Troy Townsend
Chief Executive Officer And Co-founder at Zitcha
Newport Beach, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTroy Townsend is a seasoned founder and CEO with eight years of leadership in digital marketing and ad-tech, currently co-founding and leading Zitcha while directing strategy at The Pistol and Greeneon. He combines commercial acumen from roles building Tiger Pistol into a global social ads platform with hands-on technical contributions to open-source game development—improving NPC AI and engine systems for the popular Endless Sky project. Based in Newport Beach, Troy blends product-first entrepreneurship with deep client-facing experience, scaling solutions for SMBs and enterprise alike. A lifelong strategy thinker and gamer, he leverages creative instincts from running national promotions to inform data-driven marketing technology and platform development.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
PS146 Insurance Broker Compliance, PS146 Insurance Broker Compliance at Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and FinanceCommerce Marketing and Public Relations, Commerce Marketing and Public Relations at Deakin University
Github Skills (9)
c-language10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
game-dev9
rpg9
cpp9
2d-game8
opengl7
space7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
endless-sky/endless-sky
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
Space exploration, trading, and combat game.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1358 reviews, 450 commits, 319 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Troy's commits primarily involve modifications to the game's C++ source code, focusing on the "NPC" class and related functionality. Their contributions appear to introduce and refine features related to non-player characters, including their interactions with planets, systems, and overall game mechanics. The changes suggest efforts to improve the game's AI and world-building aspects, indicating a focus on backend game logic. The user has also made adjustments to the engine and collision system, indicating a broader understanding of the game's architecture.
gamerpgc-plus-plustop-down2d-game
Zitchas/ZRemnantX
Apr 2018 - May 2020
Zitchas' plugin for Endless Sky, focused on creating missions and content for the Remnant
Contributions:77 commits, 12 PRs, 64 pushes in 2 years 1 month
skymissionsendless-skypluginfocused
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