Alberto Jose Ramirez Valadez

Alberto Jose Ramirez Valadez has a diverse background in the gaming industry. Alberto Jose is currently an Unreal Authorized Instructor partner at Epic Games and a Senior Game Engine Developer at Dark Slope Studios. In 2020, they served as the Director and Instructor at GameCoder Academy, where they conducted workshops on video game development using Unreal Engine 4 and Blender. Prior to that, they co-founded and served as the COO and Lead Game Developer at GameCoder Studios from 2008 to 2021. During their tenure, they designed and developed Lodestone Engine, a real-time 3D game engine, and self-published the horror shoot'em up VR arcade game, Sophie's Guardian, on Steam.

Additionally, Alberto has gained experience at FUN labs as a Lead AI Programmer for Nerf Legends and a Game Designer for Open Country. Alberto Jose was also a Scientific Committee Member at the Mexican Olympiad in Informatics from 2008 to 2020. Earlier in their career, they worked as a Software Developer Engineer at Microsoft for a brief period in 2012.

Alberto Jose Ramirez Valadez earned a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the Universidad de Guanajuato, where they studied from 2008 to 2013. Additionally, they pursued a Bachelor in Computer Science degree at CIMAT, although specific dates for this education experience were not provided.