Erik Unger

Past

Core-tech developer at Redtribe
Owner at bouncing bytes
Consulting Business Programmer at Customer Experts

Consulting Web Developer at Netconomy
Contracted Game Programmer at Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Consulting 3D Programmer at AVL List
Subcontracted Projectmanager at Efkon
Consulting 3D Programmer at EADS
Consulting 3D Programmer at c.c.com
Author of articles about graphics programming at PC Magazin - DOS and c't
DirectX for Borland Delphi at Open Source

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Industry

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Erik Unger’s Summary

13 years of experience in very different areas of software development, with a love for 3D and game development. All projects except my current job at RedTribe where done as contract work. In the beginning as single freelancer, later over my company Bouncing Bytes.

Now working on io4.biz, a startup that develops an enterprise social networking platform.

Erik Unger’s Specialties:

Social Media, Realtime 3D Graphics, Game Development, Web Development.
In general: Architecture work, seeing the bigger picture.

Erik Unger’s Experience

Core-tech developer

Redtribe

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

January 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 4 months)

Core-tech developer at RedTribe.
Game engine development: Extensions for the collision system, redesign of the memory manager, memory profiling facilities.
Game development: Memory optimizations for Space Chimps the game.
Tools development: C# .NET Tools for memory profiling and asset database. Softwaredesign for C++ base libraries. 3D viewer for models and animations. Network messaging system.
Programming languages: C++, C#, Python.
Platforms: Windows, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360.
Tools: MS Visual Studio, Eclipse, Perforce, console development kits, SCons/inhouse build system.
Development Process: Scrum
Owner

bouncing bytes

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

2002 — 2007 (5 years)

http://www.bouncingbytes.at
Consulting Business Programmer

Customer Experts

(Management Consulting industry)

2003 — 2007 (4 years)

Expert-system for analysing market-trends, values-chains and product-features, developed for Customer Experts.
Java application with custom object-oriented XML/Java database and custom Swing Look-And-Feel for the user interface (Project Manager - Teamsize: 3)
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Implemented parts of the user interface of the product with Adobe Flex
Consulting Web Developer

Netconomy

(Computer Software industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

Working-time management application for "Kärntner Energie-Verbund" implemented with JSP and Oracle, as sub-contractor of Netconomy
Contracted Game Programmer

Sixteen Tons Entertainment

(Computer Games industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

Gameplayprogramming for the computer game The Show from Sixteen Tons Entertainment: http://www.theshow.de/ts_en.html
Consulting 3D Programmer

AVL List

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years)

Development of the 3D visualization component of the engine-optimization software CAMEO of AVL List, implemented in C++ and C# with DirectX
Subcontracted Projectmanager

Efkon

(Automotive industry)

2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

Conception and project-management of a corporation critical online-database for management of test- and serialnumberdata of highway-toll sensors with PHP and PostgreSQL for EFKON (Project Manager fo Subcontractor - Teamsize: 4)
Consulting 3D Programmer

EADS

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; EAD; Defense & Space industry)

2000 — 2003 (3 years)

2D/3D graphics-engine for the military GIS Geogrid, developed for Dornier / EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company).
Implemented with C/C++ and OpenGL, Ports for Windows CE and embedded systems plus serverside rendering for internet applications
Consulting 3D Programmer

c.c.com

(Automotive industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years)

2D/3D Track-editor and driving-simulator in Java with OpenGL for engine-development and tests, developed for AVL List with c.c.com
Author of articles about graphics programming

PC Magazin - DOS and c't

(Computer Software industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years)

Serveral articles about graphics and 3D programming for PC Magazin - DOS and c't. Among other: Programming of a realtime-raycasting engine like Wolfenstein/Doom with Turbo Pacal under DOS, Basics and graphics-effects, loading and displaying of a 3D-model under Windows with Delphi and DirectX
DirectX for Borland Delphi

Open Source

(Computer Software industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years)

Porting of versions 5 - 7 of Microsofts DirectX for Borland Delphi, and porting of the 3dfx 3D-driver interface Glide 2.x und 3.x for Borland Delphi