About Me.
Generalist Engineer & Unity specialistBringing the professional skills from formal Software Engineering to interactive development in the creative industry; I like to think of myself as a T shaped person.
Bringing the professional skills from formal Software Engineering to interactive development in the creative industry; I like to think of myself as a T shaped person.
As a responsible, professional Engineer, I believe in the value of tests, peer-review and properly defined interfaces for improving productivity.
Working on varied projects professionally and driven by curiosity in my free-time I have experience of a broad range of languages and platforms
My broad skill-base means that I can quickly up-skill into areas where there is a shortage, or work ahead of the team to provide boilerplate or de-risk
I am comfortable writing optimised code for mobile and desktop and have worked for well-known companies on popular titles
I can develop apps from wireframe to release on store-fronts and have worked on projects for major licences
I lead a team on a first-party Vive release and understand the subtleties of design and development for XR
Whether he is debugging performance bottle necks, prototyping/developing features from scratch or planning a multi-developer codebase, I can rely on Gareth to get it done on time and to spec. As the lead developer on Operation Apex, Gareth was a reliable, ultra-professional Unity generalist. I particularly enjoy working with Gareth, because very complex issues are presented to me with solutions and are communicated with clarity and ready for decision making. Gareth also contributes well outside of his role, particularly as a mentor to junior developers, a real team player.
Gareth and I worked together on the production of The Hobbit: Official Companion app. As one of the lead developers for the project - Gareth brought some amazing Unity knowledge and skills to the project - and was key to the success of the project. He worked tirelessly to create a really stable product under some extremely tight deadlines. Not just knowledgable and talented, but a great team member too - even under pressure I never saw the smile leave his face! I'm looking forward to working with Gareth again in the new year and I've hired him again already! Thoroughly recommended.
Gareth is an attentive and professional engineer, who delivered all work in a timely manner to an excellent quality. He was great at responding to my communications swiftly, and was happy to fix any minor issues in a timely manner. 10 / 10 would work with again! :)