Rolando聽Olivares
Director, Platform Engineering
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolRolando Olivares is a seasoned platform engineering leader with 12+ years driving high-performance real-time graphics and engine work at Epic Games, now directing Platform Engineering for Unreal Engine from Raleigh. He has deep hands-on roots in rendering, RHI/architecture, and cross-platform systems spanning mobile, console, XR, Mac, and Linux, with earlier console game engine credits dating back to NHL and PS3 Move titles. Known for turning low-level performance research into production-ready techniques, he blends technical authorship with executive delivery across large, multidisciplinary teams. His career path shows a rare continuity from graphics programmer to senior engineering director, giving him credibility both as an implementer and as a strategic platform owner. Rolando鈥檚 background in compiler, tools, and engine subsystems informs pragmatic decisions that reliably squeeze latency and throughput out of complex runtimes. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering & Computer Science from Tecnol贸gico de Monterrey and thrives on optimizing the invisible layers that make real-time experiences feel effortless.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Computer Engineering & Computer Science, B.Sc. Computer Engineering & Computer Science at Tecnol贸gico de MonterreyInstituto Cultural Tampico
Github Skills (59)
debugging10
blueprint10
shader10
animation10
epic10
direct3d10
unreal10
graphics-programming10
partial10
hlsl10
directx10
editor9
unreal-engine-49
electron9
glsl9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RCalocaO/RCUtils
Jan 2018 - Feb 2024
Dump of misc utils
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 6 years 1 month
panicmiscutilsdump
RCalocaO/VkTest
Jul 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:166 commits, 182 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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