Software Development Engineer at Certain Affinity
Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- Software Development Engineer at Certain Affinity
- Past
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- Software Development Engineer at Bungie Studios
- Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
- Production Engineer at Neapco
- Mechanical Designer at Centurion
- Electroplater's Apprentice at Lincoln Plating
- Cook at KFC
- Paper Boy at Lincoln Journal Star
- Education
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- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Games
- Websites
Stefan Sinclair’s Summary
I am interested in continuing to develop interesting software & solve new problems, especially related to video games.
Occasionally still cook up a delicious fried chicken dinner with homemade buttermilk biscuits, mashed potatoes & gravy.
Stefan Sinclair’s Specialties:
Experienced with designing & implementing high performance systems related to networking, graphics, user interface, multi-threaded applications, and other various areas.
Stefan Sinclair’s Experience
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Software Development Engineer
Certain Affinity
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
January 2008 — Present (5 months)
Developing cool video games
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Software Development Engineer
Bungie Studios
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
July 1999 — January 2008 (8 years 7 months)
Projects included: Myth2 Bungie.net game servers (Linux-based Internet game server & chat lobby system), Oni (OpenGL support and MacOS platform support), Halo, Halo2, Halo3 for Xbox (networking, multiplayer, user interface, platform support, various parts of the engine)
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Software Development Engineer
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
August 2000 — October 2007 (7 years 3 months)
Ahh, those were heady days indeed.
As a result of Microsoft purchasing Bungie Software (where I worked at the time), I contributed to Halo, Halo2, Halo3 for Xbox (networking, multiplayer, user interface, platform support, various parts of the engine) -
Production Engineer
Neapco
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Automotive industry)
December 1998 — July 1999 (8 months)
Hired mainly for my proficiency with ProEngineer
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Mechanical Designer
Centurion
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
May 1995 — May 1998 (3 years 1 month)
Mechanical design of antennas for cellular phones & land mobile radios. Worked with customers, sales, marketing, purchasing and production teams on all facets of the projects.
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Electroplater's Apprentice
Lincoln Plating
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Automotive industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year)
Part time job as an electroplater during college.
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Cook
KFC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YUM; Restaurants industry)
1988 — 1994 (6 years)
Fry cook & customer service
Buttermilk biscuits here we go!
Sift the flour, roll the dough...
Clap your hands and stomp your feet!
Move your butt to the funky beat! -
Paper Boy
Lincoln Journal Star
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; LEE; Newspapers industry)
1982 — 1986 (4 years)
Friendly neighborhood paperboy
Stefan Sinclair’s Education
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
BSME, Mechanical Engineering, 1990 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Additional Information
Stefan Sinclair’s Websites:
Stefan Sinclair’s Interests:
Travel, cooking, motorcycling, bicycling, skateboarding, snowboarding, computer programming, video games
Stefan Sinclair’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
