Zackary Valenta

Zackary Valenta's work experience includes positions at Treyarch, Blackbird Interactive Inc, Next Level Games, Centre for Digital Media, and Best Buy Canada.

At Treyarch, they work as a Software Engineer - Gameplay starting in September 2022.

From March 2020 to September 2022, they were a Software Engineer - Audio at Blackbird Interactive Inc.

At Next Level Games, they worked as a Programmer - Front End from December 2017 to March 2020. In this role, they owned multiple systems, built and extended features, and implemented improvements to increase maintainability and extendibility.

During their time at the Centre for Digital Media from September 2016 to December 2017, they were a Masters Student. Zackary was involved in programming, game design, and project management, leading and teaching less experienced programmers, guiding design exercises, and facilitating communication and collaboration.

At Best Buy Canada, they held the position of Senior of Video Games Department from October 2006 to April 2011. Zackary assigned duties to employees, instructed staff on handling sales, and also held positions as Digital Audio Senior, Home Theater Specialist, and Home Theater Installation Specialist (Geek Squad).

Zackary Valenta completed their high school education at College Charlemagne from 1994 to 2005. Following this, they attended CEGEP - John Abbott College from 2005 to 2008, where they obtained a DEC in Pure and Applied Sciences. From 2012 to 2016, Zackary Valenta pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science - Computer Games at Concordia University. Zackary then furthered their education at the Centre for Digital Media, where they obtained a Master of Digital Media from 2016 to 2017, specializing in Digital Media.