Alexander Grenier
Research Assistant at Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
Solvang, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Grenier is a Senior Technical Program Manager in Seattle with 11 years of experience delivering low-latency audio and input platform features for Xbox and Windows. At Microsoft he has led cross-functional programs spanning device bring-up, custom audio silicon integration, Spatial Sound, and the Input API stack (GameInput, XInput, DirectInput, RawInput), shepherding hardware, middleware, and developer SDK adoption. He blends deep technical fluency—evidenced by hands-on backend contributions to open-source projects like MarkUs—with program leadership that navigates shiproom cadence, compliance, and bug triage. A University of Toronto software engineering graduate, Alex is comfortable translating complex system constraints into pragmatic integration plans and developer-facing APIs. Colleagues rely on him to connect silicon to software, turning platform capabilities into usable tools for game developers.
12 years of coding experience
Emerging Rural Leaders Program, Emerging Rural Leaders Program at University of ChicagoMacroeconomics, Macroeconomics at Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY)High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Dunn SchoolBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Princeton University
French, English
Github Skills (5)
rspec10
refactoring10
refactor10
ruby10
activerecord9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MarkUsProject/Markus
Sep 2014 - Jul 2015
Git repository of MarkUs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:165 commits, 19 PRs, 33 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Alexander focused on back-end code changes, specifically within the `app/models/student.rb` file. Their contributions included refactoring the code related to work-alone repository names and streamlining the student model. Additionally, the user's work included addressing style issues, fixing line length problems, and refactoring existing tests. They also converted unit tests to rspec for the grade model.
SoftwareDev/Markus
Dec 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:64 commits, 10 PRs, 147 pushes in 6 months
git-repositorymarkdownmarkus
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