Pat Magnan

Current

• Software and Systems Engineer at KLZ Innovations

Past

• Technical Director at Shadowpool Studios
• Conference Associate at Game Developers Conference
• Software Tester at Bluebird Systems

• Support Associate at Convergys

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Education

• Red River College
• The University of Winnipeg

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Industry

Broadcast Media

Pat Magnan’s Summary

Have lead teams of programmers to create 3D games, have experience in system integration and end-user training. My goal is to be challenged and continue learning new techology continuosly. Having worked in industries as diverse as document management/workflow systems, TV and Radio Broadcasting software, and video games, provided there is challenge in the work at hand, I'm flexible about what the 'job title' is.

Pat Magnan’s Specialties:

C and C++ Programming, Pascal programming, Basic programming, 3D game programming, Win32 API programming

Pat Magnan’s Experience

• Software and Systems Engineer

  KLZ Innovations

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 2003 — Present (5 years 9 months)

  Responsibilities vary from integrating our news production system on customer sites to developing the technology deployed. Maintain the field version of the product, and work with R&D team on prototype clients for forthcoming technologies. Projects I have had primary responsibilities for include automated update and release distribution, instant messaging (client and server) in our news system, and prototype database clients used in a variety of projects.

• Technical Director

  Shadowpool Studios

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

  August 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 6 months)

  Led Software Engineering team at this startup company. Produced a working prototype of an MMO title in around 18 months. Primary area of responsibility was producing working 3D game client, and network programming to tie into server framework.

• Conference Associate

  Game Developers Conference

  (Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years)

• Software Tester

  Bluebird Systems

  (Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years)

• Support Associate

  Convergys

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years)

Pat Magnan’s Education

• Red River College

  1998 — 2001

• The University of Winnipeg

  B.Sc , Biology , 1989 — 1998

Additional Information

Pat Magnan’s Groups:

•    Game Developers Conference (GDC) - Conference Associates

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