Summary
Wesley Minner is a Staff Software Engineering Manager with a decade of experience building and leading test development teams for graphics and XR drivers at Qualcomm. He blends an electrical engineering background with an MS in Computer Science from UCLA to design robust test applications across Vulkan, DirectX12, OpenCL ML, WinML and OpenXR. Wesley has progressed from hands-on driver and camera test development to managing a small engineering team, consistently shipping tooling that bridges low-level APIs and system validation. Outside work he pursues rigorous personal projects—earning an AA in Japanese and continuing self-study—and enjoys endurance cycling and motorcycling, reflecting a mindset for disciplined, long-term challenges. An early maker (Micromouse) and former applications engineer, he brings a practical, multi-domain approach to problem solving that helps teams tame complex graphics stacks.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, 3.900, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, 3.900 at University of California, Los Angeles
Associate of Arts - AA, Japanese Studies, 4.00, Associate of Arts - AA, Japanese Studies, 4.00 at San Diego Mesa College
English, Japanese