I’m a Senior Application Engineer at Intel, working in the Visual Computing Software Enabling team with game developers to assist their development on Intel architectures. Prior to joining Intel in 2008 I worked in the games industry in roles ranging from graphics programmer to head of studio. Despite an early interest in games development I careered sideways into a doctorate in Physics, and undertook two postdoctoral posts as an academic researcher in experimental nonlinear pattern formation, specializing in fluid mechanics before getting back into creating games.