Erik M. Buck
USA, United States
Summary
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SeniorErik Buck is an engineering manager and serial entrepreneur with 13+ years of experience blending systems engineering, R&D leadership, and product management across defense and commercial software. He is the author of three influential books on Cocoa and OpenGL ES for iOS, teaches computer science and game development, and has repeatedly returned to lead complex, multi-site research projects and product line efforts at Northrop Grumman. Erik’s career spans founding startups (EMB & Associates, Cosmic Thump), leading embedded and avionics software efforts, and directing technical strategy for large legacy modernization programs. Known for mentoring long-term collaborators and translating academic research into practical systems, he combines deep low-level graphics and embedded expertise with pragmatic program delivery. Based in Dayton, Ohio, he often balances teaching, authorship, and hands-on architecture work—bringing rare cross-domain fluency from classroom to classified R&D.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (48)
reboot10
maze-generator10
java10
3d-printing10
3d-models10
automation10
pdfbox10
ios9
3d-graphics9
objective-c9
shader9
python9
video-processing9
scale9
unity3d9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
erikbuck/MazeVenture
Apr 2016 - Apr 2019
This is a simple Unity 3D Game (created in 24 hours at a hack-a-thon) using a mix of 3D models created by Erik M. Buck and free assets from the Unity Asset Store. Maze generation was inspired by 's Unity tutorial: . The Maze generation has been extended in numerous ways including multi-level mazes, trees, stairs, wall types, railings and banisters, etc.
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
3d-modelsunity3dmaze-generatorunity3d-gameunity-tutorial
erikbuck/Swiftris4
Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
A Tetris like game that demonstrates the virtues of Model View Controller with Swift 4
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 10 months
model-view-controllerswift
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