Mike Purvis
Staff Real-Time Software Engineer (Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, Nvidia Ace) at Prodigy Labs
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolMike Purvis is a founder and senior real-time software engineer with two decades of experience building simulations, games, and 3D training systems, now focused on creating lifelike MetaHuman avatars and agentic digital twins. He bridges Unreal Engine real-time tech, Nvidia conversational tools, and agentic AI to craft avatar chatbots that behave, speak, and express like the humans they represent, prioritizing ethical, consent-driven representation. His background spans gameplay systems, HMI for electric vehicles, and military-grade simulations, giving him rare depth across performance-critical C++ systems and modern AI/ML workflows. As founder of Context Arcana and a staff engineer at Prodigy Labs, he designs AI-native business infrastructure and agentic workflow architectures for creators and small businesses. Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, he blends entrepreneurial product delivery with hands-on engineering—often migrating legacy web and operational systems into low-overhead, edge-capable architectures.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS Visual and Game Programming, BS Visual and Game Programming at Art Institutes of California, San FranciscoAS, Electronics, AS, Electronics at Heald CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at San Rafael High School
Github Skills (8)
magicavoxel6
unreal-engine-54
unreal3
plugin3
quake3
voxel3
unreal-engine-42
voxel-engine2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
eibonscroll/UE4SpiderAI
May 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
eibonscroll/SolitareArcade
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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