Fernando Silva

About Fernando Silva

I am a Software Engineer that has an avid interest in Computer Graphics and designing next-gen platform developer tools. The core of my passion lies in optimization and unblocking artists, designers, and developers.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer (Lead)

   Nintendo

   May 2018 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Lead the Nintendo\'s GPU tools team for 4 years- Planned roadmap for the GPU tools team- Communicated with customers and stakeholders on their requirements and needs for the tool- Mentored junior engineers in the team- Coordinated with other internal tools team to figure out places to have a common architecture and codebase- Designed and architected Nintendo\'s Graphics Debuggers and Profilers solutions- Held 1:1s with different members of the team to improve team productivity and find out team moral- Assisted other teams with evaluating solutions and ideas- Interviewed countless engineers for different teams and positions

Education

• DigiPen Institute of Technology

  BS Real-Time Interactive Simulation, Computer Science

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Ds
• Wii
• Unity3d
• Computer Graphics
• C++
• Wpf
• C
• Programming
• Perforce
• Shaders
• 3ds
• Opengl
• Gameplay Programming
• Visual Studio
• Nintendo Ds
• Wii U
• Photoshop
• Game Development
• Scripting
• Arduino
• Glsl
• Actionscript
• Linear Algebra
• Real Estate
• Game Design
• Real Estate License
• Gameplay
• Directx
• User Interface Programming
• Spanish
• Artificial Intelligence
• Hlsl
• Tortoise Svn
• Game Engines
• Game Programming
• Maya
• X86 Assembly
• Xna
• Lua
• C#