Chris Hofer
Senior Software Engineer at Walt Disney Imagineering
Orlando, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolChris Hofer is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years building simulation, control, and systems software for Disney’s engineering teams, currently shaping immersive experiences at Walt Disney Imagineering in Orlando. He brings deep practical experience in agent-based and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulations, ride control software, PLC integration, and BI applications—blending embedded/virtualization interests with data-driven design from an MS in Data Analytics. Over a decade at The Walt Disney Company he progressed from intern to senior/staff roles, delivering reliable production systems across C#, WinForms/WPF, ASP.NET, MATLAB/Simulink and PLC environments. Comfortable across firmware-to-application stacks, he pairs hands-on implementation with system administration and simulation tooling to solve complex mechatronic and show-control problems. Notably, his background combines theme-park control engineering with data analytics training, enabling pragmatic solutions that bridge physical systems and software.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Data Analytics, Master of Science - MS, Data Analytics at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (47)
javascript10
bpmn-js10
toolbox10
rendering10
modeler10
browser10
svg10
bpmn10
x869
diagram9
hypervisor9
operating-system9
cpp8
tarantool8
arm8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
zeehha/genode
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Genode OS Framework
Contributions:2 pushes, 4 branches in 29 days
GefKV-Games/zombie-gefkv
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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