Vitaliy Genkin
Principal Software Architect @Valve Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Software Architect @Valve Corporation
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2011 - current)Principal software architect role with primary focus on scalable high-performance and high-availability backend architecture, customer base growth/retention and monetization strategies, in-game micro-transactions and items economy, engine architecture, gameplay design and innovation.Successfully managed Counter-Strike: Global Offensive adaptation for release in China in partnership with Perfect World, including work on government compliance, billing and financial reporting systems, account-linking infrastructure, trans-Pacific user logon and partner integration systems, and free-to-play (F2P) design and implementation.Architected back-end systems managing rank-based matchmaking, in-game social and party features, items distribution mechanisms, technology powering large-scale seasonal user engagement events during operations and major championships, which helped the product grow from 50K PCU to over 850K+ PCU and exceeding 20MM+ MAU by early 2019. Ensured stable and smooth operation of hundreds of thousands official game server instances in over 30 datacenters worldwide, while also developing platform features for thousands of community server operators.Leading most of technical integration, coordination, collaborative efforts and product integration design with partners and third parties, deep game integration with premier peripherals manufacturers, leagues and stadium events organizers, digital broadcasters, ELEAGUE Turner Sports TV broadcasts, and other industry-leading partners\' services.Managed large-scale backend data layout designs and data warehousing models, regularly performing complex data analysis, providing reports and forecasts. Designed and implemented a comprehensive schema-based GDPR compliance model for all CS:GO customers, coordinated GDPR efforts and GDPR compliance integration into other game teams and products.more.
EDUCATION
Kharkov National University
M.S. honors, Applied Mathematics
Kharkov National University
M.S. honors, Economics and Business
Kharkov National Military University
Lieutenant, Long Range Surface-to-Air Missiles
SKILLS
ABOUT VITALIY GENKIN
Highly motivated, creative and versatile systems architect, product leader, and game designer. Proven strategic and tactical leadership, skilled at delivering quality products to customers, making right decisions while meeting firm deadlines.Expertise in system design and interaction analysis, goal-driven decision-making processes, flexible and efficient customer-oriented solutions, as well as start-to-finish product development. Excellent analytic, research, and collaboration capabilities; significant achievements in studied abstract and applied sciences. Proven ability to learn new technologies fast.Received M.S. w/honors in Applied Math and M.S. w/honors in Finance.Specialties: Architecting and developing complex multi-tier solutions, performance-critical and high-availability products and distributed services, large-scale data layouts and data analysis, next-generation platforms research and development, management and decision-making on large-scale projects, hiring.
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