Alex Schwartz
Web Developer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Schwartz is a founder-led product and engineering leader with 10+ years building games, VR experiences, and web products from prototype to acquisition. He founded Owlchemy Labs, grew it from a solo effort to a 25-person studio behind the platinum-selling VR hit Job Simulator, raised $5M and led its acquisition by Google, then raised over $10M to build Tangle, a collaboration tool designed to bring culture back to remote teams. A hands-on generalist who began as a technical artist and programmer, Alex blends creative direction, product design, and business development—negotiating platform partnerships with the likes of HTC, Valve, Sony and Unity. He’s an active community builder and speaker (40+ keynotes) who cofounded regional developer groups like VR Austin and Boston Unity Group, and he still enjoys solving problems both technical and culinary. Based in Cambridge, MA, he advises startups and investors, bringing rare experience scaling interactive products across 20+ platforms.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS Interactive Media + Game Development Computer Science Psychology, BS Interactive Media + Game Development Computer Science Psychology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (3)
minecraft9
ruby6
java1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
avjohnston/little-esty-shop
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:18 reviews, 16 PRs, 21 pushes in 9 days
aschwartz1/rails-engine
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:37 PRs, 33 pushes, 39 branches in 7 days
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