Heath Gifford

Heath Gifford has worked in the software engineering industry since 2005. Heath began their career at Zipper Interactive as a Software Engineer, where they worked on Playstation 3 titles SOCOM 4 and MAG, as well as post-production support for Playstation 2 titles SOCOM 3 and SOCOM: Combined Assault, and PSP title Fireteam Bravo 2. In 2011, they moved to Flying Lab Software as a Software Engineer, where they implemented level editors and map tools, 3D character animations, and integrated 'old school' 2D flash and 3D animated assets. In 2012, they began working at GameHouse/RealNetworks as a Software Engineer, developing the Adobe Flash browser game Collapse! Blast. Heath then moved to DoubleDown Interactive as a Senior Software Engineer, developing the DoubleDown Casino cross platform browser and mobile app. In 2015, they joined WG Cells as a Senior Software Engineer, developing the Unity iOS and Android game Smash Squad. In 2018, they began working at RealSelf as a Senior Software Engineer, engineering the www. realself. com website. In 2020, they joined Tenacious Entertainment as a Generalist Programmer and Meeti2i as a Senior Software Engineer. Currently, they are a Technical Director at Nifty Games.

Heath Gifford received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Eastern Washington University between 2000 and 2005.