David Nikdel
Senior Programmer at Red 5 Studios
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Industry
- Computer Games
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David Nikdel's Overview
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- Senior Programmer at Red 5 Studios
- Past
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- Software Engineer at Epic Games
- Senior Server Programmer at Red 5 Studios
- Gameplay Programmer at Red 5 Studios
- Software R&D Engineer at NCR Travel Services
- Software Engineering Intern at Kinetics, a Subsidiary of NCR
- Education
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- University of Central Florida
- Recommendations
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4 people have recommended David
- Connections
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198 connections
David Nikdel's Summary
Versatile server and gameplay programmer with over seven years of professional development experience. Strengths include multithreaded programming, system architecture, strong sense of design, and excellent communication skills. Engineering philosophy emphasizes simplicity and precision wherever possible, using iteration and the layering of complexity to produce excellent results. Recent experience includes work on highly scalable systems designed to support thousands of concurrent users.
Specialties
Large-scale server architecture, network programming, gameplay programming, cooking, science, tomfoolery
David Nikdel's Experience
Senior Programmer
Red 5 Studios
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
November 2010 – Present (1 year 7 months)
Software Engineer
Epic Games
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
March 2010 – November 2010 (9 months)
Senior Server Programmer
Red 5 Studios
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
July 2007 – March 2010 (2 years 9 months)
Responsibilities include designing and implementing core technology including the networking layer, inventory system, networked object model, and server-side physics simulation.
Gameplay Programmer
Red 5 Studios
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
May 2006 – July 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Primary developer on our extensible, scripted GUI system. Gameplay work included extensive camera development including obstacle avoidance and usability suggestions, a deterministic weapon and projectile simulation, and development/optimization of the server-side physics system.
Software R&D Engineer
NCR Travel Services
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry
April 2005 – April 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Primary developer of our Java-based CUSS kiosk platform software.
Co-designed a patented peer-to-peer kiosk file distribution scheme to minimize WAN bandwidth in remote locations.
David Nikdel's Languages
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C++
David Nikdel's Skills & Expertise
David Nikdel's Education
University of Central Florida
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
2001 – 2005
Activities and Societies: Phi Gamma Delta
David Nikdel's Additional Information
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- Honors and Awards:
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Hidden Agenda Game Contest - 2005 Winner for MeCHeM
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