Don Williamson
Brighton, UK / San Gabriel, US, United States
Summary
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RockstarDon Williamson is a veteran graphics and engine programmer with 14 years of experience leading rendering and engine teams across AAA and indie studios. Currently Head of Rendering at Pacific Light & Hologram, he previously led engine development on major titles including Fable 2/3 and the Splinter Cell Conviction graphics engine, blending deep systems-level expertise with practical tooling experience. He founded Celtoys as an engine consultancy, demonstrating entrepreneurial initiative and a knack for delivering bespoke tech solutions. Comfortable moving between hands-on coding and technical leadership, Don has a track record of shipping performant real-time graphics on diverse platforms from consoles to proprietary engines. Based in Greater Brighton, he pairs legacy knowledge from early-gen projects with modern rendering practices, often focusing on the intersection of art-driven visuals and low-level optimization.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (131)
realtime10
sdl10
metal10
visual-studio10
gpu10
cpp10
rendering10
linux10
imgui10
editor10
api10
engine10
opengl10
vulkan10
reflection10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Celtoys/PiB
Oct 2015 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 release, 37 commits, 1 PR in 5 years 11 months
pythonbuild-system
Celtoys/clReflect
Oct 2015 - Jul 2021
C++ Reflection using clang
Contributions:13 releases, 2 reviews, 83 commits in 5 years 9 months
reflectioncppdatabaseclang
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