Ian Elliott
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Elliott is a senior software engineer and technical leader with 12+ years focused on graphics, device drivers, and systems-level C++ development, currently driving ANGLE and Vulkan integration at Google. He has a long track record of shipping high-performance, cross-platform graphics infrastructure—from co-authoring Vulkan WSI extensions and contributing to Vulkan loader, validation layers, and tools to implementing fast GPU-backed pixel conversions in production drivers. Ian blends hands-on engineering with product and business impact, having led teams that created a $50M/year revenue stream and delivered conformance and performance wins across Android Vulkan stacks. Known for solving tricky platform-specific build and compatibility issues (notably Windows/Linux Vulkan loader intricacies) and for creating pragmatic APIs like VK_GOOGLE_display_timing and SwappyVk, he excels at making complex systems easy to use. Based in Fort Collins, he pairs deep graphics expertise with a collaborative, customer-focused approach to architecture and standards work.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
Github Skills (23)
vulkan10
develop10
c-language10
compiler-errors10
multiplatform10
api-design10
windows10
linux10
build-system10
cross-platform10
c1110
c1710
warnings10
cprogramming-language10
platform-sdk9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Tools
Jan 2015 - Nov 2015
Vulkan Development Tools
Role in this project:
Back-end & System Architect
Back-end & System ArchitectContributions:126 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Ian primarily focused on enhancing the Vulkan tools, specifically by addressing build issues and portability across operating systems. They implemented Windows-specific build configurations and modifications to accommodate the nuances of Windows development, incorporating features for ICD discovery. They also contributed to the underlying infrastructure, including the modification of build and layer-generation scripts, and addressing compiler warnings and integrating changes related to the display of the Vulkan graphics API information.
vulkan
LunarG/VulkanSamples
Jan 2015 - Nov 2015
Vulkan Samples
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:155 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Ian appears to be focused on enhancing the Vulkan samples, specifically related to loading and integrating Vulkan layers and drivers, including workarounds for Windows compilation. Their commits include modifications to the loader code, platform-specific configurations, and the addition of features that facilitate the development of Vulkan applications. This work included creating and modifying source files and build scripts to eliminate compiler warnings. Furthermore, the user made updates to the WSI support and converted it to use the new KHR extension.
vulkanvulkan-samples
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