Summary
Garrett Hogan is a co-founder and software engineer in Portland, Oregon with a decade of experience building visually driven interactive applications—from games to web and mobile UIs. He combines hands-on game programming roots (AIE-trained and teaching experience with Unity3D) with production web engineering at Nike, shipping Node/JavaScript services through CD pipelines and Netflix OSS tooling. As a founder at Deadlock Interactive he bridges creative design and robust delivery, focusing on high-quality, enjoyable user experiences. Notably, he blends classroom-level teaching experience with practical industry deployment skills, making him comfortable translating game design principles into scalable consumer-facing applications.
10 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Game Programming, Associate's degree, Game Programming at Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE)