Collin Hover
Chief Technology Officer at Stealth Startup
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCollin Hover is a hands-on CTO and engineering leader with 14 years of experience scaling studios and startups from small teams to 100+ engineers and nine-figure valuations, shipping games across PC and all major consoles. He led technical direction on the first native PS5 launch title to go gold, personally stewarded migrations across 30+ major Unreal Engine versions, and has deep expertise in multiplayer, automation, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure. At Counterplay and as a stealth startup CTO he combined product, R&D, and AI-assisted workflows to ship multiple titles and commercial products that achieved millions of players and sustained revenue. Known for transforming small engineering teams into high-autonomy organizations, he pairs studio-grade technical execution with product-minded leadership and an unusual background bridging MFA visual communication and systems engineering.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MFA Visual Communication, MFA Visual Communication at The University of Texas at ArlingtonBFA Graphic Design, BFA Graphic Design at University of South Dakota
Github Skills (22)
webgl10
threejs10
sparse10
javascript10
canvas10
designer10
svg10
physics10
octree10
3d10
spatial10
augmented-reality9
virtual-reality9
webgpu9
webxr8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
collinhover/nasaprospect
Oct 2012 - Apr 2017
Contributions:110 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 4 years 6 months
nasa
collinhover/kaiopua
Dec 2011 - Mar 2013
Contributions:235 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 2 months
gamewormdesignerteachmoon
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