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david horachek - CTO in California, USA

david horachek

Executive Game Systems & Animation Engineering Leader specializing in console and Unreal/Unity

4DHealthScienceUniversity of Illinois ChicagoCalifornia, USA26 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks Flexible

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Unity/C# engineer with AAA and social MMO experience who owned and shipped a marquee VR gameplay system for Meta Quest, using advanced 3D math and closed-form optimization to maintain a solid 60 FPS on constrained hardware. Also builds LLM systems from first principles and integrates native inference into C# pipelines, and has deep multiplayer architecture experience (Photon/Netcode/frame sync) including fault-tolerant WebSocket messaging for mobile connectivity dropouts. Prefers contract work; time zone flexible (EST).

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Key Strengths

  • Owned and shipped a marquee Unity VR gameplay feature end-to-end (scope/spec/architecture/implementation/code review)
  • Performance optimization via advanced math/closed-form solutions to hit stable 60 FPS on constrained Quest hardware
  • LLM/AI systems integration using native inference with C# interop and worker-thread result handling to reduce latency
  • Deep multiplayer/networking expertise across multiple stacks (Netcode, Photon Fusion/Quantum, FishNet, frame sync)
  • Designed fault-tolerant MMO messaging (cache reconstruction + causality tracking) to handle intermittent mobile connectivity
  • Cross-platform UX/input architecture enabling shared gameplay logic across mobile touch and VR hand tracking

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Experience

CTO4DHealthScience
Founder, Technical Director, Lead ProgrammerArbelos Interactive · Sep 2012 – Present
Professor Game Programming, Faculty of Applied Science and TechnologySheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning · Sep 2012 – Presentpart-time
Animation programming specialistUbisoft Toronto · Jan 2011 – Sep 2012
Senior Systems EngineerIgnition Entertainment · Dec 2009 – Nov 2010
PartnerGKS Canada · May 2008 – Dec 2009
Project ManagerGKS Canada · May 2008 – Dec 2009
Technical DirectorGKS Canada · May 2008 – Dec 2009
Team LeadGKS Canada · May 2008 – Dec 2009
Animation EngineerGKS Canada · May 2008 – Dec 2009
R&D EngineerGKS Canada · May 2008 – Dec 2009
Lead ProgrammerA2M · Jan 2007 – May 2008
Course Architect and Adjunct ProfessorSheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning · Jan 2007 – Presentpart-time
Senior ProgrammerMidway Amusement Games · Jun 2003 – Dec 2006
Senior Console Software EngineerEssential Reality · May 2002 – Jun 2003
Game ProgrammerMidway Amusement Games · Apr 2000 – May 2002

Education

University of Illinois Chicagomaster, Software Engineering (2006)
McMaster Universitybachelor, Neural Computation (2000)

Languages

English

Certifications

Certificate in project management

Publications

1 publication

E-learning game developmentUnity

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