Summary
Talon Baker is a software engineer and systems architect with 11 years of experience driving digital transformation across defense and aerospace clients and interactive entertainment projects. Based in Irvine, CA, he currently builds software at CACI after supporting test systems at Astronics and earlier delivering VR game prototypes that won indie acclaim and an Oculus demo at E3. He blends applied CS fundamentals—3D math, HLSL shading, and real-time systems—from a game-design background with field-facing engineering and deployment experience. Talon holds a CS (Game Design) degree from UC Santa Cruz and a master's in Interactive Intelligence from Georgia Tech, a combination that informs pragmatic, human-centered technical solutions. Notably, he has led cross-disciplinary teams from concept to production, scaling both people and systems in high-stakes environments.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science: Interactive Intelligence, Master's degree, Computer Science: Interactive Intelligence at Georgia Institute of Technology
University of California Santa Cruz