Interactive light-field rendering.
Proved ray tracing scaled better than rasterization before dedicated ray-tracing hardware existed, enabling interactive rendering instead of minutes per frame.
Technical Fellow & Engineering Leader
Rob Lockyer.
C++ Systems, Graphics & CI/CD
18+ years turning complex multidisciplinary problems into working products. Deep expertise in C++, real-time graphics, systems architecture, CI/CD and advanced visualization.
01 / Highlights
Selected accomplishments.
Clean builds: about two hours to 30 minutes.
Integrated Conan and Artifactory, made fast debug builds practical and introduced Sentry crash telemetry.
Hands-on engineering leadership.
Led 37 direct reports across software, hardware, optics and other disciplines; oversaw seven-figure prototype and R&D spending.
02 / Experience
Career history.
Avalon Holographics
Sep 2015 – Sep 2026
- Technical FellowFeb 2025 – Sep 2026
- Managing Director, EngineeringMar 2023 – Feb 2025
- Systems EngineerMar 2020 – May 2023
- Senior Software DeveloperSep 2015 – Mar 2020
Holographic display architecture, rendering, engineering leadership and release validation.
HB Studios
Aug 2013 – Aug 2015
Software Engineer / Technical Lead
Led a five-engineer team; owned PC and macOS releases of R.B.I. Baseball.
Rocket City Studios
May 2011 – Jun 2013
Software Engineer
3D editor tools, server-side game logic and client-server interfaces.
Electronic Arts
Jan 2010 – Dec 2010
Associate Software Engineer
Multi-platform networking SDK and automated-test infrastructure.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jan 2008 – Aug 2009
Associate Software Engineer · AIF Small-Craft Simulation Project
Real-time simulation, 3D graphics and spatial audio.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering
Memorial University of Newfoundland
03 / Expertise
Technologies.
- Languages & graphics
- C++, C#, HLSL, DirectX 12, Vulkan, Unreal Engine, Unity
- Build & delivery
- CMake, Conan, Artifactory, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Sentry, Xray
- AI-assisted development
- Codex, Hermes
Full résumé.
Experience, technologies, patents and education.