Summary
Andrew Berdan is a Senior Programmer with over a decade of experience building games and interactive software, currently contributing at Digital Extremes and running multiple creative ventures including Berdandy Studios and Tallshots Photography. He blends hands-on engineering—from technical director and lead programmer roles at studios like Big Viking Games and DICE—with consulting work that emphasizes collaboration, process improvement, and enabling teams to deliver better products. Comfortable across indie and AAA environments, he has repeatedly moved between leadership and IC roles, shipping content-driven systems and tooling. Based in London, Canada, Andrew pairs an H.BSc from Western University with a long career curiosity for novel technical solutions and a side business mindset that informs pragmatic, product-focused engineering.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
H.BSc, Honours, H.BSc, Honours at Western University