Eric Vander Wal

Nervos Network is a blockchain platform for universal applications.

• Managed and participated in developer discussion forums, troubleshot and addressed the concerns raised in these forums, and educated developers on best practices for effective integration of products.
• Acted as an advocate for developers internally, and influenced developer product strategy by working with cross-functional teams.

The VR Institute of Health & Exercise is an independent research and rating organization dedicated to using scientific tools to assess the impact of virtual and augmented reality on physical fitness. 

• Led a small agile team for the creation of exercise-focused VR gaming middleware.
• Oversaw the development of Drupal (Backdrop) CMS for a headless server, networking communications with Websockets on AWS, REST, NoSQL, cross-platform Xamarin mobile application, and Unity SDK development for VR. The tech stack focuses on C# and .Net with some PHP, HTML, and CSS for CMS.
• Managed other developers, getting hands dirty in code, filling the gaps, overseeing the big picture while trying to prevent problems before they occur.
• Technologies: Drupal (Backdrop) CMS, AWS, REST, NoSQL, C#, .Net, PHP, HTML, and CSS.

• Worked in the C# Microsoft .Net space. Clients were a mix of tech-savvy application/game developers as well as business persons who needed solutions to problems without understanding the underlying technology.
• Worked extensively with the Unity C# SDK to integrate it with third-party tools for both opensource and as a developer consultant on business and game projects for hire. Due to the nature of development in VR and apps in general, there was a strong focus on profiling and performance, networking, UI/UX and usability, quick problem solving, documentation, and future-proofing evolving technology.

Hutong Games (PlayMaker) is a video game tools studio.

• Provided community management and social outreach via Slack, hosted forums, and YouTube.
• Developed tutorials for YouTube following both the documentation and novel uses of the PlayMaker system.
• Provided feedback between the community and the core development team.
• Created open-source projects and integrations between the PlayMaker system and Unity (game engine) core systems for the community.