Nick Reed

Current

• CTO at Metismo Ltd.

Past

• Technical Manager - Games at Infospace
• Technical Director at iomo
• Senior Programmer at iomo

• Senior Programmer at io productions
• Programmer at SCi
• Junior Admin at Mack Service

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Education

• University of Cambridge

Connections

39 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Website

Nick Reed’s Summary

Nick Reed’s Specialties:

Mobile, PC & console game development.

Knowledge:
• Programming/scripting languages including: Java (J2ME/J2SE/ExEn), C/C++, Basic, Perl, Assembler, Pascal, PHP, MySQL, HTML
• Dev. tools: Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, JBuilder, Ant, Perforce, SourceSafe, CVS
• 3D libraries: DirectX, OpenGL, Mobile3D, Micro3D, OpenGL ES
• Other software: Adobe Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, Microsoft Office + Project
• Mobile experience: Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, Sharp, Sagem, Siemens, Samsung + more

Nick Reed’s Experience

• CTO

  Metismo Ltd.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Mobile technology R&D, including developing the multi-platform mobile porting solution (Bedrock)

• Technical Manager - Games

  Infospace

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Entertainment industry)

  December 2004 — July 2007 (2 years 8 months)

  Managing programming department, improving development processes
  Sole Programmer in J2ME: Tony Hawk’s Project 8, Pub Pool 3D
  Support Programmer in J2ME: Tony Hawk’s Project 9, Tomb Raider Puzzle Paradox, (a currently unreleased racing game), (a currently unreleased free-running game)

• Technical Director

  iomo

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  February 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 10 months)

  Managing programming department, working on new technologies + improving development processes
  Sole Programmer in J2ME: Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2005, Golf Club (embedded as ‘Golf’ on Motorola RAZR handsets), 3 Tomb Raider titles (The Osiris Codex, Quest For Cinnabar, Elixir Of Life), DBI Golf, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 (including a connected version), Pub Pool, 007 Hover Chase

• Senior Programmer

  iomo

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  April 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 10 months)

  Sole Programmer in J2ME: 4 Stuntman titles (A Whoopin’ & A Hollerin’, Blood Oath, The Scarab Of Lost Souls, Live Twice For Tomorrow), Tiger Woods PGA Tour (2003), Scooby Doo Jeepers Creepers
  Assistant Programmer in J2ME: Munkiki’s Castles (embedded title on Nokia 3410 handsets)
  Sole Programmer in ExEn: Football Challenge
  Sole Programmer in Perl & Java for WAP: Thunderbirds, Wentworth Golf, The Dating Game, Dial-A-Word

• Senior Programmer

  io productions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  May 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 11 months)

  For PC / Dreamcast game: AI, scripting, UI, camera and 3D coding in C

• Programmer

  SCi

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  November 1996 — April 1998 (1 year 6 months)

  For PC games: AI, scripting and 3D programming in C & C++

• Junior Admin

  Mack Service

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Retail industry)

  November 1995 — October 1996 (1 year)

  Administration / data entry

Nick Reed’s Education

• University of Cambridge

  Mathematics 1992 — 1995

Additional Information

Nick Reed’s Websites:

• My Website