Neil Holmes
Senior Technical Program Manager, Xbox Games Studios at Microsoft
Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNeil Holmes is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Xbox Games Studios with over 34 years in the games industry and hands-on roots writing Z80 assembler for the Sinclair Spectrum and original GameBoy. He has shipped hundreds of titles across every modern platform, blending deep gameplay coding expertise with leadership roles in programming, production and technical management for both F2P mobile hits and AAA console projects. At Microsoft he advises first-party and independent studios on porting, optimization, multiplayer architecture, and launch strategy, having helped partners ship hundreds of games and troubleshoot complex platform and devkit issues. Neil’s career bridges low-level engine work and developer tools to program management, and he still prefers hands-on gameplay coding—a rare mix that informs pragmatic technical guidance for studio partners. Based in Carmarthen, Wales, he pairs legacy console know-how with current expertise in Game Pass and cloud delivery, enabling teams to modernize performance and release plans.
7 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Arnold Hill Comprehensive
Github Skills (11)
windows10
uwp10
microsoft-store10
wpf10
windows-service10
csharp10
mdt10
inno-setup10
uwp-apps10
microsoft4
playfab1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
MicrosoftDocs/feedback
Jul 2018 - May 2023
📢 docs.microsoft.com site feedback
Contributions:1 comment, 1 issue in 4 years 10 months
microsoft-docsfeedbackmicrosoft
MicrosoftDocs/windows-dev-docs
Jul 2018 - Nov 2020
Conceptual and overview content for developing Windows apps
Contributions:1 review, 1 issue in 2 years 4 months
uwpmdtdevelopingwindowsuwp-apps
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