I have over eighteen years professional programming experience, primarily within the games industry, spread over a variety of both large and small companies and projects. I am a proficient programmer in across many different languages and systems, from C++, C#, and x86/SSE assembler, through to PHP and MySQL. Although I have worked on a variety of platforms over the years, the vast majority of my recent work has been related to Windows. I am not, however, afraid to tackle the unknown; I enjoy the challenges that new problems can bring. Throughout my work in the past I have worked on virtually every area of software development – from a programming perspective. I also have a lot of experience with code and API design and have also had major input into system design issues within applications I've worked on in the past. I have always been very proactive when it comes to putting forward new ideas that will either improve the products I am working on, and/or benefit the team I