Bret Alfieri
Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA
Duvall, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBret Alfieri is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience solving hard parallel computing problems, currently working at NVIDIA. He specializes in parallel algorithms, task scheduling, and low-level performance optimization across CPU and GPU platforms, having architected the open-source GTS task scheduler while at Intel. His background spans graphics, AR, and machine learning performance engineering at companies including Valve, Snap, Bloomberg, and Amazon, showing a rare blend of systems-level rigor and application-facing delivery. Bret has collaborated with CPU architects to explore new instructions for parallel compute and fixed display-level artifacts on HoloLens using sensor-driven shader techniques, illustrating both hardware-aware design and pragmatic problem-solving. Based in Duvall, Washington, he brings game-engine thinking to high-performance tooling and a track record of shipping production-quality systems that bridge research and product needs.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Physics/Mathematics, Physics/Mathematics at Michigan Technological UniversityB.S. Computer Science Math minor, B.S. Computer Science Math minor at DigiPen Institute of TechnologyComputer Animation, Computer Animation at Purdue UniversityB.A. Film/Video Computer Animation, B.A. Film/Video Computer Animation at Columbia College Chicago
Github Skills (17)
multithreading10
profiling10
profiler10
pipeline-framework9
performance-analysis9
frame9
scheduling8
adapter6
sampling5
wxwidgets4
azerothcore3
trinitycore3
cpp3
crossword3
cpu3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
GameTechDev/GTS-GamesTaskScheduler
Mar 2019 - Aug 2021
A task scheduling framework designed for the needs of game developers.
Contributions:22 commits, 4 PRs, 24 pushes in 2 years 5 months
scheduling-frameworkmultithreadingschedulingpipeline-frameworkgame-developers
bretalfieri/GTS-GamesTaskScheduler
Sep 2022 - May 2023
A task scheduling framework designed for the needs of game developers.
Contributions:2 PRs, 50 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
scheduling-frameworkcrosswordschedulingtrinitycoreazerothcore
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