Robert Laverick
Senior IT Consultant at Opencast Software
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Laverick is a Senior IT Consultant based in Newcastle with 10 years of hands-on experience building high-performance software across C, C#, C++ and Java, with deep specialty in OpenGL/GLSL, AI and traffic simulation. He holds an MSc in Computer Games Engineering (Distinction) and a BSc in Computer Science with Games and Virtual Environments, reflecting a strong academic foundation in real-time graphics and simulation. His career spans backend platform work and senior engineering roles at companies including Opencast Software, Screach and Bede Gaming, where he delivered production-grade systems and platform services. Notably, his early research internship involved developing task-environment simulations for medical research, highlighting an ability to translate complex domain requirements into robust simulation software. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who blends low-level graphics expertise with system-level thinking to solve performance-critical problems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Framlingham CollegeMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Games Engineering, Distinction, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Games Engineering, Distinction at University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Github Skills (9)
webapi6
wcf5
mvc5
audit5
entity-framework4
extensible4
netcore4
security4
dotnet3
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
hmrc/transit-movements-trader-eis-router
Sep 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:32 reviews, 34 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 2 months
hmrc/transits-movements-trader-at-departure
Jun 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:64 reviews, 132 commits, 80 PRs in 2 years 1 month
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