MercurySteam
Álvaro Valera Vázquez has been working in the tech industry since 2005. Álvraro started as a Research Assistant at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2005 and then moved to Instituto de Ingeniería del Conocimiento - IIC in 2007, where they worked as a Programming Analyst. In 2010, they returned to Universidad Autónoma de Madrid as a Research Assistant, and in 2011 they worked as an Assistant Teacher at UNED and a Programming Analyst at contenerte.com. In 2016, they joined Evolve Games as an AI & Gameplay Programmer and worked on a top-down dual stick cooperative Shooter PC/console game with a Tower-Defense horde mode twist. In 2018, they joined MercurySteam as a Game AI Programmer.
Álvaro Valera Vázquez obtained a Computer Engineer degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid between 2001 and 2007, focusing on Computer Engineering. Álvraro then went on to obtain a Master's degree on Computer Engineering and Telecommunications from the same university between 2009 and 2012, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence & Video games. In 2015, they obtained a 77-420: MOS: Microsoft Office Excel 2013 certification from Certiport - A Pearson VUE Business. Álvraro also obtained a First Certificate Exam from the University of Cambridge in 2008. Finally, they obtained a Master's degree on Video Game Development from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid between 2015 and 2016, focusing on Video Games.