Martin Smith
CTO & Co-Founder at Trace
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMartin Smith is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 11 years of professional experience building AR/VR/XR systems, cloud-native services, and AI/deep learning-driven graphics pipelines. As Co-Founder and CTO of Trace since 2021, he combines startup-level product instincts with hands-on engineering practice honed during six years leading software development at Magic Leap. His background spans real-time computer graphics, game development, and scalable cloud infrastructure—bridging research prototypes and production deployments. Martin holds an MS in Computer Science from The George Washington University and began his career on video analytics and interactive entertainment at ObjectVideo and Electronic Arts. He’s comfortable moving between low-level rendering and high-level ML model integration, often translating experimental XR ideas into shipping features. Based in Portland, Oregon, he brings a pragmatic, cross-disciplinary approach that accelerates product innovation in immersive computing.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at The George Washington University - School of Engineering & Applied Science
Github Skills (26)
webgl10
typescript10
babylonjs10
webvr10
3d10
rendering-engine10
game-engine9
webxr9
javascript-framework9
webgpu9
game-development9
aws-sdk7
dotnet6
ios4
multiplayer4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
marns/EnsembleGame
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
marns/avataaars
May 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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