster working environment where my technical abilities could be tested daily, along with the opportunity to expand my knowledge and skill set. I craved working on larger game projects, and being part of a team where my contributions would add to a project’s success. I realized game development provided this challenge and gave me the push I needed to make it my full time career.