Summary
Victor Hurdugaci is a seasoned software leader and founder with 11 years of experience building large-scale systems for the games and developer tools industries. He co-created EA's Marketplace virtual economies platform used daily by millions across Apex Legends, Battlefield V and other major titles, and founded the gaming engineering group at PlayerWON, delivering cloud gaming ad platforms like NVidia GeForce NOW. Victor combines deep systems and compiler experience from long tenures at Microsoft (ASP.NET, .NET Core, Azure Functions, X++/Dynamics AX) with hands-on machine learning and image/video processing work from earlier roles. Currently CEO and Co-Founder of Ballard Games while running a boutique tabletop accessories business, he blends product entrepreneurship with engineering craftsmanship. He mentors aspiring engineers, is open to angel investments, and enjoys connecting across the intersection of gaming, tooling, and creator-led ventures. Based in Seattle, he brings a mix of startup grit and enterprise-scale delivery proven across Xbox, Facebook, EA and Microsoft.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov
Master Computer Science (Software Engineering), Master Computer Science (Software Engineering) at Delft University of Technology