Eric Soto
Senior Vice-President For Themed-Entertainment at Gigantic Playground
Davenport, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolEric Soto is a senior technology and themed-entertainment executive with 11+ years leading cross-disciplinary teams to design and deliver immersive, interactive experiences for major clients including Universal and Walt Disney Imagineering. As Partner and Senior VP at Gigantic Playground and former Director of Technology at Valtech’s Themed Entertainment Studio, he blends software engineering, hardware integration, IoT, AR/VR and AI to turn narrative concepts into on-site attractions and smart products. He is hands-on across mobile and systems stacks (iOS, Android, Java/JavaScript) and applies Agile/Scrum discipline as a Certified Scrum Master to move projects from prototype to installation on time and on budget. His background spans startups to enterprise roles—including CIO and software architect positions—giving him a rare mix of operational, product and technical leadership. Based in Davenport, Florida, he pairs creative storytelling with pragmatic engineering to create moments that scale from app code to physical guest experiences. Notably, he has balanced content production leadership (managing high-volume Android tutorial publishing) with delivering high-profile themed projects, reflecting both technical depth and content/education instincts.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Systems & Information Science, B.S. Systems & Information Science at Syracuse University2 years towards a B.S. Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 2 years towards a B.S. Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (97)
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Github contributions (5)
ericwastaken/rw_trelloreport
Jun 2018 - Apr 2021
A tool that uses the Trello API to pull out lists of cards in the various RW tutorial phases.
Contributions:6 releases, 72 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 10 months
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ericwastaken/macbook-battery-manager-wemo
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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