I am a Software Engineer with experience designing and developing digital content pipelines, infrastructure and artist facing tooling in Python and C++. I enjoy working in spaces that blur the line between art and technology and I am always exploring ways to better bridge the gap.
Experimenting with Unreal's replication tools to create a multiplayer driving game. Creating custom C++ components to improve player experience using things like transform interpolation.
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This personal project is an ongoing effort to learn raytracing from the ground up. I am mainly following RT One Weekend alongside a number of online articles and resources with the end goal of creating a ray tracer that uses CUDA to optimize.
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Small game I made to re-familiarize with Unreal Engine. Used C++ to create various gameplay components.
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Learning OpenGL from the grround up. I am using a number of online articles and resources with the end goal of creating an animation or game! Track my progress in the README of the repo!
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This personal project was the product of a weekend dedicated to learning a pure C++ game library called SFML. I gave myself a weekend to make this quick game, including writing a little anxiety inducing looped soundtrack.
Fuzzed is an analogue modelling distortion plugin, using "state of the art" state-space modelling techniques to model the physical circuitry of the famous Jimi Hendrix guitar pedal and implement it as a VST plugin using the C++ JUCE API.
Contributing to the OpenMW project, worked on improving the weather system using OpenGL/OpenSceneGraph.
Developing framework used for automation of flagship victorWeb security product. Written primarily in Python, designed and code-reviewed development with Senior Engineer. Performed additional CI tasks using Jenkins and managed bugs using JIRA.
Management Consultancy firm based in Belfast. Liased with international clients and managed the diaries of consultants. Performed data analysis to find trends in job candidate pre-employment psychometric scores and post-appointment performance.
From a young age I have been creating audio and visual works, anything from stop-motion, Flash and Maya animations to complete soundtracks for games.
Originally from Ireland, I attended QUB and obtained a Master's Degree with Distinction in Software Development, with a focus in Music Technology and DSP in C++. Throughout my undergrad (BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering) I also gained experience in DSP theory, Computer Graphics fundamentals, matrix algebra and audio-visual processing.
In 2017 I moved to Vancouver with a goal to work as a programmer in a creative industry, specifically video-games or computer graphics.
For the last 5 years I have worked at the VFX/Animation studio DNEG, initially as a Pipeline ATD and now RND Software Engineer. I have worked on multiple Oscar winning productions and numerous other high profile shows for Marvel, Netflix, HBO and Amazon Studios.
I spend most of my free time playing games, experimenting with the latest technologies and making music.
