Simon Cooke

About Simon Cooke

My old linked-in blurb was at least five years out of date. Until I get a chance to rewrite it with a little more pizazz, let\'s just say I\'m an experienced software engineer with tons of experience both leading teams and as an IC, speaking to and advising everyone from Industry Leaders, to company CTOs, to individual engineers. These days I\'m working at Android Games Developer Relations, where I own a few big relationships, and work on some really cool projects, such as GPU profilers, future hardware, and act as an advocate for game developers in the Android ecosystem to the Android OS and Graphics teams, and help share our work in that space back out to developers in need.I have a very interesting and strange role, that is hard to define, but it works :) Part PM, part ProdMgr, part SWE, but still all gamedev).

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Popcorn Films

   Sep 2001 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   A startup movie company.Projects in the works:UNSEALED (short)- four supernatural beings get together in a bar to discuss their grievancesMy Recession - an out-of-work architect spends his last days saying goodbye friends - until he finds his chance to get back his life.Dot Comedy - Two guys get laid off from their company, and decide to counterfeit money and launder it in Vegas.The Witnesses - A religious cult\'s Messiah arrives 500 years before he\'s supposed to - telling them to bring about the end of the world.Brixton vs. Compton - TV reality mockumentary seriesHeaven - sci-fi TV show about a dystopian future world where mankind has huddled together in a biodome near Yucca Mountain under the watchful eye of an insane AIGalaxy Quest II - partially complete spec script for sequel to the movie Galaxy QuestProjects completed:The Mara - Horror movie feature screenplayUnsealed - Short supernatural black comedy screenplayThe Good Samaritan - short film about a homeless man\'s relationship with a guitar (producer, editor, 2nd unit filming)Finn\'s Last Dance - assisted Salazaar-Dillinger productions with production, grip & audio work.

Education

• University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

  Bachelor's Degree, Physics (minor in Electronic Engineering)

  1993 — 1996

• The University of Manchester

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Pure & Applied Physics with Electronic Engineering

Skills

• Ps3
• Computer Graphics
• Production
• Team Management
• Software Optimization
• Kinect
• Xbox
• Game Development
• Film Production
• 3d
• Program Management
• C#
• Budget Estimating
• Cross-Discipline Team Management
• Scrum
• Directx
• Social Games
• Software Design
• Game Design
• Film Editing
• Team Building
• Project Planning
• Windows
• Mobile Applications
• Consumer Software
• Video
• Software Architecture
• Journalism
• Team Leadership
• User Interface Design
• Windows Phone
• Conference Management
• C++
• Programming
• Win32 Api
• Xaml
• Business Strategy
• Software Project Management
• Xbox 360
• Mobile Games