Alexander

Alexander Semenko,
Team Leader / Tech Leader / Senior developer for the Unreal Engine projects

Kyiv, Ukraine; age: 48
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Expert of game development teams creation.
Looking for techdir / principal / team leader / tech leader / senior developer position for a team of
20+/- members creating games with Unreal Engine 4/5.

Team leader / tech leader / principal / tech director since 2005 for 10 companies in 32 projects.

Unreal Authorized Instructor. Epic Games Megagrant recipient.
See trailer of my "Sever's Zone" game: https://youtu.be/8B4exRr5Mcc

See my free C++, Assembly and Unreal Engine 5 training courses on the
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexanderSemenko with about 200 high quality videos
Also, look at the Epic: https://dev.epicgames.com/community/profile/Jban/AlexanderSemenko

Summary:
- High creativity (can invent/advance/explain anything)
- Over 30 years of working experience in IT
- Team leader since 2005 for 10 companies in 32 projects.
- Project management for the several projects (negotiations, planning, resources management,
team building).
- Unreal Engine 4, 5
- Primary languages: C++, C#
- Other languages: Asm, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, ActionScript, LUA, Python, SQL
- Development tools: Visual Studio, Qt Creator, NetBeans, Corel, Photoshop, LLVM (Clang)
- Auxiliary tools: Git, SVN, ClearCase, Surround, Perforce, V1, TFS
- Web: PHP; C#/ASP.NET (MVC2), JQuery, AJAX, JSON
- OS: Windows, WinCE, VxWorks, ThreadX, Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS), macOS (Sierra)
- Experience with libraries (STL, MFC/ATL, Qt, OpenCV), Networking (TCP/UDP; HTTP, SNMP)
- Deep understanding of Software Design, Architecture, various patterns and techniques.
- Excellent coding skills. Great experience in development for Windows and Linux; Embedded and
Real Time Software background.
- Understanding of Product Development Life Cycle: investigation, prototyping, licensing,
development, delivery, support and project closing; multiple platforms and product versions
management.
- Area of expertise: Windows (architecture, API, .NET, drivers with WDK/WFP), Linux
(Debian/Ubuntu), Cross-platform projects (Windows, Linux and embedded OS), Intel
processors architecture, Network protocols, Embedded systems, GUI engines, Image and sound
(speech) processing, Natural language processing.

Work experience
10.2022 – Present: Epic Games
Unreal Authorized Instructor partner for Epic Games. Epic Games Megagrant recipient. Working on the
series of UE5 training courses: https://www.youtube.com/@Zona_Severa
and "Sever's Zone" FPS game project: https://youtu.be/8B4exRr5Mcc

03.2021 – 04.2022: N-iX
Tech leader. Development of a game development teams for a VR projects on the Unreal Engine 4.
Establishing a project development pipeline, making a strong teams. Development of the most
complex architectural solutions, coding, bug fixing, code reviewing and documenting a lot. Over 40 VR
projects.

10.2019 – present
Own project. See my 11 free training courses of C++, Assembler and Unreal Engine 5 on the
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexanderSemenko and
https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning?languages=other with about 200 high quality videos

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11.2017 – 10.2020 Crytek / Blackwood Games
Team lead of the “Metagame” team (UI and client-server part). Development and support of the
“Warface” game (AAA first-person shooter).

07.2017 – 11.2017 FPS Software
Own project. Development and support of the "FPS Content Control" (http://fps-soft.net) product and
auxiliary tools.

11.2016 – 06.2017 Softserve
Tech leader. Development of CorelDraw. Porting application from Windows to Mac.

07.2016 – 11.2016 FPS Software
Own project. Development and support of the "FPS Content Control" (http://fps-soft.net) product and
auxiliary tools.

11.2013 – 07.2016 Lucky Labs
Team leader. Development of gambling game servers – 5 full-functional servers for different game
vendors. Multiple protocols development. Multiple auxiliary tools. Making over 30 “slot” games.

07.2013 – 11.2014 FPS Software
Own project. Development and support of the "FPS Content Control" product and auxiliary tools.

11.2011 – 07.2013 Softheme (DELL)
Team leader. Development and support of helper tools for the main product (Reply5) dedicated to data
storage and restoring.

06.2010 – 06.2011 Samsung R&D
Tech director and project leader, Samsung Ukrainian R&D Centre (SURC). Development cross-platform
GUI library with accompanied graphics editor for touch screen photo cameras.
Previous position: project leader of Augmented Reality R&D department. Leading of development of
libraries and applications for Augmented Reality projects running under Windows (for prototypes) and
Android OS (for devices: smartphones, 3D TV, 3D photo cameras). Development for result-oriented
customer.

01.2010 – 05.2010 EPAM
Team leader, credit risk department of Barclays Bank. Development for process-oriented customer.

10.2008 – 09.2009 GlobalLogic
Team leader to create a team of 12 persons for the embedded development as a new Company's area.
Development for process-oriented customer.

10.2007 – 10.2008 Ukrainian Technologies
Head of Windows applications development department. Team leader & PM. I had created a team of 10
persons. Development for result-oriented customer.

12.2003 – 10.2007 Monis
Head of network applications development department. Senior C++/C#/Asm developer, later as team
leader & PM. I had created a team of 3 persons. Development for non-oriented customer (huge state
companies).

01.2002 – 11.2003 Private business
Custom software development, training for PC users, PC assembly and SW installation.

04.2000 – 11.2001 GCC
Software engineer, Web-programmer.

01.2000 – 04.2000. Shevchenko's factory
Assembly language software engineer.

04.1999 – 06.1999 Private school of International Slavic University
Informatics teacher in 1-11 grades.
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05.1998 – 04.1999 "Tornado"
Web-designer, development of Web-catalog for construction companies.

08.1993 – 05.1998 "Jinn"
Custom software development, training for PC users, PC assembly and SW installation.

09.1992 – 06.1993 Local Young Technician's Station
Teacher of programming and PC basics.

Recent projects (from 2008):
 FPS Content Control http://fps-soft.net – Powerful parental-control software for filtering access
to adult web-sites (own project; C/C++/C#/HTML/PHP/JavaScript/SQL, WDK/WFP, Win API).
- 3 sequential product versions
- Program architecture, GUI and web-site design.
- Platform-independent GUI library.
- WFP network filtering driver.
- Hierarchical bit-field database to track over 120’000 adult sites (including dynamic weekly updates).
- Powerful heuristic module which is analyzing web-pages content and transform it into “sense” phrases to
detect even hidden prohibited sense. Support of 10 most popular languages. Origin NLP algorithm.
- Server-side logic to serve database updates delivery, new versions distributing and purchasing process.
- A set of helper tools to extend existing database through gathering information about new adult sites,
downloading and analyzing its content in automatic mode.
 Document Retriever https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/appassure/5.4.3/docretriever-for-
sharepoint-user-guide – SharePoint restore tool (C#; .NET, WPF, MS SQL, SharePoint API):
- Support and management of existent projects.
- New program version development (investigation/architecture/coding) for restoring content of SharePoint
2013
 MailRetriever https://support.software.dell.com/replay/kb/117751 – MS Exchange databases restore
tool (C/C++/C#; Windows API, .NET, ESE API):
- Support and management of existent projects.
- New program version development (investigation/architecture/coding) for restoring Exchange 2013
database content.
 Local Mount Utility – Data retrieving tool for Replay5 data recovery software (C#; .NET, WPF):
- Develop the program from scratch (architecture/coding).
- Support and management of the project.
 I-Motion http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/EC-ST5000BPSGB – Cross-platform GUI library
with dedicated graphics editor for touch screen photo cameras with 600 GUI screens and over 50
control types. (C++, Windows/VxWorks/ThreadX; project leader and developer).
- Develop the cross-platform GUI engine (architecture/coding) for Windows, VxWorks and ThreadX OS.
- Develop the graphics editor for GUI scenes constructing.
- Management of the project.
 PDF Suite http://pdf-suite.com/ – PDF-documents editor. Development of program's core which
has working with PDF format at low level. (C++, Windows; project leader and developer).
 QUAD Registry Cleaner http://quad-cleaner.com – Windows registry clean tool (C++,
Windows/MFC; project leader and developer).
 Flags http://download.cnet.com/Flags/3000-18536_4-10706086.html – logic game, 2 versions (C++,
Win API & Direct3D; own project).
 Wow Demo – Casual game for demonstrating ability of experimental Augmented Reality Engine
and Recognition Engine. (C++/Java, Windows/Android; project leader and developer).
 Magic Present – Augmented Reality applications family for Samsung smartphones allowing user
to see 2D and 3D images rendering over recognized objects viewed through camera in real-time.
(C++/Java, Windows/Android; project leader and developer).

Previous projects (2003-2008):
 Neon – Version Control System with easiest interface among other systems as a feature (own
project; C++, Win-API).
 Credit checking system - The project for Barclays bank with headquarter in London, UK. Bug
fixing and development software for credit risk evaluating, checking and reporting (C++,
Windows).
 Jaguar – insulin supply device ("insulin pump") for diabetic patients. Design and re-design of the
system, development process organization, development of several important modules (C,
ThreadX; project leader and developer)
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 Clam Antivirus – development of full-function antivirus based on famous open-source scanner. I
had developed original healing algorithm (C, C++, Windows/API; project leader & developer).
 Morpheus – object-oriented DBMS & programming language (C++, Win API; own project).
 BookMaker – program for printing and making-up of books, 2 versions (C++ & Win API, C# &
.NET; own project).
 Forum – system for multiple conferences at local network (C++/Asm, Win API; own project).
 CallCentre for state informational service (09) (C++, WinAPI; architecture, projecting, coding).
 Vector graphics editor (C#, .NET; project leader and developer).
 SNMP-agent – library which allow to any device introduce itself in the network as a standard
device (C++, WinAPI; project leader and developer).
 SNMP-monitoring system for network devices monitoring (exchange stations, BAN-s,
switches/routers etc). "UkrTelecom" as customer. 3 years, 3 versions. Last version is a system of
national monitoring of telecom equipment and system of monitoring for Ministry of Emergency
(C++ (server), C# (client and editor); project leader and developer).
 Voice recognition subsystem for CallCentre (C++/Asm, Win API; developer).
 ОТС (Operational Technological Communication) – VoIP-based project for modernization of a voice
conferences system used at Ukrainian Railways (C/C++, VxWorks; developer).

Old projects (1993-2003):
• Data compression and protection,
• 2D-/3D-graphics and low level of graphics interfaces (ASM, C++, C#),
• Creation of high-level programming language,
• Modeling of voice recognition with neuron/logical systems,
• User interfaces; DBMS interfaces,
• Protected mode operation system.

Education: 1993..1999: Kharkov State University, Physical-Technical faculty, department of physical
technologies. Master of physics.

I'm author of "Protected mode operation systems creation" book and site www.sasm.narod.ru
7 foreign business trips; participation in negotiations and presentations.
My hobby is writing programs and sci-fiction books.

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