Colt McAnlis

About Colt McAnlis

Currently a senior engineer in Google Labs, focusing on building the next generation of development experience. Previously engineering manage, focusing on building a shared platform to provide GenAI experiences to all Google Cloud Products; Team is responsible for delivering on MLOps, Data generation, Data synthesis, Eval pipelines, Agent/Planner Infra, Scripting Infra, ML Primitives development. I excel at building cross-functional, value-add teams of technological professionals, and creatives alike. Leader & Manager:* Experience Managing medium sized (40+) teams to provide cross-functional value to the business / org.* Culture, values, and reality focused manager - I take a lot of pride in building teams where creative professionals thrive.* Operationalization of dozens of systems to increase output, stakeholder happiness, and maintain high employee morale.* Experience managing multiple external vendor companies (40+) alongside $XXMillion in OpEx budget to produce strategic software for corporate goals.* Build strong relationships with horizontal teams to provide value and find opportunities for impact.* Mentorship of 20+ awesome humans who are doing amazing things now.* I thrive in places where we can find new opportunities for impact.Technology Developer Advocate:* Scaling outreach and education for APIs, Toolchains and products with developers.* An expert in massive amount of content production, finding the voice of the developer, and doing it without sounding like marketing( Keynote speaker, video creator, social campaigns. etc etc)* Hundreds of interfaces with customers to improve their systems, solve their problems, and let them adopt more of the product space.* Hundreds of meetings with C-level thought leadership to influence technical decision making.Lecturer, Educator, Facilitator:* Amazon Best Selling author 2x!* Lecturer @ UCLA Technical Management Program* Adjunct professor @ SMU Guildhall.* Part time consultant to 3rd party tech Game developer:* Decade in the games industry as a low-level graphics programmer, content pipeline owner, tool creator, game logic, performance & memory optimizer and compression enthusiast.* Published in a handful of graphics journals / compilation books* Experience with console (X360,PS2) and mobile (Android/IOS)

Experience

1. Lecturer Card Games for Soft Skills

   Technical Management Program At Ucla Extension

   Mar 2018 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Trainer for multiple days of content focusing on card games which can help improve soft skills in a business environment.

Education

• Texas Christian University

  BS, Computer Science

• Advanced Technologies Academy

  Computer Science

  1996 — 2001

• Western Governors University

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Skills

• Html5
• Unity3d
• Python
• C#
• Multithreading
• Artificial Intelligence
• 3d
• Java
• Mobile Games
• Texturing
• Console
• Game Programming
• Computer Graphics
• Compression Algorithms
• Android
• Mobile Applications
• User Interface
• Game Design
• Havok
• Computer Games
• Xbox
• Character Animation
• Xbox 360
• Shaders
• Hlsl
• Programming
• Maya
• Directx
• C++
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Glsl
• Game Development
• Ps3
• Unreal Engine 3
• Perforce
• Mmo
• Opengl
• Gameplay Programming
• Social Games